Ev Automotive Purchaser

TOLV (ex Phoenix Mobility) is a **mission-led company** that transforms thermal vehicles (diesel or petrol) into 100% electric vehicles. This is called **retrofitting**, a technique authorized in France since April 2020.

At the origin of this innovation, a simple observation: there are more than a billion thermal vehicles on Earth, which are **responsible for around 30% of global CO2 emissions**. Rather than scrapping these vehicles to produce another billion clean vehicles, we decided to **give them a second life by converting them to electric.**

**MISSIONS**:
Attached to the CTO and the R&D department, you have the responsibility of all the sourcing perimeter.

**Your mission is to find the next industrial suppliers of the company that will be part of the next gen electric powertrain platform for the LCV market.**

In this strategic post, you allow the company to overcome its next milestones. **You reduce the overall cost of the solutions the company develops.**

It includes:

- To source new suppliers for any new material or components in regards to the specifications decided by the R&D department.
- Launch RFQ (Request for Quotation) to suppliers after gathering any necessary material
- Negotiate prices and contracts for the procurement of these components.
- Track and report sourcing KPIs to ensure mínimal cost of the overall solution, through monthly report to the C-levels
- Report to the strategy the best solutions to ensure industrial procurement in the long term,** **focusing on the definition of next Electric powertrain platform for the LCV (light commercial vehicle) market.
- Build framework contracts with the suppliers to ensure long term procurement at the best prices.
- Carry out a watch of the Electric vehicle component market : follow and anticipate costs of material, potential shortages.

**PROFIL**

We’re looking for:

- Engineering or Business school degree
- 5 years of experience in the automotive industry in the same job
- Someone with the will to participate in a challenging entrepreneurship adventure
- Someone with an experience in Electric vehicles

You have

A good competency in managing all the stakeholders and risks, from **s**ourcing new product to negotiating buying contracts.**

An **extensive address book of automotive suppliers** and good knowledge of the market.

Good knowledge of **automotive norms and specifications.**

Good knowledge and understanding of **eclectic vehicles** and their components, such as batteries, motors, inverters

An excellent ability to** negotiate**

A good ability to follow a project