Description
The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry by rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs.
We are seeking a Staff Global Supply Manager, Commercial Programs to own the supply base for assigned commodities from sourcing through ramp and into steady-state production.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute sourcing strategy for assigned categories, including make vs. buy, dual-sourcing, and long-term capacity planning.
- Lead RFQs end to end: build should-cost models, compare quotes on total landed cost, and recommend suppliers to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Secure pricing, payment terms, tooling ownership, IP protection, and capacity commitments that support cost, quality, and delivery targets.
- Work with Engineering, Quality, and Production from early design through ramp: give DFM and cost feedback, plan tooling and first-article builds, and ensure supply is ready before each program milestone.
- Identify and mitigate disruption risk across geopolitical, tariff, capacity, and single-source exposure, and maintain contingency plans for critical parts.
- Own supplier scorecards and KPIs and run corrective action and supplier development where needed.
- Help establish the processes, tools, and data standards that let us scale without adding chaos.
- Hold commodity-level cost targets and forecasts, and report cost, risk, and savings to leadership.
- Travel: Up to 25%, including domestic and international supplier visits.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years in global sourcing, procurement, or supply management.
- Experience sourcing complex electromechanical or discrete manufactured products in a hardware company.
- Track record negotiating supplier contracts and delivering measurable cost, quality, or delivery results.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and BOMs, and to hold technical conversations with engineers and suppliers.
- Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and comfort working with data to drive decisions.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience in EV, battery, marine, automotive, aerospace, or other regulated or high-performance hardware industries.
- Sourcing experience in Asia and/or Europe, plus familiarity with tariffs, customs, and trade compliance.
- Experience with supplier quality processes.
- Data skills beyond Excel.
- Prior experience at a startup or scale-up.
What we offer:
- Base salary: $160,000 / $190,000 annually.
- Highly competitive equity grants.
- Semi-annual bonuses tied to your impact.
- Top-tier benefits, including healthcare, parental leave, time off, life and disability insurance, retirement savings, and more.