Head of Supply Chain

ABOUT US

Reframe Systems is building the engine of housing abundance. We integrate autonomous design software, flexible robotics, and a distributed network of microfactories to mass-customize climate-resilient, low-carbon housing at scale. Our microfactories deploy in under 100 days, our software-defined manufacturing pipeline turns architectural intent directly into production, and our homes are zero-energy ready, resilient by default, and engineered for the realities of the next century.

We're scaling from one microfactory in Andover to a network of microfactories across North America. Supply chain is one of the highest-leverage functions in the company.

The role

We're hiring a Head of Supply Chain to lead the strategy, programs, and operating system for construction materials across our factory and field operations.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who has been the strategic layer above tactical procurement at a high-growth hardware or manufacturing company, and who is energized by being a cross-functional thought partner — not just a procurement function leader.

You will lead a team that runs day-to-day procurement and inventory operations, freeing you to focus on supplier strategy, cost-down programs, the operating system that scales across multiple factories, and the cross-functional integration of supply chain into design, DFMA, and project delivery. You'll also carry meaningful bandwidth for strategic initiatives at the executive team's request — work that sits outside the supply chain lane and where your judgment and synthesis are the product.

You'll report to the Head of Factory Operations and manage our Procurement, Buyer & Inventory function from day one.

What you'll do

Drive measurable cost-down on $/sqft through strategic supplier programs.

• Launch 2–3 strategic supplier programs in high-impact categories (e.g., windows, cabinets, structural lumber, MEP equipment).

• Build leverage where Reframe doesn't yet have scale — through standardization, multi-year commitments, alternate sourcing, and direct manufacturer relationships.

• Co-own $/sqft cost trajectory with our Design team.

Build the procurement and inventory operating system that scales across the Fabrication Network.

• Develop a documented, teachable process from permit set → BOM → RFQs → POs → receiving → kitting → project closeout.

• Establish supply chain data standards: part numbering, BOM structure, stock vs. buy-to-job logic, supplier and inventory data models.

• Stand up a simple but reliable inventory and spend picture using existing tools, and use it as the basis for future ERP / WMS requirements.

Build the team and the leadership bench.

• Manage and develop a team including Procurement, Buying, and Inventory Management.

• Set clear scope, standards, and growth paths so the team operates day-to-day without escalation.

• Hire and grow the function as Reframe scales to additional microfactories.

Embed supply chain into design, DFMA, and project delivery.

• Sit in Design conversations and credibly shape decisions with cost, lead-time, and supply-risk data.

• Propose and analyze material alternatives; co-decide on changes that affect building systems, permitting, or installation.

• Partner with Factory and Site Operations to ensure material plans actually work on the floor and on site.

Be a strategic thought partner to the executive team.

• Carry approximately 20% bandwidth for strategic initiatives outside the supply chain lane — investor-facing analysis, JV partner due diligence support, market entry studies, business model exploration, and other high-leverage projects.

• Bring structured thinking and clear written communication to executive-level decisions.

Shape our future systems.

• Translate real-world workflows into clear requirements for a future ERP / WMS, in partnership with Software and Finance.

• Act as the primary operational stakeholder when we evaluate and implement more advanced systems in the next 1–2 years.

What success looks like in your first year

• Projects hit their cost and schedule milestones, with measurable contribution from supplier programs you launched.

• A working procurement and inventory operating system is in place and used by the team across FAB0 and FAB1.

• We have a clear, accurate view of inventory and material spend that holds up in board reviews and investor diligence.

• Your team is leveled up, scoped, and growing.

• You've delivered at least one significant strategic initiative outside the supply chain lane.

• You're recognized internally as the trusted senior leader on anything that touches construction materials.

Who you are

• 10+ years in supply chain, procurement, or operations at scaling hardware, deep tech, or manufacturing companies. Backgrounds like automotive OEMs, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or modular construction at scale all map well.

• You've been the strategic layer above tactical procurement — owning supplier programs, cost-down initiatives, multi-site supply chain replication, or category strategy at meaningful scale.

• You've managed managers and tactical operators, and earn credibility with both.

• You've been through at least one 0→1 or 1→10 scaling motion in a hardware or manufacturing environment.

• MBA or equivalent strategic operating experience is strongly preferred.

• You're a clear, structured written communicator. You can take a messy problem, write a memo that reframes it, and walk into a room with a recommendation.

• You're comfortable starting scrappy (Sheets, QuickBooks, basic databases) and using that to design what's next, rather than waiting for tooling.

• You're energized by being a thought partner to the executive team on problems outside your formal lane.

Nice to have

• Experience in construction, modular / off-site construction, building products, or adjacent manufacturing.

• Experience leading supply chain through an ERP / WMS implementation as the operations or supply-chain lead customer.

• Direct experience with vendor contracts and the business-side legal interface.