Director of Supply Chain
Full-time, onsite | Houston, Texas | Global role leading team members in Nyon, Switzerland | Reports to the VP, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain | Frequent travel to Nyon and to supplier sites in Europe, the US and Asia
We are challenging the energy sector with our innovative fuel cell technology to decarbonize power generation. Are you the right person to join our dynamic and growing team?
About EH Group Engineering
EHG is developing cutting-edge fuel cell technology for heavy duty mobility and large-scale stationary power applications. Our uniquely redesigned product is a significantly more compact fuel cell with high power density and lower costs of production. Faced with the challenges of climate change and the transition to a decentralized energy system, EHG seeks to provide high performance and cost-effective fuel cell solutions to our clients and partners.
Founded in Switzerland, EHG is now expanding into the United States, driven by fast-growing demand for onsite power for AI data centers, defense and industry, and supported by a soon-to-be-announced major investment round. We are establishing US manufacturing in Houston, Texas, alongside our established MW-scale facility in Nyon.
We are seeking a Director of Supply Chain to run sourcing, planning and materials across both production streams. This is deliberately one global role rather than two regional ones: one supply base, one set of supplier relationships and one approach to planning, so that a stack built in Nyon and a stack built in Houston draw on the same qualified sources and the same commercial terms. You will be part of the founding US operations team, with supply chain team members in Nyon reporting to you.
Key Responsibilities
Build and run a single global supply base for fuel cell components and balance of plant, serving both production streams and multiple manufacturing sites
Consolidate the global supplier base in the first year, and qualify and dual-source critical and long-lead materials across geographies so that neither site depends on a single point of failure
Negotiate global supply agreements structured for scale: pricing curves, capacity commitments and terms that hold across both entities as volumes grow by an order of magnitude
Develop the US supplier base in support of American-made designations, including domestic content analysis, tariff strategy, and import and export compliance between the Swiss and US entities
Stand up planning, materials management and inventory control in Houston and strengthen them in Nyon: demand and production planning, MRP, warehouse and receiving, and allocation of constrained materials between sites
Manage consigned inventory held at contract manufacturing and assembly partners
Own intercompany material flows between Switzerland and the US, including customs, documentation, and working with Finance on the transfer pricing of stacks, subassemblies and systems
Own supply chain processes within the ERP implementation: a common item master, part numbering convention and multi-level bill of materials across both entities, plus subcontract and consignment processes
Manage logistics to customer sites worldwide, including the movement of containerized systems
Lead a distributed team, including direct reports in Nyon, placing each capability where it belongs rather than duplicating functions across sites
Skills and Experience Required
Experience running supply chain across more than one manufacturing site, ideally in more than one country, with a track record of harmonizing rather than duplicating
Experience building or substantially scaling a supply chain function in a manufacturing business, ideally through a period of rapid volume growth
Strategic sourcing and supplier development for technical, engineered components, not commodity buying, including qualifying new suppliers from scratch
A strong commercial negotiation track record with global suppliers, including agreements structured around future volume rather than current spend
Practical command of cross-border material movement: customs, trade compliance and intercompany flows between legal entities
Working knowledge of planning and materials management in an ERP environment, with experience contributing to or leading a multi-entity implementation
Experience managing outsourced manufacturing or assembly relationships, including consigned inventory and supplier-held stock
Experience managing people remotely and across time zones, including direct reports on another continent, keeping a distributed team aligned without being in the room
Willing to travel frequently to Nyon, particularly in the first 12 months, and to supplier and partner sites in Europe, the US and Asia
Must have existing authorization to work in the United States
Desirable
Supply chain experience in energy, power electronics, battery, electrolyzer or fuel cell manufacturing
Experience sourcing precious metal or coated materials, and managing their cost and availability risk
Experience with domestic content requirements, tariff strategy or US manufacturing incentive programs
Experience supporting a technology or production transfer between sites or countries
Startup or scale-up experience as an early hire, building processes and a team from the ground up
Experience working between the US and Europe, Switzerland in particular
French language ability
What We Offer
Competitive compensation and meaningful equity, calibrated to the market and discussed directly with you
Relocation support to Houston, Texas
The opportunity to build EHG's global supply chain during a defining phase of hyper-growth
Only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
EH Group Engineering is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic.