Procurement Specialist

Job location: Remote in India

About the role: The Procurement Specialist role will work on sourcing and supply chain management of Solar Inverter components and BOS accessories such as inverters, PV modules, structures, cables, ACDB, DCDB, and related components. This person will be accountable for building and managing a strong vendor base, driving cost and process efficiency, and ensuring timely availability of materials.

The role will manage vendor relationships for both accessories and installation services, with a strong focus on market benchmarking, value creation, and reliability. The role also requires close coordination with the Product Quality team to ensure that all sourcing, development, and supplier engagements are fully aligned with Sun King's global quality standards.

This role may also expand into new product development (NPD) of other product categories, including but not limited to LED lighting, Cooling and other innovative product categories in India by identifying, validating, and onboarding suppliers. The person will work closely with internal teams to align supply readiness with project timelines and quality standards.

• Oversee procurement and supply chain activities for solar inverters, PV modules, BOS accessories, and EPC services.
• Coordinate closely with the Product Quality team to ensure all sourcing, development, and supplier engagements are aligned with Sun King's global quality standards.
• Identify, evaluate, and onboard vendors with proven capabilities and reliability.
• Negotiate contracts and pricing to ensure cost efficiency and value.
• Benchmark vendors and market trends to define optimal product specs with compliance, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Drive value creation through vendor innovation, supply chain optimization, and long-term partnerships.
• Contribute to NPD of solar and LED products through supplier identification and validation.
• Ensure compliance of procured items with technical specifications and industry standards.
• Coordinate with internal teams and EPC partners for timely and smooth execution.

• 5+ years of proven experience in solar supply chain and procurement.
• Strong vendor network for BOS components and installation services.
• Demonstrated expertise in negotiation, benchmarking, and vendor development.
• Prior experience in contributing to NPD of solar or LED products is preferred.
• Good knowledge of the quality framework for the said components and ability to ensure vendor compliance.

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
• An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.

Sun King is the world's leading off-grid solar energy company, combining cutting-edge product design, fintech, and field operations to deliver energy access for the 1.8 billion people who live without an affordable and reliable electric-grid connection. Sun King has connected more than 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding over 200,000 homes each month.

Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via 'pay-as-you-go' purchase financing. Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.11 a day via mobile money or cash.

Instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers unlock savings through accessing solar power and after one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright. To date, our Sun King solar products have saved customers more than $4 billion cumulatively.

Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.

From cost-effective solar systems that provide home lighting and phone charging to robust solar inverters that can power high-energy appliances such as laptops, computers, refrigerators, and more, effectively acting as a full stand-in for grid power, Sun King's products cater to a wide range of income segments and energy needs. Leveraging its proven distribution network and brand, Sun King is expanding its range of products and services to encompass clean cooking, electric mobility, entertainment, and more, aiming to address the needs of our underserved customers.

Sun King employs 2,800 full-time staff in 12 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families.

Sun King is committed to gender diversity in the workplace. Women represent 44% of Sun King's workforce.