Buyer, Engineering Services Contracts

About Fisker Inc.

California-based Fisker Inc. is revolutionizing the automotive industry by developing the most emotionally desirable and eco-friendly electric vehicles on Earth. Passionately driven by a vision of a clean future for all, the company is on a mission to become the No. 1 e-mobility service provider with the world’s most sustainable vehicles. To learn more, visit www.FiskerInc.com – and enjoy exclusive content across Fisker’s social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. Download the revolutionary new Fisker mobile app from the App Store or Google Play store.

Role Overview

As a member of the Indirect Purchasing team, the primary function of this role is to source engineering services contracts.  This role interacts with suppliers and internal stakeholders involving a considerable amount of initiative and analytical work.

Requirements

  • Plan, develop, implement, and maintain cost reduction plans in support of department’s budget and cost reduction goals

  • Analyze and negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods

  • Negotiate contract terms and conditions with supplier, award supplier contracts or recommend contract awards

  • Track project changes to ensure overall spend is within budgeted approval levels

  • Analyze engineering labor rates across different regions and create sourcing recommendation

  • Negotiate with suppliers, new business awards, build and maintain supplier relationships to deliver cost savings targets

  • Ideal candidate will possess the ability to multi-task; have excellent time management skills

  • Identify and implement departmental process improvement

Basic Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or Finance from an ABET accredited university

  • 2-5 years of experience in cost estimating, engineering services or related field

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy and complexity

  • Ability to negotiate with vendors independently and identify cost saving opportunities

  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and be able to effectively interface with cross functional teams and management

  • Basic knowledge of ERP, Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competences

  • Drive for Results: Drive for high performance, takes responsibility and works towards planning targets, overcoming obstacles, setbacks, and uncertainty.

  • Business Acumen: Contribute to the company strategy and aligns the strategic priorities of own area with the direction and strategic priorities of the broader organization.

  • Customer Centricity: Anticipates evolving customer needs and how to address them, doing the right thing in the right way

  • Decision Making: Makes timely, informed decisions that consider the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.

  • Analytical Thinking: Gather relevant information, identify key issues, compare data from various sources; draw appropriate conclusions to arrive at appropriate solutions.

  • Teamwork & Collaboration: Facilitates Collaboration, actively engaging and to make joint decision and share best practices.

  • Displays Global Perspective: Conveys an understanding of the organization's global market position, opportunities, capabilities, and competitive threats and takes cultural issues and geographic differences into account when making plans and decisions.

Additional Requirements.

  • Must be willing to travel both domestically, as well as internationally, as required

Fisker Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment at Fisker Inc. is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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