Senior Purchasing Manager
Bloom Energy · San Jose · $155,800–$224,200 (stated in the posting)
Senior Purchasing Manager
Job Summary
The Purchase Manager is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and procurement activities, ensuring uninterrupted supply of direct materials while achieving world-class performance in quality, delivery, sustainability, and supplier innovation. The role partners closely with Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, and Finance to support new product introductions (NPI), production ramp-ups, and global business growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure uninterrupted supply of production materials to meet manufacturing schedules.
- Review and approve purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
- Manage long-lead and critical commodities.
- Resolve material shortages, supplier escalations, and logistics issues.
- Optimize inventory while maintaining production continuity.
- Partner with Engineering during New Product Introduction (NPI) to source new technologies and components.
- Work with Manufacturing and Planning to support production ramp-ups.
- Coordinate with Supplier Quality to resolve quality issues and improve supplier capability.
- Support Operations in achieving production, quality, and delivery goals.
- Develop supply continuity plans for critical components.
- Monitor geopolitical, commodity, and logistics risks.
- Establish dual sourcing and business continuity plans.
- Ensure compliance with ESG, environmental, ethical sourcing, and trade regulations.
- Manage and mentor procurement professionals.
- Establish procurement KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
- Promote Lean, Six Sigma, and digital procurement initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.
- MBA in Operations or Supply Chain preferred.
- Able to travel up to 20%
- Professional certifications (CPSM, CIPS, APICS/ASCM) are desirable.
Experience
- 6 –12 years of procurement experience in energy systems, electrical equipment, automotive, industrial equipment, or high-tech manufacturing.
- Experience managing global suppliers and cross-functional sourcing projects.
- Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or similar.
- People management experience.
Technical Competencies
- Strategic Sourcing
- Global Supplier Development
- Commodity Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Cost Analysis & Should-Costing
- Value Engineering / Value Analysis
- Supply Risk Management
- Inventory Optimization
- Production Planning Support
- New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Supplier Quality Systems
- Procurement Analytics
- ERP & eProcurement Systems
Leadership Competencies
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Negotiation & Influencing
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership
- Change Management
- Problem Solving
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Contract Compliance
- New Supplier Qualification Cycle Time
- Production Line Stoppages Due to Material Shortages
- Supplier Risk Mitigation Effectiveness
- NPI Material Readiness Achievement