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**About H55**

As the technological spin-off of Solar Impulse, the first electric airplane to fly around the world, the mission of H55, is to make aviation clean, safe, and affordable.

The company’s strengths and competencies lie in developing propulsion and energy storage solutions which are modular, lightweight, and certifiable.

H55 is financed by a reputable group of investors from Silicon Valley and Switzerland, and as such, is well positioned for its next stage of its development. The company’s short-term priorities include building up out of engineering team, putting into place production facilities, and creating a north American subsidiary.

**About the role**

As part of the Supply Chain and Purchasing Team, you'll be responsible for leading key mechanical product lines and supporting other mechanical portfolios as required. In this role, you'll influence the supply and sourcing strategy and have global accountability for strategy implementation. You'll also be leading specific supplier relationships and providing support to the different sites on strategic and operational topics.

**Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Implement category (commodity) strategies that create competitive advantage and capture value for the product lines
- Influence robust global category strategy development and lead global strategy implementation across all business units
- Build and maintain major cross-product line supplier relationships with ongoing performance and capability evaluation
- Lead category-specific strategic supplier events, such as Supplier Workshops, Quarterly Business Reviews and Executive Management Reviews
- Lead negotiations of corporate-wide supplier contracts, including Terms & Conditions, payment terms, Strategic Agreements and Logistic Agreements
- Create, lead and monitor supplier development & risk mitigation plans
- Qualify/categorize/approve suppliers

**_ Your profile and Experience_**
- University degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, or another related field.
- Specific experience, minimum 3 years, in the purchasing of mechanical components within the Automotive Industry is desired
- Strong technical affinity, and experience with mechanical components
- Strong negotiation skills & contracting skills, as well as a hands-on mentality.
- Ability to present data and conclusions from analyses in an organized, clear, and concise manner.
- Empowered decision maker/relationship-builder with high integrity
- Excellent communication skills and experience in internal stakeholder management.
- Very good knowledge of MS Office (e.g.Excel, Powerpoint).
- Fluency in French and English

**Sounds interesting? We look forward to meeting you**

At H55, you will work with a very forward-looking team who are changing the paradigms of air transportation. H55 is composed of highly experienced engineers, entrepreneurs and managers and is seeking like mind talented professionals who understand how to couple creativity and innovation with technical and business considerations.

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