Director,ElectricalStrategicSourcing

## Description Job Overview We are seeking a Director, Electrical Strategic Design Sourcing to build and lead the electrical commodity supply chain function. Reporting to the VP of Supply Chain, this role directs a team of commodity managers and program resources, owns the departmental budget, and participates with senior management to develop organizational sourcing policies and strategic plans. The Director is accountable for decisions with long-term, multi-department impact across three pillars: enabling Mainspring’s next-generation product architecture through engineering-embedded sourcing; building a best-total-cost supply chain for power conversion and electrical assemblies; and developing a fully FEOC-compliant, multi-source battery and BMS supply base. ## Key Responsibilities Build, manage, and develop a team of commodity managers and sourcing program managers; establish a management layer as the function scales. Own the departmental budget, headcount plan, and organizational sourcing policies and process standards Serve as the supply chain escalation point to executive leadership; reconcile competing priorities across Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Operations to drive business results Partner with Engineering and Product Management as a core member of the product roadmap process, contributing supply chain input to feature definition across deployment environments; own DFM and DFX to ensure manufacturability, sourcing optionality, and cost competitiveness are built into designs from the earliest stages of NPI Set and execute commodity strategy - make/buy frameworks, preferred supplier lists, risk tiering - targeting best total cost across price, lead time, quality, and working capital Develop and implement the inbound logistics and procurement strategy for the electrical commodity portfolio; support MRP/ERP system development and ensure procurement parameters reflect supply chain strategy Own the sourcing strategy for Mainspring’s AC-to-DC product transiti