Job Description

Geronimo Power (formerly National Grid Renewables) develops, owns and operates large-scale  power assets throughout America’s Heartland, including solar, wind and energy storage. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth.  Geronimo Power is a portfolio company managed by Brookfield Asset Management. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit  geronimopower.com or follow the company on  .  

   Responsibilities:

  Category Management  

• Operations and Maintenance subject matter expert with a desire and ability to coach and teach Procurement staff and stakeholders
• Engage with stakeholders to establish clear business needs, apply forward thinking skills to set near and long term E2E category strategies and a roadmap to continuous improvements and benefits.
• Lead a complex operations and maintenance procurement strategy to support 1GW/year of solar, wind and storage pipeline assets becoming operational
• Lead full sourcing processes from construction of the SharePoint and Procore data rooms to evaluation of the proposals
• Actively collaborate with internal technical teams and suppliers to continually drive down LCOE (Levelized Cost of Electricity) ($/W)
• Utilize varied and complex data sets to identify new opportunities to drive benefits through the contracts E2E lifecycle
• Manage the forecast and delivery of category savings targets in support of team and Procurement commitments and goals
• Develop and run competitive RFP processes to support the operations and maintenance team
• Incorporate market intelligence and vendor inputs into the bid evaluation and contracting process
• Coordinate with operations and engineering to gather and maintain operational specifications, scopes of work, and standards to be followed for solar, wind and energy storage operational assets
• Ensure timely and frequent engagement with operations, engineering, construction, legal, finance, commercial, and asset management teams on all issues related to operations and maintenance for all operating assets.
• Support and facilitate internal team resolution on changes to agreements across both commercial and technical issues
• Support Procurement Manager for necessary administrative functions
• Ongoing contract administration for operations and maintenance contracts and agreements

Commercial Negotiation

• Establishes structured negotiation plans in support of company needs with clarity of desired outcomes
• Understanding of supplier’s position, desired outcomes, and leverage points
• Able to involve stakeholders in negotiation preparations and events
• Provide support to team members in development of negotiation strategies
• E ffectively support the negotiation of agreements for items related to scope, price, terms & conditions, delivery, and contract changes with suppliers and contractors

• Apply contracting abilities, editing of work scope, understanding of commercial terms and conditions, and accurate monitoring of commercial changes from award to delivery
• Review cost proposals and actual cost reports from projects to establish standard summary data cost reports and variance analyses. Track and report on cost movement during negotiations.
• Ensure—through effective contract negotiation to meet objectives related to safety, cost, delivery performance, schedule and quality.
• Ensure that risks are mitigated through alignment across major project agreements (EPC agreement, Equipment supply, PPA, Warranty, etc.)
• Detailed understanding of the contractual obligations related to the IRA requirements.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Identifies critical operations and maintenance suppliers and creates appropriate engagement plans to ensure our Supply Chain risk profile and inputs to continuous improvement are proactively managed
• Demonstrates a collaborative approach with supply base and develops integrated plans to drive appropriate value for business and customer requirements
• Builds appropriate supplier performance measurements (KPIs) into contractual frameworks
• Holds suppliers to account for performance delivery using KPI data and strategic business reviews
• D evelop and maintain relationships with operations and maintenance suppliers and contractors, having a peripheral knowledge of the project equipment commodities; wind turbines, modules, inverters, trackers, HV Breakers, Sub-Station, SCADA, GSU, PMT, and BESS
• Remain informed of latest technology trends and the government policies in the market and understand the implications of the procurement strategy and adjust accordingly

Procurement Process Management and Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement using lean techniques to identify and eliminate waste in the extended E2E Supply Chain

Systems and Analytics

• Demonstrates ability in working with multiple ERP systems: SAP, Netsuite, Procore, Ariba, Tableau, Spend Analytics
• Understands how to analyze large data sets and extract information for strategic decision making

  Qualifications:

 · Minimum of 4 years direct experience

· College degree or the equivalent experience

· Demonstrated knowledge in solar, wind and energy storage facility operations and maintenance including a minimum of four years’ experience in a broad range of renewable operations management and administrative functions, strategic sourcing functions, commodity management, contract negotiation and vendor management

· Project management skills working with large scale solar, wind, and/or energy storage projects

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to explain complex concepts in a concise manner

· Detail-oriented with demonstrated ability for accuracy

· Demonstrated ability to successfully manage and execute multiple contracts on schedule, has experience negotiating contracts

· Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives

· Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders to drive mutually beneficial outcomes

· Proficient in planning, collaboration, and analysis

· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization

· Advanced computer skills utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, email, and management/reporting systems

· Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

Preference may be given to candidates with the following: 

· Experience in Solar, Wind and/or BESS operations, logistics, inventory management and purchasing functions

· Experience working with NetSuite and/or SAP

· Experience establishing and improving operations and maintenance procurement policies/procedures

· Previous supervisory or management experience

Pay Range for the posted level: Minimum of $100,000-127,000.00
We offer a comprehensive benefit package, including Medical, Dental, 401(k) and disability benefits.

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