Senior Supply Chain Manager, Fauna

As Senior Supply Chain Manager Robotics Hardware for Fauna you will build and lead the supply chain capability required to move complex robotic systems from development into scalable production. This is a hands-on leadership role spanning strategic sourcing supplier development materials planning inventory control contract manufacturer coordination and logistics. You will personally drive execution in an early-stage hardware environment while building the function supplier relationships processes and team for scale.
In the near term you will own critical category sourcing negotiate directly with prototype and production suppliers and drive day-to-day material shortage parallel you will design the long-term supply chain architecture operating model and team structure. Success requires earning trust across engineering manufacturing finance and operations by delivering results communicating transparently and building mechanisms teams can depend on.

Key job responsibilities
Supply Chain Function Building

- Build the supply chain operating model for robotics hardware development pilot builds and production ramp

- Define ownership boundaries across sourcing procurement planning inventory logistics supplier quality and contract manufacturing

- Establish scalable processes for supplier onboarding AVL management BOM readiness PO execution shortage management and inventory governance

- Create the metrics dashboards and operating processes needed to manage supplier performance material availability cost and supply risk

- Define the future supply chain organization including role scope hiring needs and handoff points as Fauna scales

- Hire mentor and manage supply chain contributors and contractors as the team grows

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development

- Develop and execute sourcing strategies across mechanical electrical and electromechanical categories

- Own supplier selection qualification onboarding and long-term development for critical components

- Negotiate pricing lead times MOQs payment terms NRE tooling and capacity commitments with domestic and international suppliers

- Develop and maintain AVL strategies including alternate sources for critical or sole-sourced components

- Partner with engineering during NPI to influence component selection toward manufacturability availability cost and supply resilience

- Build supplier scorecards manage performance and drive corrective actions for chronic delivery quality or responsiveness issues

- Materials Planning & Inventory Management

- Establish planning processes that translate build plans forecasts and BOM requirements into material plans procurement actions and supplier commitments

- Manage inventory strategy to balance build readiness working capital and obsolescence risk

- Track material availability shortage risk and delivery commitments against engineering and production schedules; drive resolution through supplier escalation alternate sourcing expedites and engineering substitutions

- Improve BOM MRP and inventory data integrity in partnership with engineering manufacturing and finance

Contract Manufacturer & Production Materials Execution

- Lead supply chain coordination with contract manufacturing partners including material readiness kitting consigned versus turnkey decisions and production support

- Monitor supplier OTD component yield and incoming quality; drive corrective actions for production-impacting constraints

- Own the end-to-end PO lifecycle from requisition through receipt reconciliation and closure

- Directly manage critical transactions where needed during early-stage execution while building processes and team capacity to scale

Cost Risk & Operational Readiness

- Lead cost reduction efforts through negotiation re-sourcing supplier consolidation should-cost analysis and design-to-cost partnership with engineering

- Identify and manage supply chain risks including sole-source exposure supplier capacity geopolitical risk logistics constraints and obsolescence

- Build and improve supply chain tools and systems from development through production including ERP/MRP setup or optimization

- Manage inbound logistics freight strategy and customs coordination as needed

About the team
Fauna Robotics an Amazon company is building capable safe and intuitive robots for everyday life. Our goal is simple: make robots people actually want to live and interact with in everyday human spaces.
We believe the future of robotics wont arrive until building for it becomes far more accessible. Today too much effort is spent reinventing the fundamentals. Were changing that by developing tightly integrated hardware and software systems that make it faster safer and more intuitive to create real-world robotic products.
Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design control systems dynamic modeling and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality but experience. Were building robots that feel responsive expressive and genuinely useful.
At Fauna youll work at the frontier of this space helping define how robots move manipulate and interact with people in natural environments. Its an opportunity to solve hard problems across hardware and software with a team focused on making robotics accessible and rewarding to build.

- 5 years of program or project management experience
- Bachelors degree in Business Operations Supply Chain Management Engineering or a related field
- 7 years of supply chain strategic sourcing procurement materials management or related hardware operations experience
- Experience building or improving supply chain processes systems operating mechanisms or team structures
- Experience managing suppliers negotiating commercial terms and driving supplier performance improvements
- Experience with BOM-driven planning MRP/ERP systems purchase order execution and inventory management
- Experience supporting hardware development NPI pilot builds production ramps or contract manufacturing operations
- Experience using data metrics and operational reviews to identify risks drive decisions and improve performance

- Masters degree in Engineering Mechanical Engineering Operations Supply Chain or Business Administration or Masters degree in engineering statistics computer science operations research business analytics information systems or equivalent
- Experience building supply chain functions from the ground up in an early-stage or high-growth hardware environment
- Experience hiring mentoring or managing supply chain teams contractors or cross-functional contributors
- Experience with robotics automation consumer electronics or complex electromechanical products
- Experience with NPI supply chain including AVL development DFM/DFx feedback cost modeling and transition to production
- Experience managing commodities such as high-torque actuators custom battery packs structural castings cable harnesses motors sensors PCBAs or custom mechanical assemblies
- Experience working directly with contract manufacturers including consigned materials turnkey materials production readiness and material liability
- Experience leading cost reduction re-sourcing supplier consolidation or second-source initiatives

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at NY New York - 126900.00 - 181400.00 USD annually