IONATE

Procurement

• Build direct-material sourcing strategies for critical components, assemblies, tooling and production equipment.
• Translate approved unit demand and BOM revisions into dated component requirements, shortages and order recommendations.
• Maintain material plans, purchase-order coverage, supplier acknowledgements, delivery dates, shortage status and kit readiness during pilot builds and pre-production ramp.
• Map capable suppliers, issue information and quotation requests, lead commercial due diligence, and coordinate technical, quality and manufacturing assessments.
• Lead competitive supplier selection by evaluating total cost, capacity, lead time, quality, resilience and scalability.
• Negotiate pricing, minimum order quantities, lead times, payment terms, capacity commitments, tooling ownership, warranties, intellectual-property protections, liability and delivery terms.
• Own costed bills of materials, should-cost and total-cost models, supplier cost challenges, value-engineering opportunities and cost-down roadmaps.
• Convert approved material requirements into purchase orders, expedite constrained items and resolve supplier issues threatening pilot and low-volume build dates.
• Identify supply-chain risks and develop mitigation, dual-source and recovery plans.
• Own supplier onboarding, approved-supplier records, contract documentation, commercial master data and purchasing controls.
• Maintain supplier performance and shortage reporting and establish scalable planning and purchasing processes.
• Define commercial responsibility boundaries and sourcing arrangements for a future Tier 1 manufacturing partner in North America.
• Work across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Finance and engage suppliers directly.

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