Vice President of Supply Chain
Vice President of Supply Chain
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11-05-2025
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11-05-2025
Job Description
About Us
Highland Electric Fleets electrificationasaservice (EaaS) model aims to make electric school buses and other clean heavy duty vehicles attainable for every district across the US and Canada. Our turnkey solution tackles financing vehicle procurement infrastructure upgrade and maintenance to create a reliable and affordable fleet for our customers.
We know that cleaner buses create healthier communities and its our mission to eliminate the barriers to better student health and cleaner air just 10 electric buses will reduce the pediatric asthma risk for 1500 students!*
We are looking for candidates that want to help support this mission
*Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Based on estimates for Highland customer with large fleet
Summary:
As the Vice President of Supply Chain and Procurement you will lead Highlands global planning sourcing purchasing logistics and inventory strategy teams. Youll oversee relationships with vehicle OEMs and dealers EV charging suppliers and infrastructure providers and play a critical role in supporting project execution and ongoing contractual relationships by ensuring timely delivery of vehicles charging systems and parts.
This executive role will shape Highlands longterm supply chain strategy to ensure reliability costeffectiveness and scalability across new product lines vehicle categories (e.g. transit vans municipal fleets) and geographies. Youll also build and lead a highperforming team that delivers operational excellence from procurement through project fulfillment through ongoing project support.
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute Highlands endtoend supply chain and procurement strategy aligned with supporting ongoing growth in its school bus market and expansion into new vehicle categories geographic markets and service offerings
- Lead sourcing and supply partnerships across vehicles chargers infrastructure and thirdparty logistics (3PL) providers
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives for new white fleet verticals across light medium and heavyduty vehicle categories partnering with Business Development and Fleet Operations to deliver competitive value to customers.
- Design scalable procurement processes and supplier strategies to support longterm growth
Vendor Management and Negotiations
- Build and manage relationships with OEMs medium and heavyduty dealer networks EV charging manufacturers and other power infrastructure suppliers to secure favorable commercial terms and ensure longterm supply continuity
- Oversee sourcing and contracting for both turnkey fleet and charging infrastructure deployments
- Manage RFIs RFPs and strategic sourcing events for major equipment and service categories
- Develop longterm MSAs multiyear purchasing commitments and other strategies to drive down the cost of electric vehicles
Project Logistics & OnTime Delivery
- Develop and manage logistics plans that align supplier production schedules charger installations and vehicle deliveries with project timelines
- Collaborate across Highlands entire organization to ensure coordinated execution and communication
- Optimize freight warehousing and delivery strategies to minimize cost and risk
Inventory Parts & Aftermarket Management
- Establish policies and systems for forecasting inventory control and aftermarket parts availability to support fleet uptime
- Partner with Fleet Operations to implement a new enterprise asset management system integrating procurement operations and engineering functions to drive process efficiency and system standardization
- Develop a parts supply network in collaboration with OEMs and service partners
- Monitor and manage Highlands inventory to meet customer demand while minimizing holding costs
Operational Excellence
- Define KPIs and lead continuous improvement initiatives in procurement efficiency cost savings lead times quality and service performance
- Lead supply risk assessments and business continuity planning including vendor diversification and mitigation strategies
- Build and manage a highperformance team across supply chain procurement logistics and vendor relations functions.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelors degree required; advanced degree (MBA MS Supply Chain/Engineering) strongly preferred.
- 10 years of leadership experience in procurement supply chain or logisticspreferably in automotive EV energy or fleet sectors
- Experience scaling supply chain and procurement functions in highgrowth or startup environments in particular in industries deploying new technology
- Demonstrated success negotiating complex agreements with medium and heavyduty OEMs dealers and EV charger manufacturers
- Strong experience with vehicle supply chains capital equipment procurement and/or infrastructure projects
- Deep understanding of supply chain risk mitigation logistics optimization and vendor performance tracking
- Experience with people management; fostering a culture of innovation collaboration curiosity and continuous improvement with a team of all levels of professional experience
- Proven ability to align crossfunctional stakeholders and manage across a matrixed organization
- Familiarity with ERP and procurement software platforms (e.g. NetSuite Hexagon)
- Executive presence excellent communication skills and strong financial acumen
- Willingness to travel as needed to visit suppliers OEMs and project sites
$245000 $275000 a year
What You Can Expect from Highland:
Competitive base salary and performancebased bonus program
A supportive highly collaborative teamoriented environment
Opportunities to make a difference be heard add value and be recognized
Growth and development with a leader in this new and exciting industry
Ability to work with bright innovative and forwardthinking colleagues
Health Vision and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
Life insurance public transportation assistance
Generous Paid Time Off
401(k) program and company match
Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. 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.
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