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About Bristlecone:

Bristlecone is the industry’s largest pure-play supply chain service provider.

As the trusted partner for AI-first supply chain transformations, we specialize in empowering customers with tech-enabled solutions for planning, sourcing, and fulfillment. Through our consulting, platforms, and supply chain build and enablement expertise, we help Global 2000 organizations in the life sciences, retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, and high-tech industries drive visibility, resiliency, and efficiency across their supply chain.

Guided by a consulting-led approach, we serve as strategic partners to customers throughout their supply chain transformation journey. With comprehensive advisory and implementation capabilities, we offer high-value consulting spanning domains, processes, and change management, ensuring tailored solutions that drive meaningful outcomes for each customer. Bristlecone is headquartered in San Jose, California, with locations across North America, Europe, and Asia. It is part of the Mahindra Group.

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Job Description: Client Partner – Google relationship

The Client Partner is the CEO of a portfolio of business who is passionate about forming and driving successful client relationships and can successfully interact with senior executive level clients. Through their role, Client Partners focus on all aspects of client growth, relationship development, financial integrity, and quality delivery and execution of all engagements that drive organic growth and strong relationships.

This individual manages growth and evolution of multiple client relationships and can lead complex multi-dimensional engagements that combine consulting, and large technology deployments. This person is a high-energy leader with the ability to grow client relationships through presenting new strategies and innovative ideas.

The Client Partner is experienced in leading teams of both Client Service as well as service line professionals on multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed environment. These individuals also have a strong operational acumen in operating their clients business to meet financial and client satisfaction targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for a portfolio of business in one of Bristlecone’s most strategic and fast growing relationships
• Responsible for sales of SAP and other supply chain and related services to the client.
• Focus on developing new relationships in the client organization and converting them to opportunities and deals.
• Effectively manage all commercial aspects of the client relationship including contracts, pricing, profitability, internal revenue and profit forecasting.
• Accurately plan and forecast revenue growth to achieve their net revenue and margin targets.
• Develop and drive growth & account plans, processes, and strategies that improve results for clients, while growing the account portfolio.
• Continually increase knowledge of the client’s business (and industry) often serving as the client’s first line consultant.
• Provide leadership and direction to client and capability teams, fully leveraging all direct and indirect resources and ensuring optimal levels of productivity, service, communications, & quality in a matrix environment for assigned clients.
• Work closely with the sales team to develop proposal/presentation content and strategy for new business pitches.
• Effectively “on-board” new client relationships.
• Works to stay current with industry trends and best practices to proactively sell fit for purpose solutions and innovation.

Qualifications:

• Relevant undergraduate degree required with advanced degree preferred.
• Unparalleled client relationship skills and business acumen – you must be able to earn Trusted Advisor status with clients.
• Experience in managing the Google relationship is highly desired.
• At least 10 years of experience in working with senior level client contacts.
• At least 5 years’ recent experience in growing and managing complex client relationships.
• Experience working in a matrix environment and managing teams within a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment.

A growing high-tech manufacturing company in the Palo Alto area is seeking a Customer Service / Sales Representative to support existing customers while helping generate new business opportunities.

This role sits at the intersection of customer service, inside sales, and technical order management, making it ideal for someone who enjoys working with customers, coordinating with engineering and operations teams, and driving revenue growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary contact for assigned customer accounts, handling inquiries, order updates, and general support

• Prepare quotes, process sales orders, and manage customer requests from RFQ through delivery

• Track shipments, order status, and customer requirements through internal ERP/CRM systems

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, production, quality, and accounting teams to ensure customer expectations are met

• Follow up on outstanding quotations and identify opportunities to expand existing accounts

• Assist with customer portals, documentation, and order administration

• Support collections and coordinate pro forma invoices when required

Preferred Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related discipline preferred

• 3+ years of experience in customer service, inside sales, sales support, or account coordination

• Experience supporting customers in technical, electronics, aerospace, or manufacturing environments is a plus

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

• Familiarity with ERP or CRM platforms

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple orders and priorities simultaneously

If you want an exciting job with one of the largest off-price retail stores in the nation, join the Burlington Stores, Inc. as a Stocking Associate! Are you looking for a hands-on role in a fast-paced environment? Do you have great organizational skills and work well as part of a team? Would you thrive in a process-driven environment? If you answered yes, then this may be the role for you!

