Industry Strategy Lead – Supplier Ecosystem

🔥 15 hours ago

🌐 Canada, United States – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧐 Strategy

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CoLab Software

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51 - 200 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

CoLab Software is a company focused on improving the design collaboration process for engineering teams. They provide tools that facilitate efficient CAD reviews and automate issue tracking, helping teams design better products faster. CoLab integrates with major PLM and CAD systems and supports a variety of use cases including supplier collaboration, cost reduction, new product development, and design for manufacturability. Their platform, featuring tools such as ReviewAI, enables users to generate feedback, collaborate in real-time, and capture performance data to drive continuous improvement. CoLab aims to streamline design processes, reduce decision-making errors, and enhance product quality.

📋 Description

• Define and own CoLab’s supplier ecosystem strategy and repeatable go-to-market motion • Shape supplier-motion packaging, pricing, resourcing, purchasing, and ownership across teams • Map supply networks behind strategic accounts, including supplier dependencies and workflow handoff breakdowns • Build value cases for OEMs and suppliers using quote quality, no-bid visibility, cycle time, rework, and launch risk • Create supplier and network strategy plays for prospecting, BDR, and customer success teams • Identify supplier and adjacent-customer opportunities and convert supplier adoption into enterprise relationships • Run executive, management, and user workshops to expose workflow friction and mobilize buying groups • Incorporate supplier networks into strategic deal strategy and partner with account executives across engineering, quality, supply chain, and procurement • Track supplier activation and supplier-sourced pipeline, converting findings into product feedback and investment priorities • Report to the Director of Industry Strategy & Transformation with exposure to revenue leadership and account owners • Drive customer leadership conversations and strategic supplier-mapping workshops • Travel onsite to customers one or two times per month, typically for 1–3 days total

🎯 Requirements

• Experience working inside an OEM and understanding the supplier side of the relationship • Direct experience in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, supplier quality, or product development at an OEM • Experience owning or working closely with handoffs to Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers • Supplier-side experience is a strong plus • Understanding of PPAP, quoting, feasibility, DFM, tooling, and supply-chain handoffs • Ability to speak credibly to both OEM and supplier perspectives • Network-thinking ability across customer supply bases • High emotional intelligence and executive-level situational awareness • Competitive, high-cadence work style • Strong sense of time value and prioritization • Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills • Ability to create compelling presentations under pressure • Fluency with AI tools for research, messaging, and productivity • Ability to travel onsite to customers • Must be eligible to work in Canada or the United States based on the specified remote locations

🏖️ Benefits

• Stock options • Unlimited paid vacation • Extended health benefits • RRSP/401k matching • Remote-friendly work arrangement within Eastern or Central time zones in Canada or the US • Customer travel typically limited to 1–3 days total, one or two times per month