Identify and negotiate with key suppliers for energy storage systems, ensuring optimal quality, cost, and supply capacity. • Lead initiatives to reduce material lead times and costs, implement supply chain policies, and develop a robust supply chain.• Develop and maintain “should cost” models for key components, driving cost transparency and strategic negotiations.• Successfully managing supplier relationships, forecasts, and ensure on-time deliveries for critical energy storage components.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and drive performance improvements.• Work closely with Engineering, Finance, and Legal departments to continuously improve the sourcing strategy and streamline procurement processes.

Managed sourcing and negotiation of supply agreement to optimize costs.• Acted as team leader to influence, drive, and collaborate with cross-functional teams such as, ID, PD, EPM, SQE, MPE, Tooling, MPM, and Ops during different stages of the build to ensure programs were moving in the right direction from a design, time, demand, quality, supply risk, and cost perspective.• Organized, planned, and proposed sourcing strategy with cross-functional team stakeholders to execute the business award process.• Reviewed supplier capabilities, costs, and capacity to ensure they could meet requirements.• Identified suppliers, developed and managed relationships to ensure on time delivery, supply flexibility, quality, and cost reduction.• Developed detailed cost and process models to challenge suppliers to deliver cost, quality, and time to optimize solutions.Built and managed target costs, CBD, CapEx, and budget planning to meet budgetary requirements.• Drove and organized negotiation with suppliers on parts cost at the end of each build and bi-yearly to meet cost targets.• Identified and qualified new vendors to achieve competitive cost reduction.• Collaborated closely with Tooling, PD, MPE, and SQE teams on DFM, MIL, material selections, and manufacturing processes to optimize cost and time.• Managed commercial terms, SPOR plans, RFQ, and SBR.• Managed KO dates for tooling, equipment, and material based on ramp plan timeline and LT.• Organized and planned risk ramp timeline, input / output plan, pipeline report, setting target yield, and material readiness for MP to meet MPS demands.• Reviewed MP supply plan to ensure suppliers could meet peak capacity demand and mitigate supply risks.• Led and presented rubber strategy review to help cross-functional teams understand overall strategy and analyzed financial data, risks, and capabilities, and provided SPOR suggestions for the team.

Identified supply chain risks proactively and collaborated closely with internal team (PD engineers, tooling engineers, MPE, and SQE) and 50+ external suppliers to resolve issues and ensure vendor supply plan was achieved.• Managed external relationships (CM and supplier) to ensure correct revision was built and could support build schedule and requirements.• Drove cross-functional teams to improve reporting and communication processes with internal and external vendors.• Created and ensured 25+ system level BOMs (500+ parts per BOM) were accurately documented in PLM System (Arena).

Coordinated with PD engineers and EPMs to ensure all parts, materials, and quantities were up to date on the DRP for each development build for material readiness.• Maintained tight vendor relationships to assure on time delivery of development materials for each build.• Collaborated closely with GSMs to get material quotes and approve pricing from suppliers.• Managed budget and created purchase requests for each material to make sure they each had sufficient funds.• Created Bill of Materials, Engineering Change Orders, Approved Vendor Lists, and parts releases through Agile for documentation.• Tracked invoices and posted goods receipts to make sure there were no payment delays.

Collaborated closely with business managers to maintain component demands for future builds.• Prepared quarterly revenue projections and ensured all targeted forecast numbers were consistently reached every month.• Analyzed major changes in the forecast to make sure supply could meet demand.• Collaborated between logistic teams and headquarters to ensure all open orders were shipped on time and delivered on schedule.• Minimized excess inventory at the end of each month while ensuring customer demand was met.

Negotiated pricing with vendors to maintain efficient PPV costs and resolved invoicing issues and material discrepancy problems.• Executed core procurement process effectively for assigned products to meet demand.

Procured goods and services in a timely and cost-effective manner.• Maintained strong relationships with key suppliers to negotiate the best price.• Coordinated with vendors and production team to accurately forecast demand and avoid shortages.

Participated in sales forecasting and budgeting.• Responded to customer inquiries and requests, ensuring to provide quick and accurate information to maintain customer satisfaction.• Coordinated sales and documented finances.

Engaged in the product development process by analyzing current market segmentation, customer, and market requirements.• Resolved customer issues and assisted with product troubleshooting.

Performed competitive analysis and market research to provide feedback to the product development team.• Improved product development efficiency by creating standardized templates for multiple products.