Sourcing Manager, Energy Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Own the global sourcing strategy for batteries, solar PV panels, and inverters: from supplier identification and qualification through contract execution and delivery against construction timelines.
• Negotiate long-term supply agreements with tier-1 manufacturers across batteries, solar, and power electronics, covering volume pricing, payment terms, warranty provisions, and delivery SLAs.
• Build and maintain should-cost models for all three product categories, tracking lithium, silicon, and copper commodity pricing and adjusting sourcing strategy ahead of market moves.
• Run supplier business reviews and hold partners accountable to quality standards, financial health thresholds, and geopolitical risk criteria, with dual-source coverage across critical categories.
• Partner with Engineering, Project Management, Finance, Legal, and the sustainability team to keep procurement timelines locked to construction schedules and ESG supplier criteria applied consistently.
• Coordinate with logistics and customs teams to manage cross-border shipments, lead time buffers, and import compliance across suppliers in China, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

Requirements

• Personally negotiated and closed large-scale supply agreements with tier-1 energy hardware manufacturers, covering batteries, solar PV, or inverters.
• Understand BESS, solar PV systems, and power electronics well enough to challenge a supplier's spec, catch a cost model that doesn't add up, and hold your own in a technical negotiation.
• Managed global supply chains with suppliers across China, South Korea, or Southeast Asia, including Incoterms selection, cross-border logistics, and import compliance.
• Built should-cost models from scratch and used them to drive supplier negotiations.
• Catch supply risk before it lands on the schedule: financial health flags, capacity constraints, geopolitical exposure, and single-source dependencies.

Nice-to-Haves

• Data center, utility-scale, or large-scale industrial infrastructure sourcing.
• IEC and UL certification requirements for energy storage and solar equipment.
• ERP fluency (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).
• CIPS, CSCP, or equivalent procurement certification.
• Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business degree.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
• Base salary range: $220,000 - $290,000 per year. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.