Director, Purchasing & Procurement

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Qualifications), Skills? The posting includes description, responsibilities, required qualifications, preferred qualifications, compensation, location, travel, etc. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role (the initial description paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Requirements (maybe combine required qualifications). Qualifications (maybe separate required vs preferred? Could combine into Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for those categories. We can have "Requirements" for required qualifications, "Qualifications" for preferred qualifications? Or "Skills" for skills? We'll decide. We have compensation details: salary ranges per zone. That's Pay section. We have location: Auburn Hills Michigan, travel domestic and international up to 20% - could be Schedule? Actually schedule maybe not. Travel could be under "Schedule" maybe? But schedule usually refers to work schedule (full-time, part-time). Not present. Travel could be under "About the role" or separate? There's no explicit schedule. We could omit Schedule section if no specific schedule info. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. We have Pay (salary). Benefits not mentioned. Schedule not mentioned (travel is not schedule). So we omit Benefits and Schedule. We need to include location and travel maybe under About the role or a separate "Details"? But we must not invent sections. Could include location and travel in About the role paragraph. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, privacy, etc. Must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract content: About the role: The first paragraph after "Description POSITION DESCRIPTION:" Actually the description: "The Director of Purchasing & Procurement will own sourcing strategy, supplier development, and material procurement for Hanwha Qcells America's renewable energy system businesses, including residential Energy Storage Systems (ESS), microinverters, and battery products manufactured through U.S.-based EMS/contract manufacturing partners. Reporting to the VP, Head of ES Business Planning & Operations, this leader will set the multi-year domestic sourcing strategy across key commodity categories such as enclosures, wire harnesses, cables, semiconductors, passive components, and battery cells, packs, and modules, and will build the U.S. supplier base required to scale production. The Director will establish the procurement operating model, governance, and KPI framework for the U.S. business; lead and grow a team of sourcing and buying professionals; and personally lead the highest-value commercial negotiations, including master supply agreements, pricing frameworks, and long-term capacity commitments with EMS partners and tier-one battery suppliers. As the executive-level procurement counterpart to the Korea-based System Procurement organization, the Director will align global sourcing decisions with U.S. production requirements, serve as the primary procurement voice with EMS manufacturing partners, and safeguard material availability for production operations in Auburn Hills, Michigan while delivering sustained, structural cost reduction through category strategy, supplier consolidation, and supply chain design. The candidate will need to be located in Auburn Hills Michigan. Travel domestic and International up to 20%." That's the about role. Responsibilities: bullet list after "Responsibilities". We need to capture each bullet. Let's list them: - Own the multi-year procurement and sourcing strategy for the Global EMS Operation, translating the business and product roadmap into category strategies for residential ESS, microinverters, and battery systems. - Build, lead, and develop the U.S. procurement team — setting objectives, defining roles, coaching sourcing managers and buyers, and creating the headcount and capability plan required to scale with the business. - Own total managed spend across all assigned commodities; set annual cost-reduction targets and deliver against them through category strategy, should-cost analysis, supplier consolidation, and design-to-cost partnership with engineering. - Establish and scale a resilient U.S.-based supplier network across enclosures, wire harnesses, cables, semiconductors, passive electronic components, and battery cells, packs, and modules, including dual-source and domestic-content strategies. - Personally lead the highest-value commercial negotiations: master supply agreements, long-term pricing and capacity commitments, tooling and NRE, NDAs, and LOIs with EMS partners and tier-one suppliers. - Serve as the executive procurement interface to the Korea-based System Procurement organization, aligning global sourcing decisions, supplier selections, and commercial terms with U.S. production requirements. - Define the procurement operating model and governance for the U.S. business — approval thresholds, RFQ/RFP standards, supplier qualification and onboarding gates, contract lifecycle management, and compliance controls. - Own supply risk across the portfolio: build early-warning visibility into multi-tier supply, set inventory and buffer strategy with operations, and lead contingency and recovery plans that protect production continuity. - Establish the procurement KPI and reporting framework (cost savings/PPV, supplier on-time delivery, quality performance, lead time, and risk exposure) and report performance to executive leadership on a regular cadence. - Partner with engineering and product teams on New Product Introduction (NPI), securing supplier capacity and qualification against launch timelines and influencing design decisions to improve cost, availability, and manufacturability. - Lead executive-level supplier business reviews and drive structured supplier performance management and development, including exit and transition plans where warranted. - Deliver commodity and market intelligence to leadership — pricing trends, capacity and allocation dynamics, tariff and trade exposure, and the emerging supplier landscape — and translate it into buy, timing, and sourcing decisions. - Partner