Procurement Cost & Compliance Senior Specialist

The role

This role supports the Price Committee by evaluating purchasing documentation and commercial information. The person will coordinate meetings, analyze cost drivers, and improve procurement transparency and compliance.

What you will do

• Coordinate Price Committee meetings and prepare review materials.
• Document decisions and follow up on action-item closure.
• Review purchase requests, supplier quotations, bid comparisons, and approval packages.
• Analyze quotation differences, historical prices, cost drivers, and commercial terms.
• Check alignment among approved quotations, purchase orders, contracts, and pricing evidence.
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, Logistics, and Warehouse to resolve documentation gaps.
• Maintain supplier pricing records, review trackers, and KPI dashboards.
• Identify procurement-related cost, process, and compliance risks.
• Recommend corrective actions and escalate material issues.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain operations, manufacturing operations, business operations, cost control, or related roles; equivalent internal experience will be
• Working knowledge of purchasing or operational workflows, cross-functional approvals, supplier coordination, or cost management.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Analytical thinking.
• Ability to interpret commercial and operational data.
• Ability to organize meetings, communicate clearly, follow up persistently, and drive issue resolution across teams.
• Sound judgment and integrity.

Nice to have

• Experience with RFQs, supplier quotations, competitive bidding, contracts, or purchase order processes.
• ERP/SAP experience.
• Experience building reports, trackers, or KPI dashboards.
• Background in automotive, battery, energy storage, or industrial manufacturing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Mandarin-English bilingual capability

About the company

Gotion Inc. innovates in next generation electric vehicle and energy storage technologies. The company is based in Silicon Valley, CA, and is building a Manufacturing facility in Manteno, IL.