Thermal Works

Thermal Works

Procurement Manager

Remote - US (20% travel requirement)

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago
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About the role

  • Our primary focus is on providing an integrated cooling system for data centers and commercial buildings that dramatically reduces the energy demand, water consumption and cost of cooling.
  • It transforms the economics and eco-metrics of commercial cooling with zero water solutions that outperform air- and water-cooled systems in any climate.
  • ThermalWorks solutions are sustainable and cutting-edge.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as ThermalWorks' primary day-to-day point of contact for key component suppliers and contract manufacturers, building and maintaining productive working relationships that support the company's commercial and operational objectives.
  • Establish and maintain regular communication cadences with strategic suppliers, including weekly or biweekly vendor calls, supplier scorecard reviews, and supplier business reviews on a recurring schedule.
  • Maintain professional, accountable relationships with suppliers under conditions where commercial pressure is high
  • Pricing and Lead Time Intelligence
  • Maintain a current, accurate view of pricing across all critical components, including base pricing, freight, tariffs, and any volume-related adjustments
  • Maintain a current, accurate view of lead times across all critical components, with attention to supplier capacity constraints, seasonal patterns, and any supplier-side events that could compress or extend delivery timelines.
  • Maintain professional, accountable relationships with suppliers under conditions where commercial pressure is high; represent ThermalWorks credibly in negotiations, escalations, and partnership conversations.
  • Maintain a current, accurate view of pricing across all critical components, including base pricing, freight, tariffs, and any volume-related adjustments; flag pricing changes to leadership before they affect quotes or customer contracts.
  • Support quote development and customer pricing decisions by providing accurate, current cost and lead time data to commercial and engineering teams.
  • Maintain visibility on every open purchase order across critical components and contract manufacturing relationships, with clear knowledge of expected ship dates, actual ship dates, and any slippage in between.

Requirements

  • Change and progress happen quickly, and we must be able to trust one another to be honest, communicative, reliable and self-motivated.

Nice to have

  • Onboard new vendors, including the collection of vendor master data, payment terms, certifications, and compliance documentation
  • coordinate with Finance and Compliance on vendor approval workflows.
  • Resolve day-to-day supplier issues that arise across the order lifecycle, including pricing discrepancies, quantity disputes, delivery schedule changes, and quality holds
  • escalate to leadership when issues require executive intervention.
  • represent ThermalWorks credibly in negotiations, escalations, and partnership conversations.
  • flag pricing changes to leadership before they affect quotes or customer contracts.
  • Identify alternate sources for components where current supply is constrained, single-sourced, or carries elevated risk
  • Operate a structured shipment tracking process with documented escalation paths

Compensation

  • Build and maintain historical pricing and lead time records for use in quote development, contract negotiation, force majeure and cost-recovery cases, and annual budget exercises.

Company info

  • Identify alternate sources for components where current supply is constrained, single-sourced, or carries elevated risk; develop and qualify backup suppliers as part of supply chain resilience work.
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