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Salary: USD 225,000 - 250,000 / annual
Rondo Energy is seeking a Director of Global Supply Chain & Strategic Sourcing to lead the company's sourcing strategy and supplier partnerships as it scales the Rondo Heat Battery from breakthrough technology to global deployment. The Rondo Heat Battery converts low-cost renewable electricity into continuous, high-temperature heat and power, enabling industrial facilities to replace fossil-fired boilers without costly process changes—delivering zero-carbon industrial energy at 98% efficiency.
In this Director-level role, you will own end-to-end sourcing strategy for critical equipment and components, establish scalable commercial frameworks, and build a resilient global supply base. You will partner closely with Engineering, Project Delivery, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership to balance cost, quality, capacity, risk, and schedule across Rondo's projects and product roadmap.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and lead Rondo's global supply chain and strategic sourcing strategy aligned with product, project-delivery, and growth objectives
- Build and manage a scalable global supplier network for critical equipment, components, and services
- Translate product, engineering, and project requirements into clear sourcing strategies, supplier-selection criteria, and commercial plans
- Lead strategic supplier selection, qualification, negotiation, contracting, and performance management
- Establish senior-level relationships with key suppliers and negotiate favorable terms related to cost, quality, capacity, delivery, warranties, risk allocation, and intellectual property
- Develop sourcing strategies for long-lead equipment and ensure alignment with engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and customer-project milestones
- Oversee procurement strategies for construction contractors, ensuring equipment purchasing supports project schedules and contractual commitments
- Establish commercial frameworks for industrial equipment (boilers, heat exchange systems), including equipment purchase agreements, milestone-based payment structures, performance guarantees, and change-order mechanisms
- Develop supplier capacity, risk-mitigation, and continuity plans to support Rondo's global deployment pipeline; recommend regional-based vs. global/centralized supplier strategies
- Create and execute cost-reduction roadmaps for critical components, existing products, and next-generation RHB systems
- Partner with Engineering to incorporate supplier capabilities, manufacturability, cost, and lead-time considerations into product design
Rondo is backed by world-class industrial leaders and investors including Breakthrough Energy, Energy Impact Partners, Rio Tinto, Aramco, SABIC, SCG, TITAN, Microsoft, H&M, and John Doerr, and is commercially deployed and rapidly scaling today.
Requirements:
The posting excerpt provided does not include a dedicated requirements section. However, the role description indicates the need for globally experienced supply chain and strategic sourcing expertise, with demonstrated ability to lead supplier networks, negotiate complex commercial agreements, manage long-lead industrial equipment sourcing, and partner across cross-functional teams in a scaling industrial technology company.
