Senior Global Purchasing & Supply Chain Leader

202 BE - India Bangalore EHTP; United States; On-site; USD 156,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloom Energy is seeking a Senior Purchasing Manager to lead strategic sourcing and procurement for direct materials, ensuring uninterrupted supply while achieving world-class quality, delivery, sustainability, and supplier innovation.

You will partner with Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, and Finance on NPI and ramp-ups, manage critical commodities, optimize inventory, and establish procurement KPIs plus continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management
• MBA in Operations or Supply Chain preferred
• Professional certifications (CPSM, CIPS, APICS/ASCM) are desirable

Responsibilities

• Ensure uninterrupted supply of production materials to meet manufacturing schedules.
• Review and approve purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
• Manage long-lead and critical commodities.
• Resolve material shortages, supplier escalations, and logistics issues.
• Optimize inventory while maintaining production continuity.
• Partner with Engineering during New Product Introduction (NPI) to source new technologies and components.
• Work with Manufacturing and Planning to support production ramp-ups.
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality to resolve quality issues and improve supplier capability.
• Support Operations in achieving production, quality, and delivery goals.
• Develop supply continuity plans for critical components.
• Monitor geopolitical, commodity, and logistics risks.
• Establish dual sourcing and business continuity plans.
• Ensure compliance with ESG, environmental, ethical sourcing, and trade regulations.
• Lead and mentor procurement professionals.
• Establish procurement KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
• Promote Lean, Six Sigma, and digital procurement initiatives.

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Global Supplier Development

Commodity Management

Contract Negotiation

Cost Analysis & Should-Costing

Value Engineering / Value Analysis

Supply Risk Management

Inventory Optimization

Production Planning Support

New Product Introduction (NPI)

Supplier Quality Systems

Procurement Analytics

ERP & eProcurement Systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management

MBA in Operations or Supply Chain preferred

Professional certifications CPSM, CIPS, APICS/ASCM desirable

Tools

ERP systems (Oracle or similar)

Job description

Bloom Energy is seeking a Senior Purchasing Manager to lead strategic sourcing and procurement for direct materials, ensuring uninterrupted supply while achieving world-class quality, delivery, sustainability, and supplier innovation.

You will partner with Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, and Finance on NPI and ramp-ups, manage critical commodities, optimize inventory, and establish procurement KPIs plus continuous improvement.