Global Supply Manager

About this role

JOIN THE TEAM BRINGING ADVANCED AUTONOMY TO THE BUILT WORLD

At Bedrock, we're moving AI out of the lab and into the real world. Our team includes veterans who helped launch Waymo, scaled Segment to a $3.2B acquisition, and grew Uber Freight to $5B in revenue. Today, we're deploying autonomous systems on heavy construction equipment across the country, improving safety on job sites and accelerating schedules on critical infrastructure projects.

We're not here debating the future of AI. We're deploying it in the real world. In just two years, we've raised $350M and achieved the first fully autonomous excavator deployments in construction.

This is where algorithms meet steel-toed boots. You'll work alongside construction veterans and world-class engineers to solve physical-world problems that simulations can't touch. If you're ready to do meaningful work on hard problems, we'd love to have you join us.

As the Global Supply Manager (GSM) at Bedrock Robotics, you will serve as the key link between technical hardware engineering, financial forecasting, and global supplier operations. Robotics systems integrate complex custom mechanical components, high-spec sensors, precision electronics, and specialized software-hardware interfaces, so a GSM must manage both advanced commodity strategies and the physical availability of supplies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. GLOBAL SOURCING & COMMODITY STRATEGY

- Develop and execute global sourcing strategies by commodity and technology category.

- Identify, evaluate, qualify, and onboard strategic suppliers for critical robotics components, including compute, memory, sensors/LiDAR, cameras, PCBAs, harnesses, actuators, gearboxes, batteries, and electromechanical assemblies.

- Establish dual-source, multi-source, and regional sourcing strategies to reduce single-source dependency and mitigate geopolitical, tariff, capacity, and lead-time risks.

- Develop China+1 and regionalization strategies where appropriate.

- Own and maintain the Approved Vendor List (AVL), including supplier capabilities, capacity, technology roadmap, financial health, and risk profile.

- Establish supplier segmentation and strategic sourcing roadmaps aligned with long-term product and fleet requirements.

2. Supplier Capacity & Supply Assurance

- Develop supplier capacity strategies aligned with 3–5 year production and fleet deployment forecasts.

- Secure capacity and long-lead components ahead of production ramps through capacity reservations, LTAs, NCNR commitments, and strategic buys where appropriate.

- Monitor supplier capacity, utilization, material availability, sub-tier constraints, and technology transitions.

- Establish supply continuity plans and recovery strategies for constrained or allocation components.

- Ensure supply plans support the transition from prototype through pilot, production ramp, and sustaining operations.

3. Commercial, Cost & Contract Management

- Own commodity cost strategies and annual cost-reduction targets.

- Develop should-cost models based on raw materials, manufacturing processes, labor, tooling, overhead, and supplier margins.

- Negotiate pricing, volume commitments, LTAs, rebates, payment terms, Incoterms, warranty, liability, tooling, and other commercial terms.

- Track commodity indices, FX, tariffs, raw material costs, and market dynamics to anticipate cost movements.

- Drive VA/VE, DFM, competitive bidding, and supplier productivity to achieve BOM cost targets.

- Establish contractual protections against unexpected price increases, supply disruptions, and delivery performance issues.

4. New Product Introduction & Manufacturing Readiness

- Partner early with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Program Management to establish sourcing strategy before design freeze.

- Lead supplier RFQs, selection, qualification, prototype builds, and production readiness.

- Partner with engineering on DFM/DFA to ensure designs are optimized for cost, quality, scalability, and repeatable manufacturing.

- Conduct BOM reviews to identify EOL, obsolete, long-lead, allocation, and single-source components early in the development cycle.

- Manage the transition from quick-turn prototype suppliers to qualified high-volume CMs/EMS/ODM partners.

- Ensure suppliers are capable of supporting EVT → DVT → PVT → Production → Sustaining requirements.

5. Supply Chain Risk & Resilience

- Maintain a critical-component risk register covering supply, cost, capacity, technology, geopolitical, tariff, and single-source exposure.

- Identify sub-tier dependencies and vulnerabilities across critical semiconductors, memory, sensors, PCBs, batteries, and other strategic components.

- Develop qualified alternate sources and substitute components for high-risk items.

- Assess supplier business continuity, disaster recovery, financial health, and geopolitical exposure.

- Proactively identify emerging risks and develop mitigation plans before they impact production or fleet deployment.

6. Supplier Performance & Strategic Relationship Management

- Own strategic supplier relationships and executive-level engagement with critical Tier-1 suppliers.

- Establish QBRs and performance reviews covering cost, quality, delivery, capacity, technology roadmap, and risk.

- Track supplier KPIs including OTD/OTIF, yield, defects, lead time, responsiveness, and cost performance.

- Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering on supplier qualification, factory audits, FAI, 8D/CAPA, and corrective actions.

- Build strategic supplier partnerships to secure priority allocation and engineering support during constrained market conditions.

- Escalate and resolve chronic supplier performance and commercial issues.

7. Manufacturing, Fleet Operations & Supply Execution

- Align rolling demand forecasts from Manufacturing, Fleet Operations, and Deployment teams with supplier capacity and material availability.

- Ensure materia

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