Buyer, Electrified Powertrain

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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

As a Buyer, Electrified Powertrain, you will manage the purchasing life cycle for production parts for vehicle projects for the Powertrain commodity. Responsibilities will cover (but are not limited to) battery and battery-related components, motors, and chassis components. This 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

  • Development of procurement strategy, establishment of purchasing budgets, plans, policies, systems, and procedures within the organization

  • Building and developing supply chain organization to support vehicle projects and ongoing cost reduction activities

  • Negotiate key contracts to optimize value

  • Develop business intelligence based on continuous market analysis, monitoring and forecasting against variable market conditions

  • Negotiate contractual terms and interpret existing contract frameworks, demonstrating an understanding of legal principles

  • Build internal relationships, assessing the capabilities of suppliers 

  • Create supplier scorecards to drive for continuous improvement and creation of best practice-based processes and procedures

  • Program gateway delivery and reporting

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

  • Product definition, attributes, and specification cascade for sourcing activities

  • Program metrics generation, including timing, delivery status, cost status.

Basic Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, or related subject (or equivalent)

  • In-depth knowledge of the automotive battery supply landscape and strong experience of negotiation and creation of supply agreements with battery suppliers 

  • Minimum 3 years purchasing experience in the automotive industry, preferable experience with procuring EV Powertrain components.

  • Knowledge of relevant automotive industry standards such as: ISO 9001, TS16949, ISO2600/20400

  • Proficient in the application of vehicle project management strategies

  • Experience in the application of PPAP processes in the supplier base

  • Problem solving; 8D, Practical problem-solving capability

  • Proven history of working within automotive organizations

  • Superior relationship skills in creating and fostering working relationships within Purchasing, internal business areas and supplier

  • 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

  • Independent /Self Starting

  • Fluent spoken and written English

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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