Senior Supply Chain Manager, Robotics Hardware for FaunaAs Senior Supply Chain Manager, Robotics Hardware for Fauna, you will build and lead the supply chain capability required to move complex robotic systems from development into scalable production. This is a hands-on leadership role spanning strategic sourcing, supplier development, materials planning, inventory control, contract manufacturer coordination, and logistics.

You will personally drive execution in an early-stage hardware environment while building the function, supplier relationships, processes, and team for scale. In the near term, you will own critical category sourcing, negotiate directly with prototype and production suppliers, and drive day-to-day material shortage resolution. In parallel, you will design the long-term supply chain architecture, operating model, and team structure. Success requires earning trust across engineering, manufacturing, finance, and operations by delivering results, communicating transparently, and building mechanisms teams can depend on.

Key Job Responsibilities

Supply Chain Function Building

• Build the supply chain operating model for robotics hardware development, pilot builds, and production ramp

Define ownership boundaries across sourcing, procurement, planning, inventory, logistics, supplier quality, and contract manufacturing

Establish scalable processes for supplier onboarding, AVL management, BOM readiness, PO execution, shortage management, and inventory governance

Create the metrics, dashboards, and operating processes needed to manage supplier performance, material availability, cost, and supply risk

Define the future supply chain organization, including role scope, hiring needs, and handoff points as Fauna scales

Hire, mentor, and manage supply chain contributors and contractors as the team grows

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development

Develop and execute sourcing strategies across mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical categories

Own supplier selection, qualification, onboarding, and long-term development for critical components

Negotiate pricing, lead times, MOQs, payment terms, NRE, tooling, and capacity commitments with domestic and international suppliers

Develop and maintain AVL strategies, including alternate sources for critical or sole-sourced components

Partner with engineering during NPI to influence component selection toward manufacturability, availability, cost, and supply resilience

Build supplier scorecards, manage performance, and drive corrective actions for chronic delivery, quality, or responsiveness issues

Materials Planning & Inventory Management

Establish planning processes that translate build plans, forecasts, and BOM requirements into material plans, procurement actions, and supplier commitments

Manage inventory strategy to balance build readiness, working capital, and obsolescence risk

Track material availability, shortage risk, and delivery commitments against engineering and production schedules; drive resolution through supplier escalation, alternate sourcing, expedites, and engineering substitutions

Improve BOM, MRP, and inventory data integrity in partnership with engineering, manufacturing, and finance

Contract Manufacturer & Production Materials Execution

Lead supply chain coordination with contract manufacturing partners, including material readiness, kitting, consigned versus turnkey decisions, and production support

Monitor supplier OTD, component yield, and incoming quality; drive corrective actions for production-impacting constraints

Own the end-to-end PO lifecycle from requisition through receipt, reconciliation, and closure

Directly manage critical transactions where needed during early-stage execution, while building processes and team capacity to scale

Cost, Risk & Operational Readiness

Lead cost reduction efforts through negotiation, re-sourcing, supplier consolidation, should-cost analysis, and design-to-cost partnership with engineering

Identify and manage supply chain risks including sole-source exposure, supplier capacity, geopolitical risk, logistics constraints, and obsolescence

Build and improve supply chain tools and systems from development through production, including ERP/MRP setup or optimization

Manage inbound logistics, freight strategy, and customs coordination as needed

About the Team

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is building capable, safe, and intuitive robots for everyday life. Our goal is simple: make robots people actually want to live and interact with in everyday human spaces. We believe the future of robotics won't arrive until building for it becomes far more accessible. Today, too much effort is spent reinventing the fundamentals. We're changing that by developing tightly integrated hardware and software systems that make it faster, safer, and more intuitive to create real-world robotic products. Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design, control systems, dynamic modeling, and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality, but experience. We're building robots that feel responsive, expressive, and genuinely useful. At Fauna, you'll work at the frontier of this space, helping define how robots move, manipulate, and interact with people in natural environments. It's an opportunity to solve hard problems across hardware and software with a team focused on making robotics accessible and rewarding to build.