Procurement Cost Engineering Specialist

The Procurement Cost Engineering Specialist will play a pivotal role in driving Sourcing Strategies into the New Product Development early in the design phase in collaboration with multi-functional teams to achieve outcomes that align with the overall objectives, Competitiveness and Speed. You will create Cost-Reduction-Opportunities in the products in Mass-Production, work with Sustaining and Engineering teams for their validations, and coordinate all activities for their implementation.

This role will

• Perform Long-Lead-Time (LLT) analysis of the Bill-of-Material (BOM), early in the Design-Phase of New Product Development.
• Identify and manage Single-Source and Sole-Source Components in the BOM under development.
• Create and maintain approved component and vendor lists in collaboration with Category Managers and Product Engineering.
• Perform Risk-Buy analysis for components to avoid delays in Product Launch.
• Identify second source components for components in the BOM
• Collaborate with Category Managers to develop sourcing strategies and drive implementation in new product developments
• Drive design-to-cost with product design Engineering in choosing most economical components through Techno-Commercial benchmarking
• Works with Design Engineering to ensure On-Time documentation and release of the component to ensure On-Time release of the Po's.
• Participates in weekly Program Execution Team (PET) meetings to update actions from Procurement & Supply-Chain perspectives and coordinate support from other cross-functions.
• Create and drive Cost-Reduction-Opportunities from products in Mass-Production

What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?

• The preferred candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 8+ years of experience or a Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience, preferably in Electrical / Electronics Engineering.
• Strong Fundamentals in Electrical / Electronics Engineering is required to understand all requirements from the Design team.
• Ability to resolve Critical Technical problems, effectively and efficiently, by coordinating Technical conversations between suppliers and design experts required.
• Exposure in BESS Industry would be a plus.
• Experience in working with strategic suppliers to bring in new technologies into products.
• Flexibility in working in domestic and international teams with diversified functions in different time-zones required.
• Strong technical, analytic and oral/written communication skills required.