Stocking Associates are critical to making sure our stores remain stocked with the merchandise our customers want! Daily tasks include receiving, ticketing, sorting, and moving merchandise into and throughout the store quickly, efficiently, and accurately. You'll play a major role in successfully managing the flow of merchandise from the stockroom through our stores, which is a critical element in driving positive results for the company.

Responsibilities:

• Receive freight and convey shipments from the shipping/receiving platform to backroom
• Process, ticket, store, move, and display merchandise
• Stock, organize and present new merchandise on the sales floor
• Perform other tasks as assigned by manager from time-to-time

Candidates must be able to work a flexible schedule; including nights, weekends, and holidays as required.

If you...

are excited to deliver great values to customers every day;

take a sense of pride and ownership in helping drive positive results for a team;

are committed to treating colleagues and customers with respect;

believe in the power of diversity and inclusion;

want to participate in initiatives that positively impact the world around you;

Come join our team. You're going to like it here!

You will enjoy a competitive wage, flexible hours, and an associate discount. Part-time associates, based on hours worked, may be eligible for Burlington's benefits package which includes medical coverage and a 401(k) plan. Part-time associates may also be eligible for up to 4 hours of paid time off annually after one year of service, up to 8 paid holidays, and paid sick time in accordance with applicable law. We are a rapidly growing brand, and provide a variety of training and development opportunities so our associates can grow with us.

Our store teams work hard and have fun together! Burlington associates make a difference in the lives of customers, colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day. Burlington Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Base Pay: $18.20 per hour - $18.20 per hour

Location 00224 - Milpitas Address 1400 Great Mall Drive Zip Code 95035 Position Type Regular Part-Time Career Site Category Store Associate Position Category Retail Store Base Pay $18.20 - $18.20 per hour

Your Mission

We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and dynamic General Counsel to serve as a key member of our executive leadership team. You will be responsible for leading our global legal, compliance, regulatory affairs, and corporate governance functions. Your primary mission is to lead and successfully execute our planned US public listing and, in the process, build a world-class legal and risk management framework capable of supporting our global scale and growth.

Key Responsibilities

1. Capital Strategy and IPO Execution (Primary Focus)

• Lead the US IPO Process: Take full ownership of all legal aspects of the company's Initial Public Offering (IPO) on a US stock exchange (e.g., NYSE or NASDAQ).
• Strategic Advisor: Act as the chief legal advisor to the executive team and Board of Directors on all IPO-related matters, including structure, timeline, compliance, and risk.
• External Counsel Management: Lead, coordinate, and manage relationships with external legal counsel, underwriters, auditors, and other advisors involved in the IPO.
• Document Drafting and Review: Oversee and deeply engage in the preparation, review, and finalization of all IPO-related legal documents, including the registration statement (F-1), governance charters, and more.
• Ensure Compliance: Ensure the company's full compliance with all SEC and other relevant regulatory requirements before, during, and after the public listing.

2. Legal and Compliance Leadership

• Corporate Governance: Establish and maintain robust corporate governance standards for a public company, supporting the Board of Directors and its committees (Audit, Compensation, Nominating & Governance).
• Compliance Framework: Build and enhance a global compliance program covering anti-corruption (FCPA), antitrust, trade compliance, data privacy & security (GDPR, CCPA), and export controls.
• M&A and Financing: Lead legal due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and execution for strategic investments, financing rounds, joint ventures, and M&A transactions.
• Commercial Contracts: Guide the team in reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including global strategic partnerships, major sales and procurement contracts, and technology licensing agreements.
• IP Strategy: Work closely with the technology team to develop and implement a global intellectual property strategy, managing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
• Dispute Resolution: Manage significant litigation, arbitration, and other dispute resolution proceedings.

