Principal Sourcing & Contracts Manager

Constellation Energy Generation, LLC. • Warrenville, IL

4h

About The Position

This job is responsible for providing oversight, governance and implementation of the Supply Chain Process, Seven Step Sourcing Process; serving as primary liaison with Suppliers and business unit stakeholders; and managing high risk, complex, and high spend contracts within and across business units. In addition, the incumbent may supervise Supply employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, science, or related field with a minimum of eight (8) years of experience.
• Demonstrated project and change management skills.
• Hands-on experience with renewable generation industry
• Balance of Plant (BOP) civil and electrical contracting to support wind farm construction, wind re-powering, BESS, solar, and general O&M activities.
• Wind turbine supply, major equipment purchasing, and full-service O&M contract experience within the renewable generation industry
• Demonstrated command of supply management practices and concepts. Demonstrated understanding of ‘entire’ supply chain and cost drivers.
• Ability to meet and exceed customer requirements while managing multiple projects and competing priorities, including the ability to present and defend positions before executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Strategic sourcing and strategic category management experience
• JD with meaningful legal transactional experience
• MBA degree
• Supply professional certifications
• Power generation industry experience
• Demonstrated understanding of ‘entire’ supply chain and cost drivers.
• Experience with renewable development projects
• Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract negotiations

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and manage contracting and associated purchases; lead negotiations with suppliers for major equipment packages, engineering, and services contracts across multiple technologies within the renewable power generation industry. Lead negotiations and contracting in support of renewable operations efforts across existing fleet with wind turbine, solar, and BESS OEMs.
• Provide governance direction to contract administrators, procurement and sourcing specialists and other supply personnel, as appropriate, within assigned business and spend categories.
• Define and drive implementation of sourcing, purchasing and best practices Define and implement standard procurement/sourcing practices to improve overall effectiveness; identify current trends and best practices to drive process improvement with stakeholders and secure sponsorship to continuously improve.
• Lead personnel (both within and external to Supply) to achieve objectives across multiple sourcing initiatives. Prioritize competing needs and assign tasks to support strategic sourcing initiatives and other Supply projects, as appropriate.
• Develop and implement the strategy for effectively managing sourcing and contracting spend to meet Constellation Energy Generation's goals; incorporates spend analysis, industry analysis, economic trends, risk analysis and mitigation plans and communication/change management strategies
• May supervise Supply Management personnel.
• Support the Business Units' Emergency Response activities as assigned.

Benefits

• Constellation offers a wide range of benefits and rewards to help our employees thrive professionally and personally.
• We provide competitive compensation and benefits that support both employees and their families, helping them prepare for the future.
• In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days; and much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees