ONHUMAN is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. Our goal is to build embodied AI systems that can perceive, reason, and act in the real world. ONHUMAN is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and this role requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration.

Team & Role Overview

Our Operations & Supply Chain team is responsible for scaling the global hardware infrastructure, sourcing strategies, and manufacturing pipelines that power humanoid autonomy. We are looking for a Senior Sourcing Manager to architect, secure, and advance our long-term global supply chain infrastructure.

This role focuses on leading executive-level supplier engagements, structuring critical master agreements, and driving overarching commodity strategies across highly complex tech sectors—spanning advanced compute, custom silicon, high-density batteries, sensors, and complex mechatronics—directly impacting the long-term scalability and market deployment of our humanoid robots.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing Architecture: Design and execute long-term global sourcing strategies and commodity roadmaps aligned with our multi-year technology and production plans.

• Executive Supplier Ecosystems: Build and cultivate foundational partnerships with tier-1 global manufacturers, leading high-stakes engagements from strategic alignment to large-scale operational execution.

• Commercial Strategy & Negotiation: Advance corporate agreements, driving complex negotiations for Master Services Agreements (MSAs), intellectual property frameworks, capacity reservation, and structural pricing.

• Capability & COGS Optimization: Improve the overall hardware unit economics of our robot platforms by leading deep cost-reduction initiatives, should-cost analytics, and structural multi-source supply chains.

• Lifecycle Governance: Work across the entire product lifecycle, establishing financial and manufacturing guardrails that govern the transition from early R&D prototyping to predictable high-volume deployment.

• Cross-Functional Synergy: Collaborate closely with hardware engineering leaders, AI researchers, legal counsel, and executive teams to integrate cutting-edge technological advancements seamlessly into an elite supplier network.

• Analytical Rigor & Evaluation: Design risk-mitigation experiments, dual-sourcing validation frameworks, and supplier performance scorecards to guide executive iteration on supply chain health.

• Paradigm Development: Contribute to the development of next-generation, resilient global sourcing paradigms tailored specifically to the unique, hyper-growth demands of the frontier embodied AI industry.

Requirements

• Elite Sourcing Leadership: Extensive experience designing and leading global strategic sourcing, commodity management, or complex tech procurement pipelines within high-growth hardware, semiconductor, or deep-tech sectors.

• Advanced Commercial Acumen: Masterful understanding of global supplier networks, international trade dynamics, cost structures, and advanced legal/commercial contract frameworks.

• Performance through Innovation: Proven track record of improving time-to-market, supplier responsiveness, and margin structures through highly creative negotiations and strategic commercial experimentation.

• Technical & Analytical Mastery: Exceptional proficiency in interpreting technical product roadmaps, structural cost models, and massive procurement datasets to drive clear, executive-level decisions.

• Uncompromising Rigor: Exceptional strategic and data-driven rigor, an ironclad attention to contractual detail, and the ability to maintain clarity across massive global operations.

• Systems Engineering Mindset: Solid operational engineering skills with the capability to build reliable, repeatable, and maintainable tracking and compliance mechanisms across international entities.

• Autonomy & Ambiguity: Elite ability to operate independently, command respect in international negotiations, and drive order through highly fluid, ambiguous technical and market conditions.

Bonus Qualifications

• Frontier Hardware & Electronics Expertise: Deep experience managing capital-intensive commodities such as high-performance compute chips (GPUs/ASICs), custom actuation systems, advanced LiDAR/vision sensors, or specialized battery packs.

• International Footprint Scale: Proven success establishing massive supply footprints across Asia, Europe, and the Americas simultaneously, navigating multi-national regulatory and customs challenges.

• Hyper-Growth Technical Scale: Experience driving hyper-scale manufacturing operations or strategic sourcing within world-renowned robotics, automotive, aerospace, or tier-1 consumer hardware companies.

• Capital & Capex Management: Deep background in managing major capital expenditures (CapEx) for custom factory tooling, production equipment, and foundry reservations.

Compensation

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.