3. Team Management and Strategic Collaboration

• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing global legal team.
• Act as a key member of the executive team, actively participating in strategic decision-making and providing proactive legal and risk counsel.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional departments (Finance, HR, Business Development, R&D) to support overall business objectives.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent law degree from a recognized law school in the US, China, or other common law jurisdiction, with active bar membership in good standing.
• A minimum of 15 years of legal experience, including a senior role at a top-tier law firm or as in-house counsel at a high-growth multinational technology company.
• Must have a proven track record of leading at least one company through a complete US IPO process and deep familiarity with post-IPO ongoing compliance obligations.
• Extensive expertise in US securities laws, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and stock exchange listing rules.
• Demonstrated excellence in corporate governance, M&A, complex commercial negotiations, and compliance management within a multinational context.
• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and leadership skills in both English and Mandarin Chinese, with the ability to effectively liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional business acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into practical business solutions.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment, demonstrating adaptability and resilience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior in-house experience within the green tech, renewable energy, IoT, or SaaS industries.
• Experience handling complex cross-border data privacy and regulatory matters.
• Proven experience in building and leading a distributed, global legal team.

We Offer

• A unique opportunity to define and lead the future of the global green tech industry.
• A senior executive role at the core of the company's most critical historical moment.
• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including a significant equity component.
• The opportunity to work with a world-class executive team and Board of Directors.
• An open, innovative, and mission-driven work culture.

Are you a natural relationship builder with strong customer instincts? Do you enjoy stepping onto a production floor to solve problems just as much as you enjoy strategizing account growth? Do you love being "the face" to major OEMs and prefer a role that gets you out in the field rather than behind a desk? If so, this is the perfect opportunity to join our client, a primary equipment supplier to the North American bus industry.

The Regional Account Manager will support key OEM and fleet customers across Northern California and surrounding areas. This highly visible role blends account management, light technical/mechanical support, project coordination, field training, and regional sales growth.

You will serve as the primary point of contact for one of the region’s largest bus/vehicle manufacturers while also supporting additional transit agencies, fleets, and operators across Northern California and parts of the Central Valley.

This role is ideal for someone who loves building customer relationships, enjoys being hands‑on in production environments, and is comfortable balancing sales responsibilities with technical problem-solving.

What You'll Be Doing

Account Management & Customer Support

• Serve as the dedicated Account Manager for a major OEM in the Bay Area, visiting the customer 2–3 times per week to ensure smooth production, system performance, and issue resolution.
• Maintain strong customer relationships, identify pain points, and proactively address issues before they escalate.
• Coordinate closely with internal engineering and operations teams to troubleshoot production line challenges and facilitate solutions.
• Support multiple fleet/end‑user accounts throughout Northern California, conducting site visits, check-ins, and relationship-building.

Technical/Mechanical Support

• Provide on-site support during customer production processes — identifying mechanical issues, gathering data, and collaborating with engineering for solutions.
• Demonstrate mechanical aptitude and curiosity; able to understand technical product functions and communicate them clearly to customers.
• Perform hands-on review of customer installations and assist with resolving equipment, configuration, or application questions.

Training & Education

• Conduct paid technical training sessions for customer maintenance teams and technicians.
• Deliver clear instructions on product usage, safety, troubleshooting, and maintenance best practices.
• Ensure training materials and documentation are consistently updated and aligned with customer needs.

Regional Growth & Field Sales

• Manage and grow existing accounts while identifying new opportunities within assigned territory.
• Conduct cold visits/check-ins with regional customers to assess needs, gather feedback, and promote solutions.
• Support bid/specification efforts to ensure products are accurately represented in proposals and future orders.
• Provide timely and accurate forecasting, market feedback, and competitive insights.

Travel Expectations

• Approximately 80% travel, primarily within Northern California.
• Occasional travel to national manufacturing sites, training centers, and customer locations for onboarding and continued development.
• Expect an immersive 60-day onboarding program involving shadowing and training with team members across multiple regions.

