Senior Energy Procurement Manager

7878
  • Competitive
  • United States
  • Semiconductor
  • Permanent

Daily Responsibilities:

Manage Supplier Relationships Globally

  • Serve as the primary contact within Procurement for assigned sustainability projects, programs, and suppliers.
  • Conduct commercial supplier qualification activities to facilitate the development of strategic suppliers.
  • Foster collaborative relationships with suppliers, effectively addressing performance and capability issues to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
  • Ensure suppliers adhere to ethical business practices, code-of-conduct programs, corporate safety policies, and social responsibility initiatives.
  • Communicate important supplier management updates and decisions to various levels within the organization, including executive leadership.
  • Involve senior management as needed to reinforce commitment and engagement from suppliers.
  • Represent the interests of the supply base within the organization and communicate organizational priorities back to suppliers.

Drive Negotiations with Suppliers

  • Lead or participate in contract negotiations.
  • Oversee sourcing events and the RFQ process.
  • Develop a contract strategy for each project, including initiation, negotiation, and implementation of terms and conditions.
  • Integrate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiation strategies.

Lead Supplier Performance

  • Collaborate with internal teams to develop a comprehensive view of supplier performance.
  • Gather and communicate site-specific priorities to suppliers.
  • Manage and lead relationships with strategic suppliers within assigned categories.
  • Work with internal stakeholders to establish key performance metrics for strategic suppliers and monitor performance against these standards to drive continuous improvement.
  • Prioritize and organize strategic supplier events, including Quarterly Business Reviews, Annual Supplier Evaluations, and Executive Review Meetings.

Build and Implement Category Strategy

  • Engage in supplier segmentation and strategic goal-setting activities.
  • Provide market intelligence and pricing trends to relevant internal stakeholders on a regular basis.
  • Apply should-cost models for assigned categories, benchmarking against the global marketplace.
  • Act as the subject matter expert for energy and water categories, sharing knowledge with key stakeholders to enhance planning, forecasting, and execution.
  • Create and distribute regular reports on the assigned portfolio.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher.
  • PMP certification or equivalent preferred.
  • Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects simultaneously with minimal supervision; strong project management skills.
  • 5+ years of proven experience in Indirect Procurement; experience in energy procurement is a plus.
  • Solid understanding of energy markets, energy generation, and the legal, regulatory, pricing, and billing structures of energy and water contracts.
  • Strong modeling and data analysis capabilities.
  • Excellent negotiation skills.
  • Proficient in MS Office.
  • Comfortable interacting with senior leaders and executives; skilled in delivering executive-level presentations.

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