Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & System Development: Develop and implement the overall supply strategy for BESS Engineering Services (including Commissioning, O&M, design consultancy, etc.) in the Latin American market. Establish and continuously optimize the procurement management system, including the cost baseline database, supplier evaluation criteria, procurement processes, and policies.
- Supplier Development & Management: Lead the sourcing, development, due diligence, and strategic partnership negotiations with engineering service providers across Latin America, building and maintaining a qualified, diversified supplier pool. Oversee supplier qualification, performance evaluation, and relationship management, driving continuous improvement and fostering long-term, stable partnerships.
- End-to-End Cost Management: Engage early in project phases to conduct cost analysis for engineering services, establishing cost benchmarks by region and project type. Drive cost optimization at the project level through value engineering, bid analysis, negotiation, and other levers to achieve significant cost-saving targets.
- Project Procurement & Delivery Assurance: Manage the end-to-end procurement execution of engineering services for specific BESS projects, including bidding, commercial negotiations, contract finalization, and purchase order management. Act as the procurement interface to ensure project delivery, proactively identifying and managing supply risks (e.g., resources, schedule, quality) to keep projects on track.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with project delivery, engineering, finance, and global procurement teams to align procurement strategies with business objectives.
Requirements
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or above in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in strategic procurement or procurement development, with at least 3 years focused on Engineering Services procurement for BESS, new energy, power infrastructure, or large-scale industrial projects.
- Proven experience in successfully establishing procurement systems, developing, and managing supplier networks in Latin America, especially in Chile.
- Strong expertise in cost modeling, financial analysis, and advanced commercial negotiation, with a track record of building cost baselines from scratch and driving project-level cost savings.
- Language: Full professional proficiency in both Spanish and English (both are working languages).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in EPC project procurement or project management, familiar with the end-to-end project procurement lifecycle.
- Professional certifications such as CIPS or PMP.
- Knowledge of local labor, tax, and commercial regulations in Latin America.
About us
Trina Solar is an internationally recognized solar energy company. Our growing global presence includes regional headquarters in Switzerland, US, Japan and China with offices in Madrid, Munich, Milan, the UK, San Jose, Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai, to provide our customers with timely, reliable service.
As Trina Solar continues to expand its capacity, we are looking for talent who is passionate about solar energy. From research and development to sales and marketing to manufacturing and operations, Trina Solar looks for people who thrive in exciting, challenging and dynamic work environments to become a part of our dedicated team of professionals and contribute daily to bringing clean, reliable and cost effective solar energy solutions to customers around the globe.
Join us in our mission to promote and develop solar energy as a source of clean, renewable energy for all.
