Supply Chain Executive Search
SYMBOTIC
IPO | Softbank · 2026
INVESTORS | Walmart · AIC T-hub · SVF Investment 3 · C&S Wholesale Grocers
A warehouse is a physics problem that most companies solve with people.
Symbotic builds the robotics and software that automate it: storing, retrieving, and sorting cases at a speed and density human-operated warehouses cannot reach. Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers use it to make the supply chain faster and cheaper, and Walmart is both a customer and an investor.
the engagement
Symbotic came to 33eleven Partners in their run up to going public. We led six searches over three years across finance, engineering, information security, and strategic sourcing.
Six searches, and no two in the same function.
PLACEMENTS
Chief Financial Officer
Vice President of Engineering
Vice President of Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain
Vice President of Information Security
Director of Strategic Sourcing
Director of Supply Chain and Sourcing, Electronics and Manufacturing
PARTNERSHIP INSIGHTS
Six searches, six different functions.
Most repeat engagements go deep in one area. Symbotic went wide: finance, engineering, information security, and three sourcing and supply chain roles, across three years.
That is what a hardware company scaling into public markets actually needs. The constraint moves. First it is capital and reporting, then it is whether the product ships reliably, then it is whether you can source the components to build it at volume, then it is whether the systems inside your customers' warehouses are secure.
A search partner who only knows your engineering org cannot help when the bottleneck moves to sourcing. Breadth across a client is worth as much as depth in one function.
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