Associate, Wind Procurement

Clearway Energy Group; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Clearway Energy Group is looking for an Associate, Procurement (Wind) to support its wind turbine procurement team in San Diego, CA. The role involves facilitating vendor relationships and ensuring timely delivery of equipment for multi-gigawatt projects. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of experience in the wind industry, along with strong negotiation and project management skills.

This hybrid position offers a competitive salary range of $82,000 to $110,000 USD, dependent on experience and location.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in the wind industry.
• Familiarity with commercial negotiations and contracting.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement team in transactions for wind turbine equipment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to execute sourcing solutions.
• Maintain records of received turbine bids.

Skills

Negotiation

Project management

Communication skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, management, supply chain, or related field

Tools

SAP procurement systems

Job description

What The Role Is

The Associate, Procurement (Wind) is responsible for supporting the wind turbine procurement team at Clearway Energy Group in facilitating strategic vendor relationships and securing the equipment needed to advance Clearway’s multi-gigawatt project pipeline. The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge of wind turbine technology and the renewable energy industry. This position will support turbine procurement strategies that ensure the timely delivery of quality owner-furnished wind turbine equipment to projects and provide administrative and stakeholder coordination support to the wind procurement team.

This hybrid position will report to the Senior Manager, Procurement (Wind) and can be based in Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, San Diego, CA, Houston, TX, or Scottsdale, AZ offices.

What You'll Be Doing

• Support the procurement team in transactions and internal reporting for owner-furnished wind turbine equipment and long-term service agreements in close coordination with development, construction, and operations business units
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to execute sourcing solutions for multi-technology projects
• Support competitive RFx bidding and contracting efforts in coordination with internal stakeholders and OEMs.
• Provide document support and input on supply and service agreements with vendors and stakeholders to ensure efficient closure of negotiations and stakeholder review
• Take ownership of and negotiate key exhibits to relevant contracts and ensure stakeholder review and engagement
• Facilitate the procure-to-pay process for owner-furnished wind turbine equipment, including vendor qualification and onboarding, vendor selection, TSA negotiations, long-term service agreement negotiations, internal approvals, issuance of purchase orders, management of payments, logistics, and quality assurance
• Maintain records of received turbine and service bids and work with internal SMEs to generate forward-looking technology and cost projections for owner-furnished wind turbine equipment
• Support technology assessments and reviews of existing and upcoming turbine platforms, and effectively communicate the opportunities and risks associated with each technology
• Assist internal project and engineering teams with coordinating RFIs to equipment manufacturers
• Assist with the project financing process, facilitating inputs from OEMs and interdisciplinary teams to independent engineering (IE) questions
• Provide key inputs to cashflow models in support of the organization’s liquidity optimization
• Support internal updates and reporting of organizational and procurement progress and status

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, supply chain, engineering/technical degree, or related field
• 3+ years of wind industry experience
• Familiarity with commercial negotiations and contracting
• Effective project management, negotiation, contract management, and verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 15%
• Proficient in Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), OneNote, and document control

What Would Be Nice

• Experience in Turbine Supply Agreements and wind O&M agreements
• Familiarity with SAP procurement systems is preferred

Clearway will not sponsor non-immigrant visas for this position (H-1B, TN, E-3, etc.).

#LI-Hybrid

The pay rate for the successful candidate will depend on geographic location, skills, relevant and demonstrated experience, education, training and certifications, and other factors permitted by law. This role is eligible to earn an annual cash bonus, subject to personal and company performance goals.

Salary Range Across all U.S. Locations: $82,000 – $110,000 USD

Notice to Applicants

Clearway Energy is strongly committed to a philosophy of equal opportunity and fully complies with equalemploymentlaws, ordinances, and regulations for all applicants and employees. We will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to apply and compete for employment opportunities for which they are qualified. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Notice to California Applicants

Clearway Energy is strongly committed to a philosophy of equal opportunity and fully complies with equalemploymentlaws, ordinances and regulations for all applicants and employees.