Sr. Manager, Installation Supplier Development & Productivity

Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. The Senior Manager, Installation Supplier Development & Productivity is responsible for defining and governing the installation supplier network for large-scale automation projects, ensuring predictable outcomes in cost, schedule, safety, and quality across the project portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the strategy for installation supplier development, including supplier qualification, capability standards, and geographic coverage aligned to project demand and technology roadmap
• Establish and govern standardized onboarding, performance management, and productivity frameworks across installation suppliers and trades
• Set productivity baselines and learning-curve expectations by trade, scope, and technology; drive continuous improvement across the supplier network
• Partner with Construction leadership to identify systemic productivity losses, downtime drivers, and execution risks, particularly during early deployments of new technologies
• Lead executive-level supplier performance reviews (QBRs / PIRs), incorporating execution results, NPI learnings, and forward-looking improvement commitments
• Own installer productivity assumptions and labor models, ensuring they are grounded in validated field data
• Govern installer cost models and translate technology or process changes into quantified cost and productivity impacts that inform pricing and supplier commitments
• Serve as a senior partner to Strategic Sourcing during RFQs and negotiations, validating assumptions and securing performance-based commercial terms
• Partner with Finance to ensure installer cost models reflect NPI risk, execution variability, and margin expectations
• Act as the installation-facing owner for new technology introductions and value-add process changes
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Construction to ensure new technologies are clearly scoped, installable at scale, and supported by appropriate tooling, training, and documentation
• Lead install-readiness assessments and support pilot and first-of-kind deployments, converting field learnings into standardized installation approaches
• Serve as the primary interface between installation suppliers and internal teams on productivity, performance, cost, and technology deployment topics
• Influence cross-functional alignment through data-driven insights and execution-backed recommendations

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Business, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience in supplier development, installation or construction operations, productivity engineering, strategic sourcing, or NPI execution within industrial or automation environments
• Demonstrated experience leading new technology rollouts or major process changes in execution-heavy settings
• Deep understanding of installation labor models, productivity drivers, and cost structures
• Proven ability to translate field execution data into commercial and financial models and influence senior stakeholders