Supply Chain Manager - Instawork Robotics

Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AI-powered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works.

The Instawork Robotics Supply Chain Manager will own the planning, procurement, and logistics for the specialized hardware we use for robotics data capture.

Who You Are:

• A supply chain professional, with at least 4 years of experience managing logistics or supply chain planning for a global product company.
• A problem-solver who looks around corners to anticipate bottlenecks and issues to keep things running smoothly.
• A builder who enjoys bringing up new suppliers and creating new global distribution networks without a standard corporate playbook.
• An innovator who thrives on ambiguity and likes to work at startup speed.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience in hardware logistics at an early-stage or mid-stage startup
• Experience with material planning or hardware operations management

What You’ll Do:

• Vendor relationship management - Identify and onboard new suppliers, manage existing hardware vendors.
• Procurement - Purchase inventory and manage inbound logistics.
• Logistics - Manage the distribution of equipment to our distributed workforce in the US and APAC regions
• Prototyping - Source products and partners for rapid prototype development as we research new data collection hardware and equipment.
• Analyze Performance - Monitor and communicate the performance of our distribution network by tracking key metrics  and summarizing insights for the team.

For CA Based Applicants:

• The base salary for this position is between $100K to $140K
• This position is eligible for equity in the form of stock options
• This position is eligible for Instawork benefits, including: 
• Variety of medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage beginning on the date of hire
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 8 paid company holidays annually
• Phone stipend
• Commuter stipend
• Supplemental pay on qualified leaves
• Employee health savings accounts (HSA) contribution
• Flexible spending plans
• 401K plan
• Perkspot - discount program through Lumity

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Our Values 

• Empathy, Trust & Candor
  We put ourselves in the shoes of our colleagues and customers and don’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations, instead building trust through honest and direct feedback.

• Bias for Action
  We practice high-velocity decision-making, clear-eyed that we often operate with incomplete information. Growing quickly means it’s OK to be wrong, so long as we learn from our mistakes and course correct!

• Always Be Learning
  We’re a curious bunch, and with AI transforming our workplace we encourage everyone to learn from each other, compounding our knowledge and experience to help us change an entire industry.

• Act Like an Owner
  We work long, hard, and smart, building products that delight our users and drive growth. Your ability to impact Instawork is limited only by your courage and conviction, not your job description.

About Instawork

Founded in 2015, Instawork is the nation’s leading online labor marketplace for food services, hospitality, light industry, and logistics, connecting more than 7M skilled workers with local restaurants, hotels, warehouses, stadiums, and more. Our AI-powered platform serves thousands of businesses across more than 50 major markets in the United States and Canada. We're not just helping fill shifts, we're supporting local economies—and we're just getting started!

Instawork has been featured by CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Forbes included us on their Next Billion Dollar Startups list; RetailTech Breakthrough named us Workforce Hiring Solution of the Year for 2025; and Inc. 5000 recognized us as one of the country's top 10% fastest-growing companies two years in a row. But what matters most is our impact. We're solving real problems for real people, and we’re doing it at scale.

Join our team to help us build something that matters! We’re looking for superstars who want to help us shape the future of work. With hubs in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Chicago, city offices in New York, Phoenix, and Singapore, we're back to working together in-person five days a week because we believe the best ideas happen when great people collaborate face-to-face. We also value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

Ready to make an impact? Learn more at www.instawork.com/about.

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