What Experience You Bring

Required

• 5+ years of experience combining sales, account management, project coordination, and/or technical customer support.
• Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to manage expectations, resolve conflicts professionally, and build trust.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, whether through previous work experience, hands-on roles, or personal/hobbyist experience.
• Ability to work independently from a home office while managing a travel-heavy schedule.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using CRM tools.
• Residency in Northern California, with daily travel within the Bay Area feasible.

Preferred

• Experience supporting OEMs or large industrial/manufacturing accounts.
• Background in transportation, heavy equipment, mechanical systems, mobility, or related technical industries.
• Experience conducting customer training or technical demonstrations.
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to prioritize across multiple customers and ongoing projects.

What's Offered

• Company vehicle and credit card for travel.
• Yearly bonus eligibility.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity for long-term growth in a stable, expanding division.
• Autonomy, flexibility, and the chance to make a meaningful impact with a leading provider of transportation and mechanical system solutions.

Our client is not able to provide visa sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders.

Want to level up your sales career in the eye care space?

Our client is a high-growth innovator providing specialized, evidence-based clinical solutions that help optometry and ophthalmology practices thrive. They are currently expanding their national footprint and looking for a top-tier sales professional to lead a key regional territory.

This isn’t your typical "sample-drop" pharma role. As a Regional Account Manager, you’ll act as a true consultant, partnering with doctors and staff to integrate protocols that drive both practice revenue and better patient outcomes.

If you’re tired of the insurance paperwork and rigid corporate scripts of "Big Pharma," this is the consultative, relationship-heavy role you’ve been looking for.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Manage & Grow: Take full ownership of a regional territory with a "hunter" mentality.
• Educate: Provide in-office training and clinical support to eye care providers.
• Partner: Represent the brand at industry events and build long-term clinic loyalty.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must-Have: 3–5 years of outside sales experience specifically within Optometry or Ophthalmology.
• The Record: Proven success building a territory and hitting growth milestones.
• The Tools: Tech-savvy (CRM/Analytics) with strong presentation skills (in-person & virtual).
• The Travel: Valid driver’s license; able to handle regional travel with minimal overnights.

COMPENSATION:

• Base: $110K
• Variable: $50K OTE (Uncapped)
• Full Suite: 401k match, full benefits, mileage, and cell allowance.
• The Setup: Remote-based role w/ light travel

At Infoblox, every breakthrough begins with a bold “what if.”

What if your ideas could ignite global innovation?

What if your curiosity could redefine the future?

We invite you to step into the next exciting chapter of your career journey. Bring your creativity, drive, your daring spirit, and feel what it’s like to thrive on a team big enough to make an impact, yet small enough to make a difference. Our cloud-first networking and security solutions already protect 70% of the Fortune 500, and we’re looking for creative thinkers ready to push that influence even further. Join us and discover how far your bold “what if” can take the world, your community, and your career.

Here, how we empower our people is extraordinary: Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2025, Great Place to Work-Certified in five countries, and Cigna Healthy Workforce honors three years running — and what we build is world-class: recognized as Cybersec Asia’s Best in Critical Infrastructure 2024 —evidence that when first-class technology meets empowered talent, remarkable careers take shape. So, what if the next big idea, and the next great career story, comes from you? Become the force that turns every “what if” into “what’s next”.

In a world where you can be anything, Be Infoblox.

Senior Enterprise Account Executive - West (Bay Area, Northern California)

We have an opportunity for a Senior Major Enterprise Account Executive to join our West New Logo Sales team, reporting to the Regional Director of the West New Logo team. In this pivotal role, you will focus on acquiring new accounts, generating new leads, and converting them into customers. This includes owning and coordinating all aspects of the sales cycle. Our most successful salespeople in this role have a hunter mindset and an entrepreneurial spirit while acting ethically and transparently. This role requires a proactive approach to sales, with a focus on generating new leads and converting them into customers. This includes owning and coordinating all aspects of the sales cycle, maintaining and expanding the customer base, and collaborating closely with the BDR, Field Marketing, Solutions Architecture, and WEST Sales Team within the Bay aea. You’re the ideal candidate if you have a hunter mindset, and a proven track record of identifying and securing new business opportunities, cultivating relationships with prospects, and consistently achieving sales targets.