with legal, trade compliance, and finance on domestic content, trade, and federal incentive program requirements as they affect sourcing and supplier selection. - Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, quality, finance, and logistics to ensure procurement strategy supports production, margin, and working capital objectives. - Travel domestic and International up to 20% Note: Travel appears again at end of responsibilities; we already have travel in about role; but we can keep it. Required Qualifications: list after "Required Qualifications". Let's extract: - Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. - 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management within a manufacturing environment, including a minimum of 3 – 5 years leading and developing teams. - Demonstrated ownership of significant annual managed spend, with a documented record of year-over-year structural cost reduction. - Experience building or substantially scaling a procurement function, supplier base, or category organization — not solely administering an established one. - Broad multi-commodity depth spanning electronic components, mechanical and enclosure parts, and battery materials. - Proven ability to lead complex, high-value commercial negotiations — master supply agreements, long-term pricing, and capacity commitments — within a multi-tiered supply chain. - Experience working in or directly with EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) / CM (Contract Manufacturing) partners, including managing procurement through a contract manufacturing model. - Track record operating effectively in a global matrix, including alignment with an overseas headquarters; experience with U.S.–Korea or U.S.–Asia corporate structures strongly preferred. - Executive presence, with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and present to executive leadership. - Strong analytical, financial, and project management capabilities, including should-cost and total-cost-of-ownership modeling. - Demonstrated ability to hire, coach, and retain procurement talent in a competitive market. Preferred Qualifications: list after "Preferred Qualifications". Extract: - Direct experience at an EMS/CM company, or leading procurement in close partnership with EMS manufacturing partners. - Battery procurement leadership (cells, packs, modules) with established senior-level relationships at major battery manufacturers (e.g., LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, CATL, or equivalent). - Background in the renewable energy industry, including solar PV, residential ESS, or power conversion and microinverter products. - Familiarity with U.S. domestic content, tariff and trade, and federal incentive considerations (e.g., Section 45X, FEOC requirements) as they influence sourcing decisions. - Experience standing up or scaling U.S. manufacturing and supply operations, including new site or new program launch. - Relevant professional certification in procurement or supply chain: CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management), CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional), CPM, or equivalent. - Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and procurement tools (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent), including experience implementing or improving procurement systems and processes. - Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodologies (Green Belt or Black Belt preferred). - Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration (MBA), or Engineering. Compensation: The paragraph about salary ranges. Let's extract: "In accordance with applicable pay transparency laws, the anticipated annual base salary for this position is: Zone 1 (Bay Area, NYC): $208,100 – $234,100 Zone 2 (CA, NJ, NY): $190,700 – $214,600 Zone 3 (All others): $173,400 – $195,100: The applicable salary range is based on the employee’s primary work location. Individual compensation will be determined based on qualifications, relevant experience, education, skills, internal equity, and other business-related factors." Also later: "The salary range is required by the California Pay Transparency Act and may differ depending on the location of those candidates hired nationwide. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to, skill set, education, licenses and certifications, essential job duties and requirements, and the necessary experience relative to the job’s minimum qualifications. This target salary range is for CA positions only and should not be interpreted as an offer of compensation." We need to preserve all substantive information. So include the salary ranges and note. We should not include boilerplate like "Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. ("HQCA") is a Qcells company..." That's about company description; is that substantive? It's about the company. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not EEO/legal, it's company overview. Might be okay to keep? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Company description is not those; it's substantive about the employer. Could keep but maybe not needed. However we must preserve ALL substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. The company description is substantive. Should we include? It might be considered "About the company" but we don't have a heading for that. Could include in About the role? Might be okay to add a short paragraph after About the role? But we must not create sections unless there is real specific content. We could add a paragraph under About the role that includes company description. However the instruction says "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. It says "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should stick to those headings. If we have company description, we could incorporate into About the role paragraph. Thus About the role will include the initial description plus company description. Now we need to output HTML fragment:

About the role

... (combined description)

Responsibilities

• ... each bullet

Requirements

• ... required qualifications bullets

Qualifications

• ... preferred qualifications bullets