Persona AI
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management
Houston, TX · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Build and scale Persona AI’s end-to-end supply chain function, moving robotics products from development into volume manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Create the supply chain organization, processes, systems, metrics, and multi-year strategy across sourcing, procurement, planning, and logistics.
- Develop supplier qualification, validation, performance management, and vendor partnerships; lead negotiations and make-vs-buy and risk-buy decisions.
- Manage purchasing, inventory, order delivery, warehousing strategy, and compliance for robotics manufacturing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience buying mechanical, electrical, cables, circuit boards, and soft and hard materials/components; experience supporting NPI sourcing and DFM collaboration.
- Supplier negotiation experience, MSA/SLA/NDA implementation, ERP and procurement software proficiency, and advanced Excel skills.
Nice to have
- Experience sourcing robotics hardware such as actuators, servo motors, gearboxes, sensors, batteries, or custom cable harnesses.
- Experience with supply risk mitigation, ITAR/EAR, AS9100 or ISO 9001, or Taiwan/China electronics manufacturing ecosystems.
Tools
ERP systems, inventory management software, procurement platforms, Excel, WMS
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