Head of Lithium and Manganese Procurement

vor 1 Tag

Salzgitter, Deutschland PowerCo SE Vollzeit

Date: Apr 25, 2025
- Location: Salzgitter, DE
- Company: PowerCo SE
- Level of Experience: Management
- Job Function: Procurement
- Job ID: 3660

**Head of Lithium and Manganese Procurement (all genders)**:
**Who we are**

The mission has started. We proudly announce that in our Battery Valley we are starting our own battery cell production and the ramp up of our worldwide headquarters for global cell manufacturing. The Purchasing unit is the interface to the supplier market and is thus responsible for a large part of the value creation. The responsibilities range from raw material purchasing to supplier management and plant purchasing to value engineering.

**Your role and key responsibilities**
- Implementing the global Vertical Integration Strategy for Lithium and Manganese
- Converting and refining for PowerCo demand to ensure material availability, cost targets, and ESG standards
- Implementing commodity and procurement strategies for new products and materials, requiring solutions in mining, raw materials, conversion, refining, and specialty chemicals
- Building and developing an organization with diverse skills, including raw material experts, mining engineers, analysts, and specialty chemicals engineers

**What you bring to the team**
- A BSc, MSc, or PhD degree in mining, metallurgy, chemistry or a related field with several years of professional experience in a comparable position
- In-depth knowledge in the procurement of lithium and manganese, including market analysis, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiations
- Experience in building and leading a team of professionals, including raw material experts and mining engineers, to manage complex project
- Fluent English for negotiations

**What makes you stand out**
- Basic knowledge of German desirable
- Additional foreign languages are desirable
- Professional experience in the chemical or mining industry

**What to look forward to**
- Flat hierarchies
- Mobile work options
- Company: PowerCo SE
- Location: Salzgitter, DE
- Job Function: Procurement
- Level of Experience: Management
- Job ID: 3660
- Date: Apr 25, 2025

**Are you a battery believer?**:
PowerCo was founded in 2022 to become a global battery champion. Headquartered in Germany, we are currently ramping up gigafactories in Salzgitter, Valencia and St. Thomas in Canada with a total volume of up to 200 GWh. We are integrating the entire value chain and building a supply chain as local as possible. With that we are driving the development of a strong, sustainable battery industry in Europe and North America.

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