About Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it.
About the Role
Redwood Materials is looking for a Global Supply Manager to source and own supplier relationships, support new product development and manufacturing. This role will collaborate closely with engineering and manufacturing to execute our mechanicals roadmap. The primary scope of this role is injection molded plastics, stamped components, fasteners, connectors and harnesses.
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end RFx processes — scoping requirements, issuing RFQs, evaluating responses, and driving supplier selection to award.
- Build and maintain should-cost models for mechanical components including plastics, stampings, fasteners, connectors and harnessing
- Negotiate piece price, tooling, payment terms, and master agreements
- Own the commercial relationship with key suppliers — tracking performance, managing escalations, and building the trust needed to move fast when it matters.
- Drive supplier readiness across NPI, production ramp, and sustained manufacturing while thinking about cost, capacity planning, and lead time management
- Present clear recommendations to engineering and executive stakeholders.
What You'll Bring
- Background in sourcing mechanical components with exposure to injection molding, stamping, harness assembly and managing off the shelf components like fasteners
- Core understanding of manufacturing cost drivers for custom components an tooling
- 1-3+ years sourcing experience in a similar role
- Strong excel and spreadsheet skills
- Strong project management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Flexible mindset and temperament.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally. Average 25% travel
Preferred Skills
- Experience with custom part development
- Strong record of applying first principles thinking toward supplier negotiations.
- Capable of managing successful escalations up to the executive level within a supplier.
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems
In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and skills.
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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Skills Required
- 1-3+ years of sourcing experience in a similar role
- Experience sourcing mechanical components, including injection molding, stamping, harness assembly, and off-the-shelf fasteners
- Understanding of manufacturing cost drivers for custom components and tooling
- Strong Excel and spreadsheet skills
- Strong project management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Flexible mindset and temperament
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, averaging 25% travel
- Experience with custom part development
- Record of applying first-principles thinking to supplier negotiations
- Ability to manage supplier escalations through executive level
- Experience with MRP or ERP systems
Redwood Materials Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Redwood Materials and has not been reviewed or approved by Redwood Materials.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered okay to good overall, often competitive for engineering and corporate roles while closer to local norms in hourly operations.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options or equity are included in many offers, providing additional upside beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is viewed positively, with maternity and paternity leave standing out within the package.
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What We Do
Redwood is developing a fully closed-loop, domestic supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Our team manufactures critical battery components using as many recycled batteries as possible — localizing a 50,000-mile global supply battery chain on a single site.
