Fluence Energy - Houston, TX
posted 22 days ago
About the position
Location: Houston, TX, or Arlington, VA (Hybrid-2-3 days in the office) 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 POs. * 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
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Work with Design Engineering to ensure On-Time documentation and release of the component to ensure On-Time release of the POs.
- Participate 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.
Requirements
- 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 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.
Nice-to-haves
- Exposure in BESS Industry.
