Director, Global Supply Chain

Director, Global Supply Chain & Strategic Sourcing Madrid Rondo is accelerating industry’s transition to lower-cost, zero-carbon heat and power. Our Rondo Heat Batteries turn low-cost renewable electricity into continuous, high-temperature heat and power, enabling industrial facilities to replace fossil-fired boilers without costly process changes. The result is lower-cost,zero-carbon industrial energy delivered safely, reliably, and at 98% efficiency. Rondo is commercially deployed and rapidlyscaling,today. Backed by world-class industrial leaders and investors — including Breakthrough Energy, Energy Impact Partners, Rio Tinto, Aramco, SABIC, SCG, TITAN, Microsoft, H&M, and John Doerr — Rondo is building the next generation of industrial energyinfrastructure atglobal scale. We’re looking for a globally experienced Director of Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing to help repower industrial heat at scale. You will lead the sourcing strategy and supplier partnerships required to scale the Rondo Heat Battery (RHB) from breakthrough technology to reliable global deployment. This role will owned sourcingstrategy for critical equipment and components,establishscalable commercial frameworks, and build a resilient global supply base capable of supporting Rondo’s growth. You will partner closely with Engineering, Project Delivery, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership to balance cost, quality, capacity, risk, and schedule across Rondo’s projects and product roadmap. What You Will Do (

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include, but are not limited to): Develop and lead Rondo’s global supply chain and strategic sourcing strategy in alignment with the company’s product, project-delivery, and growthobjectives. Build and manage a scalable global supplier network for critical equipment, components, and services. Translate product, engineering, and project requirements into clear sourcing strategies, supplier-selection criteria, and commercial plans. Lead strategic supplier selection, qualification, negotiation, contracting, and performance management. Establish senior-level relationships with key suppliers and negotiate favorable terms related to cost, quality, capacity, delivery, warranties, risk allocation, and intellectual property. Develop sourcing strategies for long-lead equipment and ensure alignment with engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and customer-project milestones. Oversee procurement strategies for construction contractors, ensuring that equipmentpurchasingsupports project schedules and contractual commitments. Establish commercial frameworks for industrial equipment (such as boilers and other heat exchange systems), including equipment purchase agreements, milestone-based payment structures, performance guarantees, and change-order mechanisms. Develop supplier capacity, risk-mitigation, and continuity plans to support Rondo’s global deployment pipeline. Recommenda regional based vs global/centralized supplier strategy Create and execute cost-reduction roadmaps for critical components, existing products, and next-generation RHB systems. Partner with Engineering to incorporate supplier capabilities, manufacturability, cost, and lead-time considerations into product-development decisions. Collaborate with Quality and Engineering teams to improve supplier performance and resolve significant technical, quality, schedule, or commercial issues. Establish supply chain metrics, operating processes, governance, and reporting to provide leadership with visibility into cost, capacity, risk, and supplier performance. Drive supplier scorecardmethodologyin the areas of cost, quality,technologyand availability Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global supply chain and strategic sourcing capability as the organization scales. What You Will Bring Approximately 10 or more years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, procurement, or supplier management, including leadership of complex global sourcing initiatives. This requires actual hands on experience in identifying suppliers of complex industrial parts. This is not a materials planning role. Experience sourcing industrial equipment for capital projects, including factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, and milestone-based delivery. Examples of industrial equipment would be boilers and other complex heat exchange equipment. Strong knowledge of constructioncontractors and how capital-equipment procurement integrates with engineering, construction, commissioning, and project-delivery schedules. Experience negotiating complex industrial-equipment agreements, including equipment purchase agreements, milestone-based payment terms, warranties, performance guarantees, liquidated damages, and commercial risk allocation. Experience managing the procurement of long-lead equipment, such as boilers, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, electrical equipment, or other industrial process systems. Demonstrated success dev