Senior Buyer

Natron Energy seeks a Senior Buyer Planner to carry out procurement activities. This person will support the company by purchasing goods and services, engaging vendors and suppliers, and implementing procurement systems. This person is a strong collaborator who is able to engage internal and external stakeholders to rapidly address supply and sourcing constraints. Qualified applications have significant prior experience as a buyer for programs involving hardware device manufacturing, preferably in the field of batteries. The person for this position has a positive attitude, collaborates well, and does what it takes to get the job done.

• Lead regular and special procurement of goods, materials, components or services in line with cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Maintain continuous supply of the goods/materials critical to company operations.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and vendors to develop component specifications, compile forecasts for vendors, and assist operations in managing the impact of supply constraints.
• Explore market opportunities to reduce costs by identifying, engaging, and negotiating with existing and new vendors and suppliers.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers with supplier performance reviews to ensure compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
• Source and assess quotations from potential suppliers.
• Prepare purchase orders with selected suppliers to meet organizational targets and requirements.
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues.
• Support product change requests and review and communicate the impact on capacity plans.
• Maintain active communication with vendors and stakeholders to rapidly identify and communicate changes in the supply of goods critical to company operations.
• Participate in supply/inventory reviews and communicate possible risks, shortfalls, and oversupply to the company’s demand forecast.

• 5-10 years procurement experience in manufacturing, including pilot to NPI manufacturing.
• Proven supplier management experience, including supplier performance reviews.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, components, and supply chain management.
• Fluency in statistical problem-solving techniques as applied to procurement and manufacturing operations.
• Experience with NetSuite and the associated system maintenance.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers locally and internationally.
• Proficiency in MS office including advanced Excel skills.

• This is a regular, full-time position, reporting to the Director of Supply Chain
• Employees must work on site in Holland, MI.
• Compensation is competitive with other Bay Area staff manufacturing procurement positions

About Us: 

Natron Energy (natron.energy) is the future of energy storage. Our battery products solve operations performance and reliability problems for the world’s biggest electricity customers. Our initial products target markets exceeding twenty-five billion dollars including data centers, oil & gas, EV fast charging, and commercial aviation. We have additional products in development for larger markets including commercial and residential grid storage. Our products are based on sodium-ion cells containing Prussian blue electrodes that deliver unique power, cycle life, and safety: full discharge and recharge in just minutes all from a nonflammable, fault-tolerant system.

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Natron Energy, Inc. (“Natron Energy” or the “Company”) does not accept unsolicited resumes from professional recruiters, third-party recruiting or staffing agencies, placement services, or any other source other than directly from a candidate.  Any unsolicited resumes, including partial resumes, candidate profiles, and candidate details or information, sent to Natron Energy or its personnel will be treated as public information provided free of any charges or fees.

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