The Team You Will Be Joining
What They Offer You
Location
Why This Role Is Important
The Background That Fits
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- Join a large, highly established utilities organization supporting critical infrastructure and power generation operations.
- Work alongside experienced Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Engineering, Legal, and project stakeholders.
- Become part of a sophisticated strategic sourcing organization responsible for high-value services, equipment, and supplier relationships.
- Work within a collaborative environment where sourcing professionals have direct exposure to business leaders, suppliers, and operational teams.
What They Offer You
- Exposure to complex, high-value sourcing initiatives within a large-scale energy and infrastructure environment.
- Opportunity to own sourcing projects from strategy development and competitive bid events through negotiation, award, and ongoing supplier management.
- Direct experience managing labor and onsite service categories, including Master Service Agreements and Alliance Agreements.
- Visibility across major projects, plant operations, outages, and capital initiatives.
- Opportunity to strengthen expertise in strategic sourcing, category management, contract negotiation, and supplier performance.
- A highly collaborative role with significant interaction across Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, project teams, and external suppliers.
Location
- Charlotte, NC - Hybrid, 3x onsite + occasional travel to operational sites
Why This Role Is Important
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives specifically focused on labor and onsite services supporting critical operations and projects.
- Develop sourcing strategies by evaluating internal requirements, supplier markets, cost drivers, risk, and available sources of supply.
- Lead RFQ/RFP processes, analyze supplier proposals, negotiate commercial terms, and recommend contract awards.
- Negotiate complex, high-value agreements while identifying opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance, and process efficiencies.
- Manage strategic supplier relationships and post-award activities including amendments, change orders, pricing changes, claims, disputes, and purchase orders.
- Support project managers with sourcing initiatives tied to plant operations, outages, capital projects, and other major business needs.
- Serve as a sourcing subject-matter expert who can independently identify issues, develop solutions, and drive projects forward.
The Background That Fits
- Bachelor’s degree with approximately 5–10 years of Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or related experience.
- Strong hands-on sourcing experience, particularly managing complex labor, onsite services, or service-based categories.
- Proven experience leading competitive sourcing events and negotiating complex, high-value contracts and agreements.
- EPC, utility, power generation, industrial, construction, or major capital project sourcing experience is highly preferred.
- Experience sourcing labor/services for plant operations, outages, construction projects, or other operationally intensive environments is especially valuable.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to evaluate supplier proposals, pricing, cost structures, and contractual risk.
- Independent, detail-oriented professional with strong negotiation, relationship management, analytical, and stakeholder management skills; experience with e-sourcing/ERP platforms is a plus.
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