Procurement Category Manager – Solar PV Modules & Wind Equipment

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Full Time Bloomington, MN, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Position

Procurement Category Manager – Solar PV Modules and Wind Equipment

Location

Bloomington, MN (HQ)

About Us

Geronimo Power develops, owns, and operates large-scale power and affiliated digital infrastructure projects throughout America's Heartland, including solar, wind, energy storage, and powered data parks. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit  or follow the company on Linked In.

About This Role

The Procurement Category Manager leads category strategy, strategic sourcing, and commercial supplier management for solar PV modules and wind equipment across Geronimo Power's utility-scale renewable energy portfolio. The role translates project demand and market intelligence into sourcing plans that support competitive total cost, dependable supply, equipment performance, and project schedules. The position owns the commercial procurement process from early planning and competitive bidding through contracting, delivery support, supplier performance, and commercial closeout, while partnering with Development, Engineering, Construction, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Asset Management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain multi-year category strategies and sourcing calendars aligned with the approved project pipeline, budgets, technical requirements, and construction milestones.
• Consolidate equipment demand, assess supplier capacity, and lead times, and recommend framework agreements, volume commitments, capacity reservations, and project allocations with appropriate flexibility.
• Monitor equipment pricing, technology, supplier manufacturing footprints, and relevant trade and policy developments; translate findings into sourcing options and risk mitigation plans.
• Lead RFPs, bid clarification, commercial evaluation, and documented award recommendations using total landed and lifecycle cost, payment terms, delivery, quality, warranties, supplier financial strength, and supply chain risk.
• Partner with Engineering, Construction, Operations, Data Science and Development on solar PV module performance and wind equipment suitability, compatibility, reliability, service support. Incorporate technical findings into commercial comparisons and levelized cost of electricity decisions.
• Lead negotiations for equipment supply and framework agreements, including pricing mechanisms, deposits, payment milestones, security, delivery flexibility, acceptance, warranties, and contractual remedies.
• Align equipment supply obligations with engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements and project requirements. For wind equipment, coordinate spare parts and service arrangements.
• Manage commercial changes, contract obligations, claims, and closeout within delegated authority and established approval requirements.
• Maintain supplier relationships, scorecards, and business reviews covering cost, delivery, quality, responsiveness, and risk; drive corrective actions and elevate unresolved issues.
• Track manufacturing and delivery milestones and coordinate quality, inspection, logistics, shortage, delay, nonconformance, and warranty matters with responsible internal specialists.
• Coordinate supplier qualification, sustainability due diligence, traceability records, and applicable trade, domestic content, and restricted-entity reviews with Legal, Tax, and other specialists.
• Maintain…