Director, Sourcing and Supply Chain

Bevi is on a mission to transform how beverages are delivered and consumed. Our smart hydration systems eliminate the need for single-use bottles and cans—making it easy, fun, and sustainable to stay hydrated. As the category leader in IOT-enabled beverage technology, we’re building a future where Bevi machines are everywhere people live, work, and connect. We’ve raised over $160M in venture capital, serve thousands of customers across the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, and we’ve been rapidly growing year over year. In addition to driving hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

Bevi is seeking a Director of Sourcing and Supply Chain to manage our Strategic Sourcing, S&OP and Planning functions. This is a senior leadership role within Bevi’s Operations team, responsible for managing supplier commercial relationships and execution, driving a high functioning S&OP process that supports the needs of the business and building a supply chain strategy to support best in class execution today and readiness for significant scale. This roles’ team will support key Bevi growth initiatives across the new product development, production ramp, and sustaining engineering lifecycle while working collaboratively with Bevi’s Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Engineering, Product and Finance teams.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted cross functional strategic leader within the Operations Leadership Team building strategy that aligns with Bevi’s vision
• Lead Sourcing and Supply Chain teams to build flexible, high quality, and cost-efficient supply chains across Bevi’s full catalog of machines, consumables, and FRUs
• Sourcing and Supplier Management:
• Manage CM commercial relationships, including contracts, supplier development roadmaps, QBR/scorecards, capacity plans, cost improvements, etc.
• Lead RFP processes for new CM business awards
• Manage component supply chain, including AVL, new supplier audits and qualifications, supply chain strategy (multi-source, directed supply agreements, supply chain localization, strategic component management, etc.)
• Work closely with Engineering to influence technical design decisions and identify suppliers to meet technical capabilities, cost, quality, and program schedule
• Build a cost down roadmap and deliver impactful results
• Manage fixed and variable cost budgets to optimize for total cost, quality, and capacity
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to improve quality, cost, lead time, continuity of supply, etc.
• Supply Chain:
• Ownership S&OP process at Bevi ensuring we meet inventory and supply targets
• Partner with the sales, finance and product teams to generate high quality and well informed demand plans
• Manage materials strategy to ensure continuity of supply against build plan, while also managing materials liability
• Work closely with Manufacturing and Engineering teams to drive strategy, vendor planning and qualification.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of supply chain experience, including in a senior management role
• Exceptional leadership, negotiation, project management, and presentation skills
• Experience working with cross functional teams in a an electro-mechanical or consumer devices product company
• Familiarity with world-class sourcing practices and tools, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience in managing NPI, sustaining, and EOL processes across Sourcing and Supply Chain functions.
• Experience in electronics, fluidics, and electromechanical components, and beverage products a plus
• Ability to travel up to 20%
  
  

Additional Skills:

• Strong leadership skills, and ability to lead cross-functionally within the organization
• Exceptional business acumen
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to solve problems and coordinate with cross-functional teams
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
• Ability to be innovative on issues related to strategic sourcing and vendor relations
• Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost and inventory modeling, quotation analysis, material what-if scenarios, etc.)
• Bachelors in Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible PTO plus 12 company holidays, and additional paid days for sick leave, etc
• Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks, weekly catered lunch, and (of course) unlimited Bevi ... plus composting and terracycling, too
• Happy hours, team-building events, bagel breakfasts, Hero awards - and more.

We're excited about supporting career growth and would love to be part of your professional journey. We know that talent comes in many forms, and we value individual accomplishments, specialized knowledge, and genuine passion over just checking boxes on a requirements list.If any of our positions interest you, please apply! Our recruiting team will contact you about next steps if we'd like to move forward together.