Global Supply Manager - Battery

About Monarch:

At Monarch, we’re leading the digital transformation of farming. Monarch believes in putting farmers first. Our smart electric tractor enhances existing farm ecosystems. Monarch helps farmers by addressing labor availability, meeting consumer demands for sustainability, and providing actionable data-driven farming insights. Monarch enables economically competitive organic and beyond farming through intelligent electro-mechanical solutions that replace harmful chemicals. While driven by bleeding-edge technology, the Monarch Tractor still plows, tills, and hauls better than any other tractor in its class.

The Monarch Tractor will both spur and enable future generations of farming technologies. We have the technology and the team to develop, build, and scale the Monarch to digitally transform farming around the world.

About the role:

Global Supply Managers work with Engineering teams to make sure Monarch has the supplies and equipment to put into production the innovative products coming from our Engineering teams. As a Global Supply Manager, you use your industry knowledge and strategic supplier relationships to optimize our total cost of ownership for our vehicles and related products.

As a Global Supply Manager, you will interface with internal Engineering and Product teams as well as our external suppliers to develop and deliver products and services. As the main contact for agreement discussions and supplier management, you will build consensus with both internal and external stakeholders, including Product Management, Hardware Engineering, Industrial Design, Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams. You will also lead and support the development implementation, and management of global strategies to provide optimal pricing, flexibility, quality, and supply assurance.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and execute battery commodity strategies for Monarch’s Products and Services

• Identify and implement new opportunities for cost savings, including optimizing the supply base

• Develop an understanding of cost-competing technologies, processes, and products to guide

• Create and/or optimize cost models for evaluating modules, components, and new processes.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and risks related to

• Develop global sourcing strategies with defined plans for cost savings, risk assessment and

• Address all areas of global sourcing and supply chain management, including commodity,

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of work experience, including 3 years of experience in commodity management, (e.g.,

• Experience managing projects and strategic initiatives.

• Experience negotiating contracts and understand terms and conditions.

• Understanding of battery raw materials, manufacturing processes, market indices and negotiation.

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

What you’ll get:

At Monarch Tractor, you’ll play a key role on a capable, dedicated, high-performing, mission-driven team. Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, excellent health, dental and vision benefits, and company equity commensurate with the role you’ll play in our success. The role will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In addition to building outstanding products, we’re building an outstanding company with culture to match. Part of what we do is being in our element, which is being on the farm. We will be spending lots of time in Napa, Sonoma, Monterey and the central coast of California - perfecting our craft, mastering our environment, building our team camaraderie, and also taking time to enjoy the fruits of our labor.

At Monarch, we cherish and celebrate every individual's difference. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or another legally protected status.