Bevi is on a mission to disrupt the beverage supply chain and replace single-use water bottles with smart water machines. Thousands of companies use Bevi to sustainably provide their employees with pure, sparkling, and flavored water at work. As the market leader in IoT-enabled beverage machines, we’ve raised over $60M in venture capital and we’re doubling year over year. In addition to maintaining hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

Bevi is seeking a Senior Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain to lead our Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Supplier Management functions. This is a senior leadership role within Bevi’s Operations team, responsible for supporting key Bevi growth initiatives across the new product development, production ramp, and sustaining engineering lifecycle. Working collaboratively with Bevi’s Hardware Engineering, Quality, and Planning teams, this role owns Bevi’s strategic sourcing and procurement strategy, NPI and manufacturing ramp programs, as well as ongoing sustaining engineering to improve product quality, cost, or continuity of supply.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Bevi’s Manufacturing, Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Sustaining Engineering functions 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 relationships, including contracts, supplier development roadmaps, QBR/scorecards, capacity plans, cost and quality improvements, etc.
  • Lead RFP processes for new CM business awards
  • Manage component supply chain, including AVL, new supplier scans 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
  • Manage fixed and variable cost budgets to optimize for total cost, quality, and capacity
• Supply Chain:
  • Manage materials strategy to ensure continuity of supply against build plan, while also managing materials liability
  • Work closely with Engineering teams to drive strategy and qualification on possible alternate components to drive improvements on PPV, quality, flexibility, and continuity of supply
  • Lead continuous improvement efforts to improve quality, cost, lead time, continuity of supply, etc.
• Manufacturing:
  • Lead Operations Program Management to ensure supply chain and manufacturing readiness against NPI program schedule
  • Manage CM capacity ramp to achieve supply needs against forecasted demand
  • Lead Sustaining Engineering function to drive continuous improvement on cost, quality, lead time, and supply chain risk for sustaining machines and installed fleet.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• At least 12 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 NPD, NPI, ramp, sustaining, and EOL processes across manufacturing and supply chain functions.
• Expertise in electronics, fluidics, and electromechanical components a plus
  

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.)
• BSME, BSEE, BSIE or equivalent, or MBA a plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity options
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) and environmentally responsible investment options
• Flex/hybrid approach to in-office work
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• 15 days vacation and 9 paid holidays, plus additional paid days for sick leave, etc (including sustainability or social justice volunteer events)
• Paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks and Bevis... and composting and terracycling, too
• Happy hours, pancake breakfasts, Hero awards - and more!
• Join a team that shares our Bevi Core Values:
  • Put Customers First
  • Be Great to Work with
  • Raise the Bar Together
  • Act Like You Own the Business
  • Be Curious and Ask Why
  • Champion Sustainability