Supply Chain Manager
Nextracker Inc.
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
The Supply Chain Manager will be based in Riyadh in Nextracker office. In this position, you will report to the Supply Chain Director. Nextracker is seeking a Supply Chain Manager in Saudi Arabia to develop and manage its local supply chain as local supply is highly strategic.
The Sourcing department is responsible for driving the Total Cost of Ownership through deploying category/region/supplier-specific strategies and establishing strategic relationships with core suppliers.
He/She will also be responsible for ensuring proper planning and correct execution of contracts through raw material planning, capacity management and demand review. He/She will also provide local KSA support to the Supply Chain Operations team by performing suppliers expediting activities (including shop expediting, as needed) as well as logistic support activities.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Demonstrates
For us at Nextracker, sustainability is not just a word. It's a core part of our business, values and our operations. Our sustainability efforts are based on five cornerstones: People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity. We are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions for our customers and to mitigate climate change for future generations.
Culture is our Passion
The Supply Chain Manager will be based in Riyadh in Nextracker office. In this position, you will report to the Supply Chain Director. Nextracker is seeking a Supply Chain Manager in Saudi Arabia to develop and manage its local supply chain as local supply is highly strategic.
The Sourcing department is responsible for driving the Total Cost of Ownership through deploying category/region/supplier-specific strategies and establishing strategic relationships with core suppliers.
He/She will also be responsible for ensuring proper planning and correct execution of contracts through raw material planning, capacity management and demand review. He/She will also provide local KSA support to the Supply Chain Operations team by performing suppliers expediting activities (including shop expediting, as needed) as well as logistic support activities.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Demonstrates
- Passionate drive to innovate and create
- Integrity to the core
- Enthusiastic customer focus
- Consistent interactive teamwork
- Desire for continuous improvement and top performance
- Organized and structured
- Understand technical and economic requirements of the products as well as specific project needs
- Support a local sourcing strategy to optimize the cost/quality of the products and meet the necessary requirements, aligned with regional project demands and corporate sourcing goals.
- Work cross-functionally with Sales, Planning, Quality, Supply Chain Operations and Saudi leadership team to review and align demand trends and specific project requirements.
- Source best in class local suppliers. Identify, evaluate, and onboard best-in-class local suppliers in the steel manufacturing and other sectors, as required to support the business needs.)
- Negotiate, close and manage Master Supply Agreements in line with the sourcing strategy
- Establish and maintain executive level relationship with key stakeholders of the value chain in KSA with special focus on steel commodity
- Follow project specific delivery requirements including material planning, capacity analysis, supplier allocation, weekly delivery reviews with local suppliers and conduct site visits and shop expediting to ensure local suppliers on time delivery.
- Analyze markets and perform supplier screening and qualification
- Prepare and manage Requests for Quotation (RFQs)
- Assess supplier performance on a quarterly basis, champion supplier performance management, conduct regular evaluations, site visits, and feedback reviews
- Visit frequently suppliers and keep track of execution performance
- Work in close collaboration with the Supply Chain Operations team and provide them with local support/representation, as needed.
- Advanced Negotiation skills
- Strong knowledge of commercial contracts in KSA
- Experience in compliance with local KSA regulations (e.g., IKTVA, localization goals)
- Experience with Saudi steel manufacturers in particular flat steel mills, tubing and stamping companies, service centers and galvanizing companies.
- Solid structuring and analytical skills to keep track of multiple projects and vendors, in an international and multicultural environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially in Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to report and present a strategy at executive level
- Advanced communication skills (written and verbal)
- Fluent oral and written communications at least in English and Arabic
- Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills as a significant part of the team and suppliers are remote
- Results orientated and demonstrated ability to think out of the box to drive results
- Ability to handle ambiguity and respond quickly and flexibly
- Autonomous
- Availability to travel on a regular basis
- Bachelor’s degree in technical and/or business major.
- Minimum of 10-year experience in Saudi local supply chain, preferably with steel
- Experience working in a multicultural environment
For us at Nextracker, sustainability is not just a word. It's a core part of our business, values and our operations. Our sustainability efforts are based on five cornerstones: People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity. We are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions for our customers and to mitigate climate change for future generations.
Culture is our Passion
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