Category Specialist

SunGrid is one of the world’s leading Battery Energy Storage Solutions providers. The excellence we bring to our work and to our workplace recognizes SunGrid as a growing, value-added partner globally. We’re in a period of explosive growth and have dozens of exciting careers available right now at our Houston, Calgary, Cambridge, and Toronto offices.?

The SunGrid team has unparalleled experience in designing, constructing, and building utility-scale solar and energy storage projects globally. We utilize the foremost technological energy storage manufacturers that allow for high-quality, cost-effective energy solutions.
The success of any project ultimately comes down to the quality of the people involved, and high standards for recruiting and retaining top talent are paramount for efficient operations on all levels of the organization.

Our opportunities are ideal for those who share our excitement to create better energy for tomorrow and a sustainable world alongside the world’s most talented Project Execution Teams and Engineers.

ROLE SUMMARY

The Category Specialist is responsible for supporting all strategic initiatives for driving Category excellence across the enterprise. This role plays a part in achieving financial and operational improvements by strategically procuring goods and services. This position reports to the Category Manger, or another management personnel that the President of the Company may designate. This position is located in accordance with the aforementioned and working hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm local time. Overtime and weekend working hours may be required as needed. This position is expected to travel up to 30%.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Regular attendance, in accordance with company's attendance policy and supervisory assignment, is an essential job duty requirement for this position; and

  
  

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Help to drive corporate indirect procurement and profit improvement, while delivering the following to the business:

• Category Planning:

• Work with corporate team, business units, and regional stakeholders to prioritize an evolving portfolio of high-value process improvement and sourcing initiatives as directed.

• Serve as a full partner to the business in evaluating and challenging the status quo to surface value opportunities.

• Support the aggregation, normalization, and analysis of spend data to identify potential value opportunities.

• Support that proper sequencing and business support for value capture initiatives.

• Sourcing and Contracting:

• Support sourcing projects emerging from category planning.

• Define goals, including roles and responsibilities of stakeholders as driected

• Incorporate business requirements into sourcing plans and RFP strategies.

• Manage the planning and launch of RFx events, leveraging eSourcing tools as appropriate.

• Enhance competition by leveraging spend and qualified new suppliers as directed

• Leverage market trends and intelligence to drive value and provide guidance to stakeholders and businesses.

• Coordinate and support negotiations; help stakeholders understand trade-offs and benefits of negotiation strategies/outcomes in coordination with the Category Management Goals.

• Support the develop of global/regional contracts that are commercially sound and provide optimum protection of company assets. Develop comprehensive implementation with stakeholders and end users.

• Quantify and report both identified and implemented sourcing project results.

• Process Improvement and Strategy Development:

• Identify and capture profit improvement opportunities beyond leveraged sourcing, e.g., demand management opportunities, insource versus outsource decisions, efficiencies in the company’s comprehensive supply chain, and/or other strategic and operational process improvements.

• Ensure appropriate cross-functional partnering on process improvement projects.

• Track and work with corporate finance to report results for identified projects and when applicable, work with other functions across company to replicate projects with positive results.

• Supplier Relationship Management:

• Foster relationships with suppliers to create short-term and long-term value for the company.

• Support global business reviews with strategic suppliers to ensure performance against contracted obligations and business unit expectations.

• Anticipate and minimize performance issues via use of key performance indicators (KPIs).

• When performance issues emerge, work to identify root causes and drive for efficient resolution of issues at hand by working across both internal and external stakeholders.

  
  

SALARY RANGE FOR POSITION

The anticipated starting pay range of this position, The anticipated starting pay range of this position is $85,000 - $110,000 base salary per year, which may vary by location.