Buyer

Buyer

Portland, TN - Portland, TN 37148

Overview

Position Type Full Time

Description

Are you ready to join a fast-paced, innovative team making a real impact in the renewable energy industry? Join Shoals Technologies Group, a leading provider of electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for solar and energy storage. Headquartered just north of Nashville, Tennessee, we have been driving industry innovation since 1996 by delivering cutting-edge technologies that improve efficiency, safety, and reliability for solar systems worldwide. With over 60 GW of solar systems deployed globally, we're setting the standard for the renewable energy industry.

We are a collection of engineers, renewable advocates, curious minds, and collaborators. Our manufacturing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama, along with sales teams across Spain and Australia, enable us to power clean energy solutions across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. We push boundaries and challenge each other to design, develop, and deliver solutions with the potential to change the world. We are the rebellious hero.

Summary:

The Buyer is responsible for purchasing the materials, components, and services that keep Shoals' Solar EBOS and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) manufacturing operations running on time and on budget. Partnering with Production Planning, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, and Program Management, this role executes MRP-driven purchasing, manages supplier relationships and delivery performance, negotiates pricing and terms, and supports inventory targets. The Buyer serves as a key link between internal demand and the supply base, ensuring the right material arrives at the right time, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities:

Purchasing & Order Management

• Review MRP/ERP requirements and place purchase orders for raw materials, components, and services in line with production schedules.
• Maintain accurate purchase order data, including pricing, quantities, lead times, and delivery dates.
• Expedite and de-expedite orders as demand changes to protect production and manage inventory levels.
• Process purchase order changes, confirmations, and cancellations in a timely manner.
• Resolve pricing, quantity, and receiving discrepancies with Accounts Payable, Receiving, and suppliers.

Supplier Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned suppliers, managing communication on orders, lead times, and delivery performance.
• Monitor supplier on-time delivery, quality, and responsiveness, escalating issues and driving corrective action with Supplier Quality.
• Build strong supplier relationships that support reliability, flexibility, and continuous improvement.
• Identify and qualify alternate sources to reduce supply risk and single-source dependency.

Cost & Negotiation

• Request and evaluate quotes, and negotiate pricing, payment terms, and lead times to support cost targets.
• Track commodity trends, including copper, aluminum, and electronic components, and communicate impacts to leadership.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities through consolidation, alternate sourcing, and value engineering partnerships.
• Support tariff, trade compliance, and country-of-origin documentation requirements.

Inventory & Planning Support

• Partner with Production Planning and Materials teams to balance material availability against inventory targets.
• Monitor shortages, excess, and obsolete inventory and recommend actions to resolve them.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) by sourcing new components and coordinating qualification timelines with Engineering and Quality.
• Maintain accurate item master and supplier data in the ERP system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of purchasing or buying experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience using MRP/ERP systems to create and manage purchase orders.
• Working knowledge of purchasing processes, supplier management, and inventory control principles.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate pricing and terms with suppliers.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience purchasing electrical components, wire and cable, copper, enclosures, or electronic assemblies.
• Experience in renewable energy, electrical manufacturing, automotive, battery systems, or related industries.
• ASCM/APICS (CPIM or CSCP) or ISM (CPSM) certification.
• Experience with tariffs, trade compliance, or domestic content requirements.
• Experience supporting high-growth or high-mix manufacturing operations.

Technical Skills

• MRP/ERP Systems
• Purchase Order Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Negotiation
• Cost and Quote Analysis
• Inventory Management
• Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookups)
• Power BI or similar reporting tools

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Supplier On-Time Delivery
• Purchase Price Variance (PPV)
• Cost Savings Achieved
• Material Shortages Impacting Production
• Inventory Turns
• Excess and Obsolete Inventory
• Purchase Order Accuracy
• Supplier Quality (PPM)

Shoals Technologies Group, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.