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 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 a finance professional to partner with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Operations and other cross-functional teams. This role supports financial planning and decision-making across supplier economics, material cost, inventory, working capital and supply-chain performance.

Reporting to the Director of Supply Chain Finance, the Manager will own defined financial workstreams, develop analyses and recommendations, and work directly with business partners to improve financial outcomes and operating visibility. This is an individual-contributor role requiring strong analytical capability, business partnership and execution.

Role and Responsibilities

Supplier Finance & Commercial Analysis

• Own financial analysis for supplier prepayments, capacity arrangements, strategic deposits and other nonstandard commercial proposals.
• Build business cases and scenario models covering cash flow, payback, economic benefit, repayment and downside risk.
• Partner with Sourcing, Treasury, Accounting and Legal to analyze commercial terms and summarize material financial considerations.
• Track supplier funding, repayments, outstanding exposure and expected benefits against approved terms.
• Support supplier financial-health reviews and identify emerging financial or concentration risks.

Material Cost & Business Performance

• Own recurring analysis and forecasts for material cost, purchase price variance and sourcing savings.
• Develop cost-driver and total-cost analyses to support supplier negotiations, sourcing decisions and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Analyze performance drivers including volume, commodities, supplier mix, engineering changes, tariffs and logistics costs.
• Validate savings assumptions and track expected benefits through purchase activity and financial results.
• Prepare clear performance summaries, issue analyses and recommendations for business reviews.

Inventory & Working Capital

• Develop inventory forecasts using demand, receipts, production, shipments, lead times and other operational drivers.
• Partner with planning and Operations to evaluate inventory targets, safety stock, build-ahead and strategic-buy proposals.
• Analyze inventory turns, DIO, aging, excess and obsolete exposure, reserve requirements and disposition actions.
• Identify working-capital opportunities and support cross-functional action plans.
• Quantify the cash-flow, balance-sheet and margin implications of inventory decisions.
• Business Partnership & Process Improvement
• Serve as the primary finance partner for assigned Supply Chain or Sourcing workstreams.
• Lead recurring reviews and communicate key drivers, risks, opportunities and required actions.
• Build and maintain financial models, dashboards and reporting processes that improve visibility and accountability.
• Coordinate inputs across multiple teams, resolve data issues and ensure analyses are complete and decision-ready.
• Recommend practical process improvements and support implementation with business partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Supply Chain, Business or a related field.
• Typically 6+ years of experience in supply-chain finance, operations finance, FP&A, inventory finance, working capital, strategic sourcing finance or a related field.
• Experience owning financial analyses or recurring business processes and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong financial-modeling skills, including driver-based forecasting, business-case analysis and scenario modeling.
• Working knowledge of inventory, standard costing, PPV, supplier payments and working-capital concepts.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with ERP, planning, business-intelligence or data-visualization tools.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate analysis into concise business implications and recommendations.
• High ownership, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• 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

• Assigned workstreams are managed reliably with accurate analysis, clear ownership and timely follow-through.
• Business partners receive useful insights and recommendations, not only financial reporting.
• Forecasts, models and dashboards clearly connect operational activity to financial outcomes.
• Risks and opportunities are identified early and converted into practical actions.

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.  

At Bloom Energy, we are 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.