Supply Chain Manager at Aircapture

At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: The climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds--be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation--to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

We are seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to translate the team’s purchasing needs into a reliable supply of inbound materials, enabling the manufacturing of novel direct air capture “DAC” systems and ancillary systems (balance of plant) at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California. This role will create enormous value for our team as we expand into local and international projects, begin contract manufacturing and more than double in size as a team. You’ll have the opportunity to create systems and processes from the ground up and have an intimate understanding of our technology and the economic levers to reach scalability. Reporting to the COO, this role has fantastic growth potential.

Salary: $125,000-150,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Develop and manage all aspects of supply chain management including sourcing, strategic supplier development, purchasing, logistics and related administration
• Drive strategic supplier initiatives including supplier selection, relationship development, consolidation, platforming methodology and capital equipment contract manufacturing 
• Create and implement regional procurement strategies that are innovative, cost-effective and incorporate the growing complexities and challenges within the industry, including those with capital equipment contract manufacturers
• Act as the nucleus for our Supply Chain organization, growing and leading the function using your experience, initiative and judgment
• Develop and deploy risk mitigation strategies (assurance of supply, tariff issues, alternative manufacturing, cost increases, single supplier risks, etc.)
• Evaluate vendor performance for profitability and establish service level standards

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, Business Administration or related area of study, or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience preferred
• 5+ years of related supply chain management experience in a manufacturing technology environment
• Knowledge of international and local customs regulations, commodity markets, international purchasing/sourcing strategy

This position requires physical activities including climbing stairs or ladders, stooping, crouching to work on equipment, operating machinery and lifting and carrying loads of 40 lbs or more.

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here. 

Attention recruiters and staffing agencies: We are currently managing our recruitment process independently and are not seeking assistance from external agencies for this position. Please refrain from contacting our organization regarding this job posting. We will not respond to unsolicited inquiries. Thank you for your cooperation.