Category Manager, Solar and BESS Equipment

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⛰️ Colorado, Illinois, +1 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $120k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Pivot Energy

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51 - 200 employees

⚡ Energy

Energy • Environment • Sustainability

Pivot Energy is a national leader in comprehensive commercial and community solar services. As a renewable energy provider and independent power producer, the company develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects across the United States. Pivot Energy works with a wide range of clients, including businesses, municipalities, schools, universities, and non-profits, offering customized onsite or offsite solar solutions. The company is dedicated to reducing costs and carbon footprints through solar energy and is a Certified B Corporation committed to environmental stewardship, social leadership, and responsible governance (ESG) factors. Pivot Energy also provides a distributed energy platform, offering services in commercial onsite solar, energy storage, and community solar, with management software to streamline operations for subscribers and asset managers.

📋 Description

• Lead Solar PV and Energy Storage sourcing activities & supplier management to implement opportunities to improve cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. • Shape Pivot Energy’s category management strategy by developing processes and procedures that will ensure best practices for key equipment categories. • Direct the segmentation of assigned spend into category and subcategory groupings to create levers for operational excellence. • Lead the development of overall category strategies to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), securing supply continuity, domestic content feasibility, and identifying/mitigating risks and opportunities. • Maintain and deepen category knowledge by researching and tracking industry trends, best practices, and competitive offerings. • Execute the category strategy by managing the Preferred Supplier List (PSL), rationalizing non-preferred suppliers, and rewarding preferred partners with business awards tied to Long-term Agreements (LTA). • Develop, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts and pricing. • Initiate and lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and other business reviews with strategic suppliers to align on strategy and goals. • Assess, review, and scout new suppliers for continuous improvement and development. • Manage day-to-day supplier relationships and escalated supplier disputes. • Lead regular strategic partnership meetings with key suppliers to set commercial goals, address technical considerations, and develop opportunities for additional business. • Coordinate and approve supplier onboarding and manage the contract repository and renewals. • Drive Continuous Improvement (CI) across the supply chain, focusing on reducing lead times, improving cycle time, and ensuring transparency. • Improve key metrics such as savings, payment terms, on-time delivery, and risk mitigation (including inflation). • Support Responsible Sourcing & ESG Risk initiatives. • Capture and maintain the latest part pricing for Procurement. • Enforce procurement policies. • Develop productive working relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Engineering, Tech Ops, Project Management, Delivery, and Procurement). • Create presentations and analysis for strategic meetings (e.g., supplier relationship management, category strategies, risk mitigation proposals, and gap analysis).

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience • Minimum 3+ years of procurement experience (preferably within industries with engineering, procurement, and construction projects, with a focus on procurement) • Experience in negotiations, including RFI, RFP, RFQ, and contract development • Benchmarking, Market Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, and Procurement Projects Management skills • Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills • Self-starter with the ability to work autonomously and within a team. • Passion to learn new things through self-study and structured settings • Demonstrated abilities to coordinate across internal and external teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company • Four weeks of vacation (prorated in first year) • Company-paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage • Generous parental leave • 401(k) matching • Home Office set-up stipend for new employees • Public transit reimbursement • PTO for volunteering in the community • Charitable donation matching up to $500/year • Professional development and educational reimbursements