Senior Manager, Supply Chain Finance

At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream—we’re making it reality. For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining what’s possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm. At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for a Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Finance to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to Director, Finance and based in San Jose, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role 5 days a week.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced finance professional to partner with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Operations and other cross-functional teams. This role provides financial leadership across supplier economics, material cost, inventory, working capital and supply-chain decision support. Reporting to the Director of Supply Chain Finance, the Senior Manager will independently lead complex analyses and cross-functional workstreams, develop recommendations for leadership, and strengthen financial processes and decision-support capabilities. This is an individual-contributor role with broad business exposure and responsibility for influencing outcomes through financial insight and collaboration. Role and Responsibilities

Role and Responsibilities

• Supplier Finance & Commercial AnalysisLead financial evaluation of supplier investments, prepayments, capacity arrangements, strategic deposits and other nonstandard commercial proposals. Develop business cases using cash-flow, payback, return, sensitivity and scenario analysis to support funding and sourcing decisions. Partner with Sourcing, Treasury, Accounting and Legal to evaluate commercial terms, repayment protections, pricing benefits, performance milestones and financial exposure. Monitor supplier financial health, outstanding funding exposure, repayments and realized benefits against approved business cases. Provide financial input on supplier contracts, purchase commitments, capacity rights, termination provisions and other material commercial terms.
• Material Cost & Business PerformanceLead financial analysis of material cost, purchase price variance and sourcing productivity, including clear explanations of key business drivers. Develop cost-driver, should-cost and total-cost-of-ownership analyses to support sourcing strategies, negotiations and supplier decisions. Partner with Sourcing and Engineering to validate cost-reduction opportunities and track realized savings through the P&L. Assess the financial impact of commodities, tariffs, logistics costs, supplier mix, engineering changes and other operational factors. Prepare leadership-ready forecasts, performance bridges, risks, opportunities and recommendations.
• Inventory & Working CapitalLead inventory forecasts and scenario analysis using operational drivers such as demand, receipts, production, shipments, lead times and absorption. Partner with Operations and planning teams to evaluate inventory targets, safety stock, build-ahead, strategic buys and long-lead material decisions. Analyze inventory turns, DIO, aging, excess and obsolete exposure, reserves and disposition opportunities. Identify working-capital improvement opportunities and coordinate actions across Finance, Supply Chain and Operations. Translate inventory decisions into clear cash-flow, balance-sheet, margin and operational implications.
• Business Partnership & Process LeadershipServe as a trusted finance partner to Supply Chain and Sourcing leaders on complex operational and commercial decisions. Lead cross-functional finance workstreams and establish clear deliverables, decision points, ownership and follow-through. Develop scalable models, dashboards, controls and review routines that improve forecast accuracy and decision quality. Present financial insights and recommendations to functional and finance leadership. Provide informal coaching and technical guidance to other team members while remaining accountable for individual workstreams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Supply Chain, Business or a related field; an advanced degree or relevant certification is a plus.
• Typically 9+ years of progressive experience in supply-chain finance, operations finance, FP&A, inventory finance, working capital, strategic sourcing finance or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex analyses and cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through recommendation and implementation.
• Advanced financial-modeling skills, including driver-based forecasting, investment analysis, scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis.
• Strong understanding of inventory, standard costing, PPV, sourcing economics, supplier payments and working-capital drivers.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with ERP, planning, business‑intelligence or data‑visualization tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex financial topics clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Sound business judgment, high ownership and the ability to influence decisions without direct authority.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in manufacturing, energy, hardware, industrial technology or another product-based environment.
• Experience supporting global supply chains, strategic sourcing, inventory or supplier-payment processes.
• Experience with Oracle or another enterprise resource planning system.
• Experience with dashboarding, automation or data-visualization tools.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting, standard costing, PPV, absorption or working‑capital drivers.

What Success Looks Like

Complex workstreams are independently led with clear recommendations, risks and follow-through. Leadership receives timely, decision-oriented insight on supplier economics, material cost, inventory and working capital. Financial models and review processes become more scalable, accurate and actionable. Cross-functional partners view Finance as a practical, credible and constructive business partner.

Equal Opportunity

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.

Benefits and Compensation

Bloom Energy is committed to supporting the well-being of our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees includes competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a large employer contribution, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, generous Mental Health Support services, Legal services, virtual Physical Therapy access, and Fertility & Family Forming benefits. Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience. Salary Ranges: $141,900.00 - $204,100.00

The Bloom Energy Server is a distributed electric power solution built for the digital age and capable of delivering highly reliable, uninterrupted 24x7 constant power that is also clean and sustainable. Bloom’s unique on-site power generation systems are among the most efficient on the planet, providing significantly reduced operating costs and producing dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. By generating power where it is consumed, Bloom Energy offers increased electrical reliability and improved energy security, providing a clear path to energy independence. Some of the largest companies in the world trust Bloom Energy to provide their businesses with clean, reliable and resilient energy. Bloom’s customers include many Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other industries. The company, headquartered in San Jose, California, is growing quickly and looking to add to its dynamic team. Stay up to date with Bloom Energy through our social channels.