Erik Lohse

Leading Procurement, Supply Chain and Supplier Quality Management for one of Europe's leading independent solar power producers. • Responsible for strategic sourcing and supplier management across PV modules, inverters, mounting systems, electrical equipment and BESS. • Driving procurement strategies for utility-scale solar and BESS projects across Europe. • Strengthening supply chain resilience, quality assurance and risk management in a rapidly evolving global market. • Leading cross-functional teams

Built and established Supplier Quality Management as a strategic function within ENERPARC's global supply chain organization. Developed supplier qualification, audit and performance management processes supporting multi-GW solar project execution. Implemented preventive quality management approaches covering PV modules, inverters, trackers, BESS and BOS components.

Co-founder, shareholder and Managing Director of a technology company focused on machine vision and industrial inspection solutions. Grew the business over 10 years from start-up to established market player. Responsible for business development, strategy, product development and customer acquisition. Successfully exited the company in 2021. Serving customers across Europe, US, Africa and Asia.

Responsible for strategic product management and key account management of industrial vision systems. Drove product roadmap, market strategy and customer engagement for international machine vision key accounts.

Managed machine vision products for display inspection applications in the semiconductor and electronics industries. Led product lifecycle management from concept to market introduction. Key Account management for strategic customers.

Developed real-time image processing software for embedded machine vision systems. Focus areas included image segmentation, object classification and industrial automation applications. First contact to "AI" concepts with neural network classifiers.