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The Senior Global Supply Manager will lead strategic sourcing and supplier management for electronic components, manage supplier performance, and align product roadmaps with supplier capabilities, while adapting to market trends and ensuring supply continuity.
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WHOOP builds category-defining wearable technology with the rigor, scale, and execution standards of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies. This role offers a rare opportunity to own critical electronic component strategies for a premium product portfolio while operating with real decision-making authority and end-to-end accountability.
WHOOP is seeking a Senior Global Supply Manager (GSM) to lead global sourcing and supplier strategy for silicon and other key electronic components. This role is intentionally scoped for a high-caliber consumer electronics GSM who has operated at scale, set commodity strategy, and influenced outcomes across engineering, manufacturing, and executive leadership.
The Senior Global Supply Manager will be accountable for supplier selection, commercial strategy, and lifecycle execution, from early architecture alignment through mass production and sustaining, while shaping long-term supply resilience and cost competitiveness.
This role is scoped at the Senior Global Supply Manager level, with growth potential as product scale and complexity increase.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own end-to-end supplier and commodity strategy for assigned electronic components, including supplier selection, commercial structure, capacity alignment, and long-term roadmap positioning
- Act as the primary commercial decision-maker for sourcing strategies, pricing, allocation, and trade-offs across cost, risk, and supply continuity
- Lead RFQ processes, cost modeling, negotiations, and management of incurred variances across all supplier cost elements
- Drive disciplined supplier governance through structured weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews focused on capacity, clear-to-build readiness, delivery performance, quality, and cost
- Define and execute strategic silicon and component strategies, balancing commercial liability horizons with upside flexibility and long-term supply optionality
- Proactively monitor global market dynamics, technology trends, and geopolitical or capacity risks, translating insights into actionable mitigation plans
- Partner deeply with Hardware Engineering to influence component architecture decisions and align future product roadmaps with supplier technology and sourcing strategy
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Operations and Quality teams across internal and external production partners to ensure seamless execution from NPI through sustaining production
- Operate with urgency and ownership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, balancing near-term execution with durable, long-term strategic impact
- Travel globally up to approximately 25% to build senior-level supplier relationships and ensure operational excellence
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in global supply management, strategic sourcing, or commodity management within a high-volume consumer electronics environment
- Demonstrated experience owning component strategies and supplier relationships in CM / ODM / JDM manufacturing models, including both outsourced and internally managed manufacturing operations
- Strong commercial and analytical acumen, with a proven track record of driving cost structure improvements, negotiating complex agreements, and managing lifecycle economics
- Experience working directly with Tier-1 component manufacturers and global electronic distributors, particularly across Asia and North America
- Ability to translate technical requirements into clear commercial and supply strategies without requiring a formal engineering background
- Proven ability to influence senior cross-functional partners and drive alignment in matrixed, fast-moving organizations
- Comfort operating with ambiguity, setting direction, and scaling supply chain processes as products, volumes, and complexity increase
- Experience sourcing silicon or other critical electronic components for consumer devices (e.g. processors, connectivity, power management, sensors) preferred
- Background in wearables, mobile devices, or adjacent premium consumer electronics categories preferred
- Experience influencing product architecture or platform decisions through early supplier and technology engagement preferred
- Experience with PLM systems such as Arena and ERP platforms such as NetSuite preferred
This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.
WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.
At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.
The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $125,000-$165,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training.
In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.
These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.
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