
Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing
Shoals Technologies Group
Company Overview
Shoals Technologies Group
Portland, TN, Estados Unidos
1996
Business Model
Energia Renovável
A Shoals Technologies Group é especializada em soluções de infraestrutura para energia solar, oferecendo produtos como sistemas de conexão e gerenciamento de energia. Eles se destacam na fabricação de componentes que facilitam a instalação e operação de sistemas de energia solar.
Os fluxos de receita da Shoals incluem a venda de produtos de infraestrutura solar, serviços de instalação e suporte técnico. A empresa também se beneficia de parcerias estratégicas com desenvolvedores de projetos de energia renovável.
Locations & Geography
A Shoals Technologies Group opera principalmente nos Estados Unidos, com uma forte presença em estados como Tennessee, Califórnia e Texas. A empresa também está expandindo suas operações para atender à crescente demanda por energia solar em outros mercados internacionais.
Company Culture
A missão da Shoals é fornecer soluções inovadoras que promovam a adoção de energia renovável. Eles valorizam a sustentabilidade, a inovação e a excelência no atendimento ao cliente, buscando sempre melhorar a eficiência energética.
A cultura de trabalho na Shoals é colaborativa e orientada para resultados. A empresa incentiva a criatividade e a iniciativa dos funcionários, promovendo um ambiente onde todos podem contribuir para o sucesso coletivo.
A Shoals investe no desenvolvimento profissional de seus colaboradores, oferecendo treinamentos e oportunidades de crescimento dentro da empresa. Eles acreditam que o desenvolvimento contínuo é fundamental para o sucesso individual e organizacional.
Contact Information
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Job Description
Shoals Technologies is hiring a Strategic Sourcing Category Manager for its Electrical Balance of System for solar, energy storage and emobility. This position holds significant importance within our Procurement team, as it encompasses a wide range of responsibilities within the designated categories. We are seeking an individual who is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and can take ownership of the connectors, surge protections, fabrication amongst other like categories, including its strategy, supply management, and performance. It is crucial for the chosen candidate to stay updated on market trends and conditions related to this category. Additionally, this role will involve collaborating with Senior Leadership and various cross-functional teams, including Operations, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, and Sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Cooperation: Recognize, involve, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to gather category needs and guarantee supplier eligibility and excellence;
- Collaborate with teams from various business department to smoothly facilitate the transition of suppliers when necessary. Provide assistance to New Product Development (NPD) by implementing preferred supplier programs.
- The role encompasses managing a team of buyers, providing guidance, support, coaching, and aiding in their professional growth.
- Strategy: In charge of formulating and implementing a comprehensive category strategy that aligns with the business. This strategy will incorporate Total Value Ownership models, a Global Sourcing strategy to navigate trade compliance and opportunities, a Sustainability strategy to achieve business commitments, coordination and expansion of the Preferred Supplier, eliminating sole suppliers as well as single source suppliers.
- Negotiations: Responsible for managing the entire contract lifecycle and ensuring compliance. This includes maintaining a continuous supply, as well as conducting RFx activities to select and negotiate with suppliers in order to achieve the best total value.
- Risk Management: Actively monitoring and mitigating supplier risks, including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance risks. This includes managing multiple tiers of the supply chain within the category.
- Cost Management: Accountable for delivering category productivity through various means such as price negotiations, value analysis (VA), continuous improvement projects, VAVE, re-sourcing project management, evaluating global markets for import opportunities, and identifying optimal manufacturing processes.
- Supplier Management: Overseeing Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and conducting regular supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within the category to ensure program Quality, Cost, and Delivery targets are met.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree desired, with minimum 7yrs. of experience in procurement, sourcing with significant, intricate, and or regional and global spending categories of 12yrs. without a Bachelor’s Degree.
- Proven track record in evaluating, negotiating, and overseeing vendors.
- Strong skills in collaboration, facilitation, consultation, and conflict resolution; you will act as a trusted business partner, engaging with internal and external stakeholders/customers. The role requires the ability to collaborate and influence within a complex organizational structure.
- Professional communication skills, both verbal and written, are essential. Demonstrated capability to lead executive presentations for Senior Leadership is a must.
- Proven ability to handle and communicate moderately complex concepts in Finance and Accounting, as this position will work closely with Corporate Finance and Accounting on Inflation/Deflation guidance, and financial execution.
- Proficiency in analyzing and communicating economic trends and market conditions that have a direct and indirect impact on procurement and the cost of Category cost drivers.
- Strong Microsoft Application skills: excel (Vlookup, Pivot tables, formulas); and PowerPoint presentations development.
Shoals Technologies Group, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Sobre a função
28 maio 2025
Tempo Integral
Empresa
28 maio 2025
Presencial
- Portland, Tennessee, Estados Unidos
Minimum 7 years of experience in procurement or sourcing
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