Senior Buyer (m/w/d)

Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.

Our carbon removal efforts began in 2020 with initial purchases from customers like Stripe, Shopify, and Microsoft. Since then, we've scaled to thousands of tons of carbon removal, grown to over a hundred employees, and established three locations in San Francisco, Colorado, and Louisiana.

We're expanding our team of ambitious, creative, and hands-on problem solvers. We value psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take calculated risks and treat mistakes as opportunities to improve. If you're excited about tackling big challenges, we encourage you to explore our company values.

Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!

Your Responsibilities

• Manage procurement activities for direct materials, components, fabricated parts, and production-related services.
• Issue and manage purchase orders, including pricing, quantities, lead times, delivery requirements, and contractual terms.
• Source and qualify new suppliers based on cost, quality, capacity, lead time, and technical capabilities.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, MOQ requirements, and other commercial agreements with suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationships and serve as the primary point of contact for purchasing-related issues.
• Monitor supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and capacity.
• Identify and mitigate supply-chain risks, including long-lead items, sole-source components, capacity constraints, and material shortages.
• Review MRP/ERP requirements and translate demand into purchasing actions to support production schedules.
• Analyze BOMs and engineering requirements to ensure materials and components are properly sourced and available when needed.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Program Management, and Finance to resolve procurement and material issues.
• Manage purchase order changes resulting from engineering revisions, BOM changes, quantity changes, and schedule adjustments.
• Expedite critical and delayed materials to prevent production interruptions and maintain program schedules.
• Track open purchase orders and provide visibility into expected delivery dates, shortages, and supplier risks.
• Develop and maintain supplier lead-time, pricing, and capacity information.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities through competitive bidding, supplier negotiations, alternate sourcing, and volume leverage.
• Support supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate supplier quotes and prepare commercial comparisons and recommendations for management.
• Establish and maintain strategic supplier relationships for critical and high-value components.
• Support new product introduction and production ramp-up activities by ensuring procurement readiness.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records, supplier information, pricing, and purchasing data within the ERP system.
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies, quality requirements, and applicable contractual requirements.
• Develop contingency plans and alternate sourcing strategies for critical materials and suppliers.
• Support inventory optimization by balancing production requirements, supplier lead times, MOQ, cash flow, and inventory levels.
• Provide management with reporting and analysis on spend, supplier performance, shortages, open orders, and procurement risks.

You Bring

• Strong procurement and sourcing experience across manufacturing environments.
• Strategic supplier management with a focus on cost, quality, lead time, capacity, and long-term supplier relationships.
• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills to address pricing, delivery, shortages, and supplier performance issues.
• Cross-functional leadership working closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Program Management, and Finance to meet production and program requirements.
• Ability to build and improve procurement processes that increase efficiency, visibility, accountability, and supply-chain reliability.

Bonus if You Bring

• Start-up experience with the ability to build and improve procurement processes, systems, and SOPs in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Contract manufacturing experience, including managing external manufacturing partners, supplier relationships, BOMs, RFQs, and production schedules.
• Manufacturing-focused procurement experience with a strong understanding of fabricated parts, machined components, raw materials, assemblies, and production requirements.
• Experience managing rapid growth and changing priorities, including scaling supplier capacity, mitigating supply-chain risks, and supporting aggressive production timelines.
• Technical and cross-functional experience working closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to translate technical requirements into effective sourcing and purchasing strategies.

$85,000 - $100,000 a year

What We Offer

• Equity ownership through stock options
• 100% employee healthcare premiums covered
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options
• Employer-funded HSA contributions for eligible HDHP plans
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 50% match on contributions up to 6%
• Paid leave, including parental and medical leave
• PPE and workwear allowances
• Annual professional development stipend
• Employee recognition programs that celebrate impactful work and team contributions
• Opportunities for internal growth, career development, and transition into climate from a range of industries and backgrounds

Visa Sponsorship Policy

Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.

Our Commitment

Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skills, experience, and passion for our mission. Climate challenges require a wide range of perspectives and expertise, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We're excited to grow our team with people who bring unique strengths and help us improve as a company.

At Charm, we may use AI-enabled tools to support certain aspects of the hiring process, including organizing candidate information and highlighting experience that may be relevant to a particular role. In a world where AI-assisted resumes, synthetic content, and deepfakes are increasingly common, these tools help our team navigate the process thoughtfully and efficiently. Every application and resume is reviewed by a member of our hiring team, and hiring decisions are made by people, not algorithms. Our recruiting process is designed to ensure candidates are evaluated fairly, consistently, and in alignment with our equal employment opportunity commitments. AI tools support our team's work, but they do not replace human judgment or determine hiring outcomes.