Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop regional strategies for localizing battery pack and Energy Storage (ES) sub-components in North America (USA, Mexico, Canada) to align with business growth plans, and generate cost-outcome results.
• Develop a supply base in North America, including but not limited to supplier sourcing, onboarding, and price negotiation, and improve quality and on time delivery service performance.
• Initiate, develop, and execute sourcing strategic initiatives for Battery Pack and ES sub-components (including but not limited to Aluminum Pack Housing, Pack Cover, Plastic Injection, Wire/Harness, Sheet Metal components, Electronics, BMS etc.), with alignment with the regional business leader, also the global components category team.
• Be responsible for implementing the annual cost reduction targets for Pack/ES components and promoting the implementation of VA/VE plans.
• Be responsible for the cost model of Pack/ES components, the optimization of supply chain layout, the establishment and analysis of cost benchmarks, and capacity analysis planning.
• Support/lead the management of the commodity through the APQP, PPAP, and agile squad processes in region.
• Conduct Supplier Business Reviews and manage relationships with strategic suppliers on a regular basis.
• Be responsible for supplier performance review with a cross-functional team.
• Be responsible for purchasing contracts and order processing.
• Benchmark procurement processes to develop and implement best practices for North America region.
• Build up our SAP system for North America under the support of regional/HQ IT and supply chain.
• Manage relationships with internal customers and stakeholders to provide the best overall outcomes from the supply chain.

Required Qualifications: 

• More than 3 years of work experience, proficient in office software.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics, chemical engineering, and related majors.
• Broad Purchasing Experience in automotive, Energy Storage or another manufacturing industry. Familiarity with ERP systems like SAP or Oracle etc.
• Know Automotive Industry Standards like IATF16949 or VDA, with an understanding of APQP, and/or PPAP.
• Market knowledge and intelligence of the supply base in North America (USA, Mexico, Canada), China and so on.
• Global sourcing experience and global strategic thinking and knowledge of global trade rules & regulations in import/export and global logistics, FTA, HS CODE and Components Certificate like UL.
• Skilled at contracts and knowledgeable of local tax regulations and local laws in the US.
• Ability to demonstrate effective negotiation styles and techniques.
• Strong coordination & collaboration ability with internal customers.
• Strong self-learning ability within the new business environment and cultures.
• Experience within battery pack components, power electronics and other related electrification commodities is a plus.
• Excellent level of spoken and written English.
• Mandarin or Chinese working experience is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience within battery pack components, power electronics and other related electrification commodities is a plus.
• Excellent level of spoken and written English.
• Mandarin or Chinese working experience is a plus