This position is established for the purpose of formally integrating the Purchasing function (and associated expertise) into the manufacturing sourcing process. The expected result or benefit will be a more effective process in terms of cost management and schedule integrity. One of the strategic elements of Purchasing's pursuit of World Class designation is the introduction of suppliers into the development process to exploit the expertise of the supplier(s) and maximize cost effective manufacturability. The Commodity Manager position provides support to Engineering, Operations, and Facilities. Position is responsible for management of all aspects of the supplier relationship for their given commodity. This includes commercial negotiations, sourcing decisions, Lead Time and MOQ reduction, Free Cash Improvement, Alternate Supplier Development, Quality Issue Resolution, Supplier Visits, Supplier Score Cards, and TCO evaluations

Responsibilities

• Management of Supply Relationship for assigned commodity
• Conduct the appropriate level of price / cost analysis in order to obtain the most favorable purchase.
• Participate in meetings / presentations concerning your functional area
• Support of Supply Chain Program initiative                                                 
• Coordinate closely with members of the Operations Team to provide acquisition support necessary to source and purchase electronics in the most cost-effective approach possible.                                                        
• Customer Satisfaction                                                                                                                                                                        

Minimum Requirements

Education:

  College degree with business / technical background preferred, equivalent experience considered

  Experience:

  Minimum of eight years progressively responsible purchasing or commodity management experience in a   manufacturing environment. Candidate must have a strong purchasing background with proven success in leading cost reductions.

Specific Knowledge:

  Senior knowledge negotiation techniques and supplier management. Demonstrated ability to see market trends and react accordingly to prevent shortages and develop long term GSR (savings roadmap)

 Business Understanding:

  Well-developed understanding of business principles with effective communicative skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Saft America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccomodation@saftbatteries.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information

 The Sales Manager is responsible to secure the achievement of regional order intake and sales targets, as it relates to energy storage systems.  The Sales Manager will understand what is valuable to the customer, present how Saft fulfills this value, understand his / her region's energy markets, anticipate regulatory impacts, develop new customers and ensure his / her budget is met or exceeded.   These customers will include utilities, independent power producers, integrators, OEM’s and developers.  In order accomplish this, the Sales Manager will be responsible for understanding the technical and commercial attributes of Saft’s Energy Storage Solutions’ offerings.  The Sales Manager will also coordinate regularly with Saft’s Bid Management team, Project Management team, Engineering and Supply Chain.    

Responsibilities

• Develop orders and sales in assigned markets and territory
• Price bids and sales contracts
• Make sure all contractual obligations are acceptable to Saft
• Make appropriate use of internal supporting resources
• Secure support from internal and external resources for
• Manage assigned projects and major sales contracts to successful conclusion
• Coordinate activities with various Saft departments, ensure timely support from all involved parties
• Develop and implement sales plan for assigned market and territory
• Budgets, forecasts and reports, provide timely and realistic budget input as required
• Provide updated sales forecasts as required
• Update CRM accurately and timely
• Analyze market needs for new and improved products
• Propose solutions for such products and modifications, complete with supporting business plan.
• Coordinate customer requirements/approvals/standards with Engineering, Quality and Product Manager
• Support Saft's energy storage marketing activities
• Propose beneficial activities

Minimum Requirements

Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering field

Experience:  5 - 10 years experience in one of more of the following fields:  Energy storage systems, renewable energy, power generation, trasnmission or distribution, retail energy provider, power systems design, substation design and protection

Specific Knowledge: PC Word, Excel and PowerPoint.  Power systems / electrical grid experience.  Exposure to project development / financing. 

Business Understanding: How to manage commercial risks, how to ensure profitability for Saft, how to communicate internally and with customers.

Location: San Francisco CA (TCBC)

Languages: Proficient reading, writing and speaking Spanish  a plus

Saft America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccomodation@saftbatteries.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information

• Project coordination with specific follow up on:
• Quality (product compliant with requirements)
• Cost (RC & NRC) control On time delivery
• Project management process, Saft's SOP"
• Lead project cross functional teams to accomplish the objectives of projects assigned. Responsible for organizing, coordinating preparations for, and effectively running phase gate reviews, and obtaining approval to proceed to the next phase, per Saft’s standard project management methodologies.
• Responsible for defining and producing all typical project documentation to expected quality levels – (e.g. project charter, detailed project plans, work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, status reports, feasibility studies, risk/issue assessments, mitigation plans and statements of work).
• Ensure the development of high level functional requirements for the systems, services, constraints, and goals established from a functional perspective.
• Communicate to all stakeholders on a regular basis and effectively identify and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Drive the post mortem (lessons learned) for each project utilizing these lessons to continuously improve the PM processes.
• Support Sales and Marketing in the formulation and cost estimation of high level business opportunities (e.g., RFQ).
• Provide key information and ensure that during the project execution that the customer is properly informed and that changes in scope, timing, and / or cost are managed per Saft guidelines.

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