Purchasing Manager, Battery Pack

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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

This Purchasing Manager, Battery Pack role requires exceptional communication, negotiation, and organizational skills. A successful candidate needs to thrive in a pressurized environment using data and facts to help identify risks, manage resources, and solve problems quickly and effectively. A dedicated team ethic with the ability to interact at all levels and across business boundaries is required to be successful in this position.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategic sourcing process for the HV Battery Pack commodity area

  • Identify potential suppliers, analyze capabilities, and develop a sourcing strategy and roadmap

  • Develop sourcing strategies by analyzing the supply base, market conditions, and technology roadmaps

  • Lead contractual negotiations with suppliers on NDA’s, General Terms & Conditions and Production Supply Agreements

  • Negotiate key contracts to optimize value

  • Perform detailed analysis of supplier quote submissions based on cost breakdown data and support it with should-costs

  • Identify and implement cost reductions on prototype and series production products and services

  • Actively manage supplier relationships and performance through key performance metrics

  • Ensure that the product is matched to the right supplier and ensure the supplier is effective in delivering the product in collaboration with Engineering

  • Optimize the product’s financial performance in collaboration with the Finance team

  • Work closely with Program Management to track sourcing progress and execute product and vehicle build events

  • Support Supplier Quality plant audits and technical reviews

  • Ability to make strategic sourcing recommendations and take appropriate action

  • Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

  • Deep knowledge of sourcing, procurement principles, procurement systems and large company best practices

  • Strong leadership and negotiation skills

  • Exceptional communication skills

  • Ensure that internal operations and supplier activities are conducted in an ethical, responsible manner, using ISO2600/20400 as a basis

Basic Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience

  • 8+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or purchasing experience

  • 3+ years relevant experience with strategic sourcing of HV Battery commodities (Busbars, Fuses, Harnesses, Cooling Plates, BMS, Housing etc.)

  • 3+ years’ experience leading a team of Purchasing professionals

  • 5+ years managing commercial business relationships with large suppliers in the automotive industry

  • 5+ years MS Office

  • Independent / initiative-taker

  • Fluent spoken and written English

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies

  • Drive for Results: Drive for high performance, take responsibility, and work 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 making joint decisions, and sharing 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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