Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer

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Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer

BlueHeart Energy Alkmaar

What is required?

  • Bachelors / Masters technical working and thinking level
  • Technical and practical education and experience in production environments
  • At least 10 years of relevant work experience
  • Experience with supplier improvement projects using lean Six Sigma methodology is a plus
  • Ability to lead a team effectively
  • Good communication skills
  • Good command of the English language, both verbally and in writing; German language skills are a plus

What will you get?

  • €4,500 - €7,500 gross p/m (depending on knowledge and experience)
  • 40-hour working week
  • 25 vacation days
  • Training opportunities
  • Company Phantom shares, laptop and SIM card EU+USA
  • Pension scheme

What will you do?

  • 30% Optimizing quality and costs of external processes
  • 20% Cost reduction/on time delivery and supplier strategy
  • 20% Evaluating and selecting suppliers
  • 15% Consultation with stakeholders
  • 15% Integrating and managing supply chain in product assembly process

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Vacancy

As a Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer at BlueHeart Energy, you are responsible for finding and managing the right suppliers for our Thermo-acoustic engine for heat pumps. In this role, you combine strategic insight with practical skills to find and manage the right suppliers. By understanding their production processes fully and understand the needs from the Design team, you can focus on quality, cost reduction and delivery time under the right conditions of the suppliers. Together with them you scale up from a view systems in 2024 to mass production in 2027. You work closely with the Engineering and the Production team. Your focus is on strategic scaling of production with suppliers or selecting better suppliers, from the initial development phase to industrialization for mass production.

You take responsibility for evaluating supplier capabilities, identifying risks, and actively seeking new supplier partners to support the growth ambitions of BlueHeart Energy. You analyze the effectiveness of suppliers and actively and creatively contribute, based on your experience, to achieve cost and quality goals. You ensure these align seamlessly with business objectives. You also play an active role in making important procurement decisions and managing projects with suppliers, developing strategies for financial planning and cost savings.

You are part of the Production & Procurement team, which consists of five people, with your main focus on Procurement. As a senior member, you have a leading role in the team's development and contribute to the realization of strategic goals. You also work closely with colleagues from other departments.

If you enjoy maintaining contact with stakeholders inside and outside the organization and find it challenging to develop procurement strategies and initiate new collaborations, then this is a job for you.

Working week

Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer

On an enjoyable day, you successfully negotiate with a supplier who exceeds expectations, enabling the BlueHeart Energy product to reach the market faster, with improved quality, and at the right price.

On a less enjoyable day, you are intensively tracking and solving an unexplained error in a delivery in close cooperation with suppliers.

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    • Lunch
    • Managing projects
    • Meeting with stakeholders
    • Optimizing quality and costs of external processes
    • Optimizing quality and costs of external processes
    • Daily stand-up
    • Integrating and managing supply chain
    • Processing administration
    • Internal consultation
    • Optimizing quality and costs of external processes
    • Contact with suppliers
    • Daily stand-up
    • Lunch
    • Drinks
    • Meeting with stakeholder
    • Optimizing procurement processes
    • Evaluating and selecting suppliers
    • Daily stand-up
    • Lunch
    • One-on-one with Manager
    • Evaluating and selecting suppliers
    • Optimizing procurement processes
    • Integrating and managing supply chain

Firsthand experience

As a deeptech company, BlueHeart Energy sets high standards for their suppliers, leading to challenging situations in supplier relationships. How do you handle this?

In this role, you actively build strong relationships with suppliers, based on clear agreements and terms. You work closely with the CFO and CEO/CTO to plan and target desired results. You actively address and resolve issues with suppliers. You play a key role in managing the tension that arises, taking a solution-oriented and strategic approach to represent the interests of both BlueHeart Energy and the suppliers. You also technically contribute to the solutions.

Growth

The career growth path at Blue Heart Energy is not fixed. The company expects to grow fast in the coming years, generating opportunities for all those who are ready to assume new responsibilities. BHE supports training and courses, and sharing knowledge is very important among employees. The main advantage of the start up and scale up phase is that self-initiative is really appreciated, and you can create your own job. As Blue Heart Energy grows, you grow along with them.

Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Working at BlueHeart Energy

BlueHeart Energy was founded in 2016 to apply thermoacoustics as a technology in heat pumps. Thermoacoustics is a disruptive approach to generate heat and cold, with potential to revolutionize the whole industry. Over the past seven years, BHE has developed a thermoacoustic engine to power heat pumps in residential buildings. This so called 'Blue Heart' of a heat pump is sold to manufacturers. In the coming years, the 'Blue Heart' will have to be further developed and optimized. Besides this, we will set up our production facility, strengthen the relationships with our customers (Manufacturers of heat pumps) and set up pilot projects in houses and monitor these.

  • Headquarters in Alkmaar
  • 33 employees
  • Active in more than 10 countries
  • 20% / 80%
  • Average age 38 years
  • Casual
  • Hybrid working

Colleagues

Photo of employee Alireza Moradi
Photo of employee Michiel Hartman
Photo of employee Myrthe Kuijf
Photo of employee Roelof Schuitema
Photo of employee Haico Halbesma
Photo of employee Adam Zeman
Photo of employee Roel Verhagen

Alireza Moradi (28) - Project engineer in R&D department

Why did you decide to work for this company?
Before this, I studied thermoacoustics during my master and PhD program and I was always eager to combine thermoacoustics with an environmentally friendly system. I came across Blue Hear energy's website during my research period and I was an immediate fan. When Michiel pitched all his ideas to me, I only thought about one thing:when can I start?

What was your previous job?
Before joining Blue Heart Energy company, I was busy with PhD program at Tarbiat Modares University besides doing some research for aerospace institute.

What do you do in your spare time?
Playing football, inline skating and of course still working on PhD.

Michiel Hartman (52) - CEO

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I founded Blue Heart because sustainable heating and cooling is one of the biggest challenges in the energy transition. Thermoacoustics is one of the game changers to make this possible. A complex technique with great impact which requires a great team with various specialties. Building Blue Heart on all these aspects is my big motivator.

What was your previous job?
Founder of QWIC electric bicycles and president of the Branch Association of Electric Transport. I was also temporary Project Manager of large heat projects in The Netherlands.

What do you do in your spare time?
Tennis, skiing, family, outdoor sports (workouts and water sports).

Myrthe Kuijf (27) - Research Engineer

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I started working at BlueHeart through my traineeship at Talent for Transition. I studied technical physics and I want to use my knowledge to contribute to the energy transition. At BlueHeart, I have the opportunity to do this as part of a team.

What did you study?
Student Technical Physics

What do you do in your spare time?
Reading and propagating plants

Roelof Schuitema (50) - Technical Sales Manager

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I was involved in multiple renewable energy projects including Blue Heart Energy's heat pump. When the project spun off into a startup, I seized the opportunity to work full time at Blue Heart. My work brings innovation, development and the application of sustainable technology together, with the entire company operating as a team. That's the ideal working environment for me, and that's what makes working at Blue Heart so great.

What was your previous job?
Operationeel manager at Teamwork Technology.

What do you do in your spare time?
Hiking, camping en spending time with my kids.

Haico Halbesma (54) - Chief Financial Officer

Why did you decide to work for this company?
Blue Heart's Energy goal to green the built environment in terms of heating and cooling appealed to me greatly. This combined with the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team on the complex challenge of applying this clean solution widely, bringing it to the market on a large scale and getting it produced in the Netherlands.

What was your previous job?
Director.

What do you do in your spare time?
Sailing.

Adam Zeman (24) - R&D Intern

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I was introduced to the field of thermoacoustic during one of the university lectures and got instantly hooked. Since we were required to do a mandatory internship as a part of our studies, I instantly knew where to look. Blue Heart Energy was the company that caught my attention from the very beginning due to the range of possible hands-on topics that I could work on.

What was your previous job?
Mechanical Trainee

What do you do in your spare time?
Sports (fencing, climbing, ...), Reading, Board Games

Roel Verhagen (44) - Lead Designer

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I chose to work at Blue Heart Energy because I sought to make a tangible impact in my work. The company's startup environment provides an opportunity to contribute to the development of a truly innovative product at the intersection of science, product development, and mass production. Working in a diverse team where roles are flexible keeps the work engaging and dynamic.

What was your previous job?
Product Developer

What do you do in your spare time?
I enjoy engaging in active activities with my children, as well as attending festivals, independent films, and theater performances.

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