Director of Supply Chain - Sustaining Operations

What you’ll do

Giga is seeking a Director of Supply Chain, Sustaining Operations to lead sourcing, procurement, and material planning for our electrical infrastructure products. You will secure the materials, components, and contract manufacturing capacity needed to keep operations running on time and on cost. You will build the supplier base, planning discipline, and ERP/MRP processes that support our growth.

Where you’ll work

Velocity matters when you are building physical infrastructure, and the best decisions happen in the room. This role is based at either our Houston or Long Beach facility, with responsibility extending to all production locations. Travel of 20–50% is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategy for critical and long-lead components, balancing cost, quality, lead time, and supply risk.

• Negotiate supply agreements, pricing, and terms, and manage the purchasing team and purchase order process.

• Qualify and onboard new suppliers and secondary sources in partnership with Engineering and Quality.

• Implement supply network improvements, including VMI, stocking, consignment, and other supply chain strategies, to optimize delivery.

• Own material requirements planning, forecasting, safety stock, and inventory targets to support production schedules.

• Run S&OP-style reviews with Production, Sales, and Finance to align demand, supply, and capacity.

• Manage shortages, expedites, and allocation of scarce materials such as breakers, bushings, and electrical steel.

• Coordinate the commercial and supply relationship with contract manufacturers, including material kitting and release, lead times, and delivery performance.

• Coordinate with the Director of Production on build schedules and capacity commitments.

• Own supply chain configuration, master data, BOM, and lead-time accuracy in the ERP/MRP system for all sourcing and procurement activities.

• Improve planning parameters, reporting, and procurement workflows as the business scales.

• Track on-time delivery, quality, and cost with supplier scorecards and regular business reviews, in partnership with the Senior Director of Quality.

• Work with Logistics to identify and mitigate supply risk, including single-source exposure, tariffs, commodity price swings, and logistics disruption.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive supply chain management experience, including leading a sourcing, procurement, or planning team.

• Proven experience with contract manufacturing relationships, including sourcing, commercial terms, and delivery management.

• Strong sourcing and procurement skills, including supplier selection, RFQs, negotiation, and contract management.

• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, including BOMs, master data, planning parameters, and purchasing workflows.

• Experience with material planning, inventory control, and demand/supply balancing.

• Analytical and data-driven, with clear communication across Engineering, Production, Quality, and Finance.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Bonus points

• Experience in electrical infrastructure manufacturing (such as switchgear, switchboards, transformers, or similar power equipment) or electrical commodity sourcing and procurement.

• Experience in a fast-paced growth environment or a post-startup company, building supply chain processes as volume scales.

• CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) or similar APICS/ASCM credential.

• Familiarity with commodity-driven categories (copper, steel, oil) and tariff or trade compliance.

• Lean or continuous improvement exposure.