Be a Contributor — What You’ll Do

• Territory and Account Planning:
• Collaborate with your local team to build a comprehensive territory and account plan
• New Business Development:
• Drive new business opportunities in networking, security, and cloud solutions
• Prospecting:
• Identify and pursue new opportunities through sales-specific actions, marketing, and channel efforts
• Engage in 8-10 new business customer interactions per week
• Initiate contact with prospects across multiple personas (networking, security, cloud) through cold calls, emails, and networking
• Develop and execute strategies to generate new business leads with a combination of marketing, channel, and personally-driven campaigns
• Utilize prospecting tools like ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Highspot Digital Sales Rooms
• Deal Qualification:
• Conduct expert discovery and apply the MEDDPICC deal qualification framework
• Sales Recipes Adherence:
• Follow established sales recipes, including workshops and assessments
• Conduct one Security Workshop per month and seven Security Assessments per year
• Economic Buyer Engagement:
• Reach the economic buyer by leveraging business value assessments and business cases
• All new logos over 50K should have a BVA
• Partner Meetings:
• Hold at least 2 partner meetings per week with resellers, Hyperscalers, and tech alliances
• Leverage the Hyperscalers and transact at least 1 deal per quarter through a Hyperscaler marketplace
• Accurate Forecasting:
• Maintain forecasting accuracy within plus/minus 10%
• Account hand-off:
• Closed wins will be handed off to the Major Account Manager team after 30 days.

Be Prepared — What You Bring

• Minimum 7 years of successful technology sales, preferably in a hunter role focused on new business acquisition
• References from C-levels in at least 3 accounts where you have successfully broken in with a portfolio of products
• Proven track record of:
• Demonstrated success in meeting and exceeding sales targets
• Opening Fortune 1000 (or like-size) accounts with 6-figure ACV deals
• Building C-level relationships
• Successfully disrupting incumbent technologies and challenging the status quo by successfully selling emerging technologies (i.e. technologies that are not part of an established market)
• Cultivating Partner ecosystems, including channel, hyperscaler, and tech alliances
• Selling a portfolio of products in multi-stakeholder customer engagements (Economic Buyer, CIO, CISO, Finance, Risk/SecOps, etc.)
• Value selling, including using advanced business value assessments (BVA) or ROI models
• Proficient with using CRM software and other sales tools (including by not limited to: , Clari, Highspot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo / 6sense
• Excellent communication skills and highly self-motivated
• Work remotely from home office in S. California, AZ, NM, NV, or UT; travel required up to 25%
• Bachelors degree

Be Successful — Your Path

First 90 Days: Immerse in our culture, connect with mentors, and map the systems and stakeholders that rely on your work.

Six Months:

• Be confident delivering POC and webinars, as well as communicating our value proposition to new and existing customers
• Participate in 8-10 customer meetings a week, created through your individual prospecting, partner networking, and pipeline generation in conjunction with the Marketing and BDR team

One Year:

• Have built a target pipeline of 3X your current quota
• Deliver consistent quarterly results against quota attainment
• Have built a network of external champions across your territory and target accounts

Belong— Your Community

Our culture thrives on inclusion, rewarding the bold ideas, curiosity, and creativity that move us forward. In a community where every voice counts, continuous learning is the norm. So, whether you code, create, sell, or care for customers, you’ll grow and belong here.

