Senior Manager, Strategic Construction Sourcing

Constellation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 167,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Constellation is seeking a senior Supply Chain leader in Houston to develop strategies and lead sourcing for construction projects in the power generation industry.

You will oversee contracting, vendor negotiations, and cross-functional teams, ensuring cost-effective procurement and compliance. The role requires ten years+ experience, EPC knowledge, and strong leadership to drive performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, science, or related field with a minimum of ten (10) years of experience.
• Demonstrated project and change management skills.
• Hands on experience with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract negotiations
• Turbine supply and major equipment purchasing experience within the 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.
• Demonstrated data analysis capability and the ability to evaluate financial impacts of sourcing decisions.
• Excellent negotiation, conflict management and communication skills. Ability to challenge clients and leadership effectively where appropriate. Strong ability to hold Suppliers accountable for performance
• Ability to effectively navigate in a support organization
• Balancing competing priorities while building and maintaining productive relationships. Ability to constructively manage conflict among stakeholders.
• Demonstrated business acumen, ability to grasp technical requirements and communicate effectively with business unit and corporate personnel to meet customer expectations.
• Strong understanding of contract terms and conditions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage contracting and associated purchases; lead negotiations with suppliers for major design, engineering, equipment packages, and services contracts across multiple technologies within the power generation industry.
• 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
• Supervise Supply Management personnel.
• Support the Business Units' Emergency Response activities as assigned.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Supply chain

Data analysis

Leadership

Change management

EPC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Constellation is seeking a senior Supply Chain leader in Houston to develop strategies and lead sourcing for construction projects in the power generation industry.

You will oversee contracting, vendor negotiations, and cross-functional teams, ensuring cost-effective procurement and compliance. The role requires ten years+ experience, EPC knowledge, and strong leadership to drive performance.