Strategic Sourcing Manager - Materials

Job Summary

The Strategic Sourcing Manager for Materials is responsible for securing a reliable, cost-competitive, and sustainable supply of critical materials. This role combines market intelligence, supplier relationship management, and cross-functional collaboration to support battery technology roadmaps and production scaling. The manager will develop and execute sourcing strategies, negotiate long-term supply agreements, qualify new suppliers, and drive cost and risk management initiatives. By monitoring global markets, tariffs, and regulations, they ensure supply chain resilience and alignment with sustainability goals. Ultimately, this position acts as the bridge between suppliers, R&D, and manufacturing, ensuring that key materials are available at the right cost, quality, and scale to meet the company’s growth objectives. This role may have additional scope of managing certain key strategic capital equipment suppliers in the wider Asia region.

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