Global Commodity Manager - Electrical / Electronics

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, Enphase transformed the solar industry with our revolutionary microinverter technology, which turns sunlight into a safe, reliable, resilient, and scalable source of energy to power our lives. Today, the Enphase Energy System helps people make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the fastest growing and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with approximately 68 million products installed across more than 145 countries.  

We are building teams that are designing, developing, and manufacturing next-generation energy technologies and our work environment is fast-paced, fun and full of exciting new projects.  

If you are passionate about advancing a more sustainable future, this is the perfect time to join Enphase!  

About the role

The Enphase Commodity Manager manages Global Commodity Strategy, NPI sourcing strategy, Commodity Market intelligence & Materials procurement processes for the assigned Commodities for Global Manufacturing Sites & Global spend, working with Component Suppliers & Enphase Contract Manufacturers’ Supplychain and procurement teams.

Major deliverables for the role will be – Competitive Cost, Continued supplies with Quality and Ontime without  line disruptions, Longterm Commodity strategy & Supplier relationships.

What you will do

• Consistently and effectively source & procure materials to meet demand plan & NPI launch plans.
• Cost & Contract Management: 
  1. Ensure timely updation of all Commodity influenced Procurement Databases to support financial/product cost tracking and analytics Like – Item Master, Pricing Database, LTs , MOQs, NCNR terms and other terms & conditions influencing total cost of ownership and supply continuity etc..
  2. Quarterly Negotiation, Establish strategic supplier contracts, supplier service level agreements, and performance measurement programs., including LT, MOQ, NCNR etc..
  3. Identify and drive proactive cost reduction opportunities with cross functional team as Program managers through alternate sourcing qualification, VA/VE opportunities etc.
  4. Work with Accounts Payable and Receiving to resolve any invoicing and receiving issues to ensure ontime supplier payments
  5. Develop should costings to effectively negotiate and manage right costs.
  6. Benchmarking of different suppliers to ensure lowest costs
• Supply Management :
  1. Longterm Supplier capacity planning to ensure sustainable supplies.
  2. Review purchase orders and shipment tracking information in Enphase / EMS ERP systems to ensure no Manufacturing line disruptions or excess ordering
  3. Coordinate inventory planning and replenishment of raw materials, components and finished goods with suppliers, distributors and EMS partners to meet business requirements. 
  4. Maintain sustainable inventory levels of components at suppliers and EMS and also ensure no excess Inventories or OBS creation, ECO/ECN. PCN management
  5. Resolve any quality issues, disrupting line and cost impact

• Strategy :
  1. Understand the market intelligence for the commodities and plan ahead on ensuring optimum cost and supply availability and mitigate the risks to cost and supplies
  2. New supplier selection, onboarding, Supplier audit & SC risk assessment & mitigation
  3. Develop Longterm Commodity strategy and “Preferred Supplier list” for assigned commodities and ensure sourcing to meet PSL strategy as per defined measurable metric
  4. Develop business relationships with suppliers that enable long term optimized support.
  5. NPI sourcing support and guidance on specing in the right component and supplier as per the Commoditywise PSL strategy. Act as escalation point with suppliers to NPI sourcing team for quick turnaround NPI launches
  6. Develop PSL to mitigate COO risks and one country dependency
  7. Plan Vendor rationalization and grow business with preferred suppliers
  8. Develop and standardize key business, sourcing & procurement processes through written process documents.
  9. Support Functional initiatives on Digitisation and process improvements
  10. Provide detailed data, information, and reports related to plans / results of procurement activities and deliverables to executive teams ( MIS reporting ) 

Who you are and what you bring

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (EE or E&C), with 10+ years of experience in sourcing Electrical & Electronic components, preferably in Active components & semiconductors. Foundry and FAB knowledge will be an added advantage
• Must be a Problem Solver & Not Problem Teller !!
• Worked as Global Commodity manager in past experience and tactical procurement experience
• Have in-depth technical knowledge & sourcing experience of Electrical & Electronic components
• Extensive functional experience in global sourcing with strong negotiation skills, working with global suppliers / cross functional teams and also tactical procurement to manage supply and inventory
• Experience in Developing should costing sheets and driven negotiation based on zero base costings.
•    Experience to work with contract manufacturers / EMS and tactical procurement teams to drive problem resolution, ECO implementation, quality processes, and effective source cost analysis
•     Long-term, Strategic & Logical thinking. Leadership mindset to be a problem solver.
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation skills
• Strong computer application & Software usage skills like MS excel, Powerpoint, ERP systems etc.
• Must be able to work in an environment of short notice changes, and tolerate interruptions
• APICS CPM, and/or other certifications a plus
• Commodities expected to be managed - Technical & Sourcing expertise
• Electronics – Protection device, Fuse, Relay, LCD, Switch, Crystal, Filter, Discretes – LEDs, Optos etc..
• Electrical – Magnetics, transformers, CTs, Inductor, Power supplies, Wiring harness, Connectors etc.