Lead procurement strategy for solar and energy storage projects, manage vendor relationships, negotiate agreements, and oversee logistics.
Location Preference:
Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD, but remote in the US will be considered
ROLE OVERVIEW
Pivot Energy is seeking a collaborative Senior Director of Procurement to lead procurement strategy and drive competitive advantages for our national portfolio of solar PV and energy storage projects. The Senior Director will play a key role in qualifying, developing, and maintaining a portfolio of strategic vendor relationships while supporting the Technical Operations team in delivering operational assets. This position will lead a procurement team responsible for negotiating strategic equipment procurement agreements, preparing and issuing purchase orders, managing equipment storage and logistics, fostering vendor relationships, and other duties, as assigned.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop, qualify, and manage new and existing equipment and logistics suppliers.
- Lead diligence reviews to qualify vendors and equipment for Pivot’s approved vendor list.
- Lead regular strategic partnership meetings with key suppliers to set commercial goals, address technical considerations, and develop opportunities for additional business.
- Negotiate supply agreements, purchase orders, and logistics agreements.
- Coordinate with internal and external counsel in support of supplier agreement negotiations
- Guide the procurement team to manage logistics from supplier to site, including insurance delivery coordination and warehousing.
- Identify and implement strategies to maximize domestic content and other incentive-driven procurement strategies to enhance Pivot’s competitive differentiation.
- Explore opportunities with external entities to de-risk and lower the costs of procurement.
- Initiate and maintain relationships with suppliers of existing and emerging technologies to identify new prospective solutions.
- Coordinate with the internal Development, EPC, and Finance teams as well as external consultants to ensure meeting development and construction milestones, procurement and logistics risks are communicated and mitigated, and project returns are maximized.
- Establish a Supplier Code of Conduct and methods to validate all Pivot suppliers are in adherence.
- Identify and mitigate international trade disputes, tariff risks, and other supply-chain issues.
- Maintain close contact across the procurement landscape to anticipate and mitigate changes in supply chain and logistics.
- Interface with the Finance team in support of the procurement diligence process for funding agreements.
- Maintain supplier database with core project inputs and status updates, including development and management of supplier pre-qualification process.
- Assist in the acquisition of development assets and/or platforms on an as-needed basis.
- Additional duties, as required.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
- 5+ years of experience in an equipment procurement role supporting commercial and community-scale solar and energy storage project development.
- 3+ years of people management experience, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
- Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision and is not afraid to ask questions and take on tasks outside of their comfort zone.
- Strong relationship builder who can facilitate cross-functional procurement strategy.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage complex evaluation processes for a significant number of projects while anticipating project requirements across different development scopes and markets.
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
- Experience in structuring and negotiating long-term strategic agreements with equipment vendors.
- Knowledge of solar and storage equipment design and specifications.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.
ABOUT PIVOT
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and
families.
We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.
As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.
At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:
· Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet
· Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun
· Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
· Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player
· Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally
· Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT
At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.
Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.
EEO STATEMENT
Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.
Pivot Energy Denver, Colorado, USA Office
Located right across the street from Union Station, our Denver HQ is at the heart of lower downtown Denver, accessible by public transit within walking distance to hotels, restaurants, the Rockies Stadium and Ball Arena.
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