Be Rewarded — Benefits That Help You Grow, Thrive, Belong

• Comprehensive health coverage, generous PTO, and flexible work options
• Learning opportunities, career-mobility programs, and leadership workshops
• Sixteen paid volunteer hours each year, global employee resource groups, and a “No Jerks” policy that keeps collaboration healthy
• Modern offices with EV charging, healthy snacks (and the occasional cupcake), plus hackathons, game nights, and culture celebrations
• Charitable Giving Program supported by Company Match
• We practice pay transparency and reward performance. Offers reflect role location, internal equity, experience, skills, education, and certifications. Base salary for this position: $150K - $160K plus commissions

Ready to Be the Difference?

Infoblox is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis

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Job Title: Regional Vice President of Sales (East Coast)

Department: Business Development

Location: Remote (Located in San Diego area)

Job Type: Full-time

About Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a healthcare technology company dedicated to improving patient access to care by automating and streamlining patient assistance and affordability workflows. We partner with healthcare organizations and life sciences companies to reduce friction in financial assistance processes, improve data integrity, and ensure secure, compliant exchange of healthcare data. Our mission is to help patients access the care they need faster, with less administrative burden across the healthcare ecosystem.

Role Summary

Cinnamon is seeking a Regional Vice President of Sales focused on direct pharmaceutical manufacturer relationships to drive enterprise growth across a defined territory.

This role is ideal for a senior sales leader with deep experience selling patient access, affordability, adherence, hub services, or healthcare workflow technology to pharmaceutical companies.

The Regional VP will own a regional enterprise quota and be responsible for new logo acquisition and expansion within existing pharmaceutical accounts. The role requires a consultative sales approach and the ability to navigate complex buying groups across brand teams, market access, patient services, and commercial operations.

This is a highly visible role that partners closely with the CEO, Chief Revenue Officer, and product leadership to shape Cinnamon’s direct pharma go-to-market strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Sales Leadership

• Own a regional enterprise quota focused on pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• Lead complex consultative sales cycles involving brand teams, market access leaders, patient services organizations, and commercial operations stakeholders.
• Drive new logo acquisition while expanding relationships with existing pharma clients.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline aligned with revenue targets.

Strategic Account Development

• Develop executive relationships within pharmaceutical companies across commercial, brand, and access functions.
• Identify opportunities where Cinnamon’s platform can improve patient affordability, access workflows, and data exchange across the patient journey.
• Partner with internal leadership on strategic opportunities, pricing strategy, and deal structuring.

Go-To-Market Execution

• Execute Cinnamon’s direct pharma sales strategy within an assigned territory.
• Identify priority accounts and develop targeted account strategies.
• Provide ongoing market intelligence and competitive insights to leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Implementation, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful client onboarding and long-term account growth.
• Collaborate with peer sales leaders to refine messaging, positioning, and sales strategy.
• Maintain disciplined CRM management and accurate revenue forecasting.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise sales experience in life sciences or healthcare technology.
• Proven success selling solutions directly to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• Experience selling solutions related to patient access, affordability programs, hub services, specialty pharmacy, adherence, or healthcare workflow automation.
• Strong relationships with stakeholders across brand teams, market access, patient services, and commercial operations.
• Track record of closing complex enterprise deals with multi-stakeholder buying groups.
• Experience selling SaaS, technology platforms, or healthcare services into pharma organizations.
• Exceptional executive communication and presentation skills.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary plus performance-based commission.
• Opportunity to shape and lead Cinnamon’s enterprise pharma sales strategy from the ground up.
• High visibility and close partnership with executive leadership.
• A mission-driven culture focused on improving patient access to care.
• Significant growth and leadership development opportunities as the company scales.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience and interest in the role to .

About Bristlecone:

Bristlecone is the industry’s largest pure-play supply chain service provider.

As the trusted partner for AI-first supply chain transformations, we specialize in empowering customers with tech-enabled solutions for planning, sourcing, and fulfillment. Through our consulting, platforms, and supply chain build and enablement expertise, we help Global 2000 organizations in the life sciences, retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, and high-tech industries drive visibility, resiliency, and efficiency across their supply chain.

Guided by a consulting-led approach, we serve as strategic partners to customers throughout their supply chain transformation journey. With comprehensive advisory and implementation capabilities, we offer high-value consulting spanning domains, processes, and change management, ensuring tailored solutions that drive meaningful outcomes for each customer. Bristlecone is headquartered in San Jose, California, with locations across North America, Europe, and Asia. It is part of the Mahindra Group.

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Consulting Partner – Supply Chain & Technology Consulting

Overview

We’re looking for a Consulting Partner to join our Supply Chain Consulting practice and lead strategic growth within the Technology and Hyperscaler sector. This is a senior, client-facing leadership role—ideal for a consulting executive who thrives at the intersection of supply chain transformation, digital enablement, and large-scale enterprise innovation.

The Consulting Partner will shape strategy, drive consulting-led revenue, and lead delivery excellence across key technology accounts. Success in this role requires deep supply chain domain expertise, strong consulting sales acumen, and the ability to engage senior client stakeholders to influence digital transformation agendas.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the supply chain consulting leader for major technology accounts, guiding account strategy, solution design, and delivery execution.
• Grow consulting revenue by identifying, sourcing, and closing consulting-led opportunities aligned to account and market objectives.
• Lead consulting delivery excellence, ensuring high-quality execution, client satisfaction, and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner closely with Client Partners and Delivery Partners to align consulting pursuits with broader account growth and delivery strategies.
• Build executive-level relationships across client organizations to drive supply chain, cloud, and operations transformation initiatives.
• Develop account-specific thought leadership—including industry insights, whitepapers, and executive roundtables—focused on digital supply chain and transformation trends.
• Mentor consultants and managers to strengthen practice capability and advance consulting career development.

Qualifications

• Previous consulting experience is required.
• Experience at a Big 4 or Tier 1 IT services consulting firm is strongly preferred.
• 10+ years in supply chain, ideally within the technology, digital, or hyperscaler ecosystem.
• Proven record of consulting-led account growth, including developing, selling, and delivering multi-year transformation engagements.
• Strong understanding of digital supply chain solutions, cloud transformation, and technology-enabled operating models.
• Exceptional client engagement and executive communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment across business and IT stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of achieving growth targets and leading cross-functional teams.
• Someone with established Google relationships highly desired.

Additional Requirements

• Location: Mountain View, CA or surrounding area.
• Work Model: Hybrid – regular onsite collaboration with client and internal teams.
• Travel: Up to 25% based on client and project needs.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or Master’s in Supply Chain, Operations, or related discipline preferred.

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Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

What We Offer

Salary:

Location:

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more.

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits.

We are actively recruiting a Strategic Partnerships Manager for our Optical Interconnect program in the Photonics Platforms Business (PPB).

PPB is a rapidly growing business within Applied Materials. We are harnessing the power of Applied Material’s world-leading material science and nano-fabrication capabilities to enable the next generation of Optical Interconnects for AI Data Centers.

The purpose of the Strategic Partnerships Manager role is to develop and nurture deep engagements with our most important partners.

Experience in the Photonics industry is essential

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop deep long term partner relationships.
• Negotiate and own joint development agreements and programs.
• Scope and coordinate partner project plans and Statements of Work, in tight collaboration with engineering
• Team with the Engineering, Technical Project Management, Product Marketing, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain groups.
• Ensure execution to your commitments
• Transition Joint Development programs into long term supply arrangement together with the Supply Chain team.
• Shape partner and internal roadmaps.
• Keep up to date on the industry ecosystem, and educate the management team on changes, and what they mean.

Key skills and experience:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree, ideally in a technical discipline. MBA a plus
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent communication skills, including active listening and questioning to really understand what partners bring to us, and what they need from us
• Fluent English language and experience communicating with people from different countries on the phone and in-person
• Experience in the AI Data Center, AI, or Silicon Photonics industries
• Experience developing strategic partnerships
• Business savvy – understands business basics
• Partner empathy
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience influencing action without owning resources
• Experience in managing projects together with the engineering team
• Experience managing and leading multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience negotiating contracts and agreements
• Startup experience a plus

Additional Information

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For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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