Manager, Project Procurement (New Gas Generation and Renewables)

Ameren•Saint Louis, MO

About The Position

The Manager, Project Procurement is a specialized leadership role overseeing a team of professional employees responsible for procurement execution for Ameren Missouri’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) portfolio of new generation projects. The portfolio includes simple-cycle and combined-cycle natural gas generation, as well as renewable and energy storage resources such as solar, battery energy storage systems, fuel cells, and wind. The role ensures goods and services—including long-lead major equipment, engineering, and construction services—are procured to meet project requirements and the IRP resource-addition timeline. The Manager maintains proactive procurement planning, monitors and reports procurement plans from initial material-supply requirements and major-equipment reservations through execution, and confirms supply-chain activities align with Project Execution Plans. The Manager also addresses escalated issues and communicates resolutions to Business Segments. The position leads procurement planning and execution across concurrent large capital projects, manages and develops a professional team, and partners with Category Management, Legal, Contracts, Engineering, Project Management, and Project Controls. It oversees supplier, materials, reporting, risk, and resource-planning activities supporting the generation portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university is required.
Seven or more years of directly relevant work experience, such as supply chain, scheduling, forecasting, or budgeting, is required.
Three years of supervisory experience is required.
Demonstrated ability to lead and scale a team through rapid portfolio growth and manage commercial, cost, and schedule risk across multiple concurrent large capital projects.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, Digital, or another related field.
MBA or another related graduate degree, or PMP certification.
Procurement, supply-chain, or project-execution experience supporting utility-scale generation projects, such as gas generation, solar, battery energy storage, fuel cells, or wind.
Experience with EPC, Construction Manager at Risk, or build-transfer project delivery methods.
Experience procuring long-lead major equipment.
Experience leading teams supporting large capital or mega-project portfolios.
Experience with financial applications such as UIP, Primavera, PowerPlant, and API.
Experience with Oracle Cloud, iCertis, EMPRV, TRIS, PeopleSoft, Success Enterprise (SE), Active Risk Manager (ARM), and other PC tools.
Knowledge of gas-fired, renewable, and energy-storage generation facilities and related engineering, maintenance, operations, and construction practices.
Proficiency with the MS Office Suite.

Responsibilities

Lead procurement for Ameren Missouri’s IRP portfolio of new gas generation, renewable, and energy storage projects, aligning procurement plans and execution with schedules, budgets, and planned in-service dates.
Coach, develop, and evaluate professional employees responsible for procurement plans, requisitioning, expediting, and reporting for new generation capital projects.
Partner with Category Management, Legal, Contracts, Engineering, Project Management, and Project Controls to procure long-lead equipment and engineering, procurement, and construction services.
Oversee procurement under project delivery models including EPC, Construction Manager at Risk, owner-furnished equipment, and build-transfer agreements; administer commercial terms such as milestone payments, liquidated damages, warranties, and supplier obligations.
Monitor supply markets, manufacturing capacity, equipment lead times, and tariff, trade, and domestic-content considerations; communicate cost and schedule risks to project and Procurement leadership.
Oversee supplier expediting, quality-surveillance coordination, and major-equipment logistics, including factory acceptance testing, heavy-haul transportation, and site-delivery sequencing.
Oversee resource-management analysis and recruitment and development strategy established by the Director, Sourcing and HR, to ensure team capacity and capabilities support the portfolio.
Drive and participate in project and supply-chain process improvements; oversee procurement analysis, reporting metrics, demand planning, and portfolio analysis.
Represent Supply Chain in project meetings to resolve materials and major-equipment issues and develop corrective actions or recovery plans.
Serve as a central point of contact for project-management leadership meetings and Lessons Learned workshops as required.
Ensure staff are trained and monitor enforcement of standards, policies, and procedures established by Ameren Missouri, Ameren Corporation, and regulatory entities.
Provide subject-matter expertise to projects, enhance partnership and service levels, and drive coordinated supply-chain performance metrics.
Assess and advise project managers on procurement matrices and plans, and manage subsequent requisitions.
Manage generation and tracking of project material requisitions; identify material shortages and delays and manage material delivery for projects.
Assess and escalate supply-chain quality, cost, and schedule impacts and mitigation plans to manage project risks.
Ensure timely development and updates of project Supply Plans to track material-purchase status.
Manage cross-functional supply-chain resources delivering project materials and services.
Manage development of a Master Project Material List (BOM) covering project materials and supporting material management throughout the project lifecycle.