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Procurement Manager
Location: Remote, Durham, NC or Phoenix, AZ
At Ecoplexus (www.ecoplexus.com), we are seeking individuals who have a passion to be part of the renewable energy industry and the change it is bringing, are self starters, creative thinkers, possess the drive to achieve, and have the capacity to assume increasing responsibility in a dynamic growth environment. We are looking for talented self-starters with imagination, creativity and vision. We are a rapidly-growing developer of large solar, wind and energy storage projects serving corporate and utility energy purchasers. We design, build, finance, own and operate projects across the US, Mexico and Asia. Headquartered in San Francisco, Ecoplexus has grown at an annual rate of over 50% per year since its founding in 2009.
Duties
The Procurement Manager is responsible for the company’s supply of products, materials and/or services, including market research, supplier analysis, selection strategy, final negotiation, and construction and operations turnover. The role will require a significant amount of interaction with internal and external stakeholders including executive level leadership.
U.S. based but will also manage an international set of vendors with complex commercial and technical aspects. This position will work with and manage international and U.S. staff.
Specific Job Responsibilities
- Ensures NDA, SOW’s and Master Purchase Agreement are positioned appropriately before business is initiated.
- Drive price negotiations processes to ensure that commodity pricings are best in class.
- Drive continual cost reduction and avoidance initiatives through ad hoc price negotiations.
- Drive supply base consolidation where possible.
- Address all areas of category management including category business plans, global market and pricing analysis and procurement support.
- Monitor current category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities.
- Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers. Consolidate spend across supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends and develop sourcing alternatives. Identify new high potential suppliers on global basis.
- Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution.
- Develop key performance measures for chosen suppliers and negotiate on multiple variables to award longer-term strategic contracts that result in significant cost reduction and improved service levels.
- Monitor current category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges and opportunities.
- Develop spend strategies, identify potential suppliers, analyze supplier capabilities, select suppliers and determine prices, terms, and conditions of agreements.
- Lead the vendor selection process with engineering teams.
- Evaluate supplier business proposals and present recommendations that will result in cost savings, avoidance or containment.
- Develop sourcing and negotiation strategies that deliver against business objectives and achieves sustainable relationships with suppliers.
- Create competitive environments with suppliers to support a negotiation strategy.
- Evaluate and provide guidance on final selection of suppliers; Perform value analysis for final selection of suppliers.
- Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or Chemistry and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability.
- Master’s degree in purchasing management preferred
- Working knowledge of the industry and market conditions
- Strong understanding of procurement and negotiation techniques
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
This position will involve minimal travel. Most travel will be a day or two for a site visit or a meeting.
Ecoplexus offers a competitive salary, possible bonus structures, potential for employee stock options in a growing company, a benefits program and flexible working conditions.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Ecoplexus is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
No third party solicitations will be accepted for this or any other Ecoplexus position.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $53,925.00 – $130,029.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location: Remote
