Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing Specialist

Location: Southeast Asia (Indonesia / Malaysia, Remote )

Reporting: Solid line to VP Supply Chain; dotted-line coordination with the Buyer Lead, US Plant GM, Engineering & Quality teams, and the Cross-Border Customs & Logistics Specialist.

Role Overview

This role owns global sourcing, supplier qualification, commercial negotiation and cost-down execution across the full BOM of energy-storage Packs. The focus is building a localized Southeast Asia supply base, supplemented by qualified Chinese suppliers, in support of the US plant's NON-FEOC and ITC compliance requirements. Once qualified, suppliers are handed over to the Buyer team for order execution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Develops and qualifies new suppliers for multi-category Pack materials — structural parts, sheet metal, plastics, electrical & electronics, wiring harnesses — through on-site audits; builds both a local SEA supplier base and qualified Chinese backups, driving local-content substitution.
2. Leads RFQ, cost breakdown, commercial negotiation and framework agreements; designs and delivers cost-down initiatives to meet annual saving targets.
3. Drives sample validation, PPAP and technical qualification; works with Engineering and Quality to assess supplier quality, capacity and delivery, and establishes a dual-source system to mitigate single-source risk.
4. Maintains supplier files; reviews capacity, geopolitical, policy and compliance risks on a recurring basis; issues monthly sourcing, cost and risk reports.
5. Collaborates with the Customs & Logistics role to pre-evaluate duty and logistics costs by origin, feeding supplier selection and Incoterm decisions.
6. Interfaces with the US plant on requirements and timelines, ensuring material development progress supports US traceability and compliance needs.

Requirements

1. Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science or International Trade.
2. 4–6 years of full-time manufacturing sourcing experience; battery / energy-storage Pack structural parts or sheet-metal & precision-machining sourcing preferred; hands-on SEA supplier development experience a plus.
3. Fluent in the full supplier-development cycle — RFQ, cost breakdown, PPAP and supplier qualification — with proven independent commercial negotiation skills.
4. Business-fluent English (negotiations, emails, meetings); willing to travel within Southeast Asia and short business trips to China.
5. Strong project management with the ability to run multiple categories in parallel; cross-functional and cross-cultural communication skills; data-driven and risk-aware.
6. Prior exposure to the energy-storage supply chain and US NON-FEOC / ITC compliance is highly preferred.