About the role

  • Purchasing Specialist for Smith, sourcing solar products like PV panels and inverters. Managing supplier relationships and market trends to optimize procurement processes.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor solar market trends and provide actionable insights to internal stakeholders
  • Develop, establish, build and maintain solid vendor relationships
  • Locate new suppliers while strengthening relationships and pushing out credit terms with existing suppliers
  • Maintain and distribute accurate, real-time pricing data across the organization
  • Collaborate with the sales team to align sourcing activities with revenue goals and customer requirements
  • Required sourcing, price negotiation and expedition of purchase orders (POs)
  • Lead end-to-end purchasing processes, including sourcing, price negotiating and expediting of purchase orders

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) or 3+ years of solar procurement experience
  • Ability to negotiate beyond standard pricing
  • Understanding of solar commodities
  • Excellent prioritization and follow up skills
  • Bandwidth to liaison between sales, operations and accounting

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off

Job title

Solar Purchasing Specialist

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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