Delivery Manager – Supply Chain – Nextpower; Nashville, Tennessee

Sourcing Manager, Foundation Equipment

We are seeking a Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing, planning, and production readiness focusing on the foundation equipment, specifically pile driving equipment. The role will involve translating NX product requirements to external equipment manufacturers to ensure that the supply chain is production ready, scalable, and cost-effective.

• Equipment Sourcing:
  Partner with Product Management and Engineering to develop a supplier chain strategy in line with the Equipment product road map transitioning from legacy to the next generation products. Knowledge of supply base and industry contacts in pile driving equipment or similar heavy machinery industries will be key to success of developing sources.
• Industrialization Strategy:
  Develop strategies to control cost, improve capacity and delivery of equipment suppliers or sub suppliers as they scale with the NX products growth.
• Risk Assessment and mitigation of legacy suppliers who are sole source or poor performing by developing risk controls with incumbents around capacity, cost, geopolitical risks and/or developing alternate sources.
• Develop strategic supplier relationships with critical equipment or component suppliers while aggregating low spend suppliers to a strategic few. Partner with suppliers to lead improvement projects around lead time reduction, value engineering and continuous improvement projects.
• Lead bid and quote analysis, negotiate pricing, execute contracts, support onboarding to support NX product ramps globally.
• Develop and support after service supply chain by developing suppliers for meeting spares and fleet demand. Provide oversight of execution by resolving commercial bottlenecks, resolving supplier escalations and mitigating operational risks.
• Report to leadership on supply chain risk, readiness, and timelines.

• Oversight of forecast, demand planning, allocations and procurement processes streamlining hand offs and identifying bottlenecks between business units and NX functional teams. Drive accountability between sales, planning, operations and procurement and where needed be the change agent to drive efficiency.
• Develop readiness plans for early builds, pilots, and scaled production.
• Administration of internal planning tools needing sourcing inputs around allocation rules, cost reference settings, price list and quote database.
• Coordinate build readiness with internal and external assembly teams and play active role in make vs buy decisions.

In this role you will report to the Director, North America Supply Chain. The Delivery Manager is responsible for leading the end‑to‑end supply chain execution of contracted projects from 70% confidence through final delivery (typical lifecycle ~26 weeks). This role represents Supply Chain as the single point of accountability to Project Management, Sales, and cross‑functional stakeholders, ensuring that materials, planning, logistics, and supplier performance align with contractual commitments and customer expectations.

• Own supply chain execution for assigned projects from 70% handoff through fulfillment completion.
• Represent Supply Chain in 70%, 90%, and 100% project handoff reviews, proactively identifying risks related to BOM alignment, NPI status, domestic content requirements, lead times, and delivery schedules.
• Ensure project delivery plans align with contractual agreements and commercial commitments.
• Serve as the primary supply chain interface for Project Managers and Sales, providing clear visibility into supply status, risks, and mitigation plans.

• Ensure new contracted projects are accurately planned, allocated, and maintained in Nextpower’s planning system (Anaplan).
• Validate supply allocation against demand and contractual timelines to ensure feasible delivery plans.
• Support testing, deployment, and adoption of Anaplan enhancements to accelerate planning system transformation.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of supply chain planning data, including master data, allocations, and data flows…