Senior Manager, Supply Chain – Solar

• Department:
  Technology Strategic Procurement

Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 400 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers.

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Apex strives to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination and financing to construction and asset management. Our mission-driven team seeks determined, resolute individuals who strive to innovate and go above the call of duty, and who will relentlessly do their part to help accelerate the shift to America’s clean energy future.

Apex's Strategic Procurement team selects, contracts, and manages the major equipment behind our utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. In solar, we are expanding our role by taking more direct ownership of technology selection and supply agreements for key equipment, and we are building new programs to do it.

This role will help build that capability. You will lead procurement for major solar equipment categories, from technology selection and supplier negotiations through delivery, and work alongside teammates across other technologies as priorities shift.

It suits someone who wants to build something, not just run an established process, and who enjoys working at the intersection of engineering, commercial negotiation, and supply chain.

• Hours:
  
  Full-time
• Type:
  Exempt
• Department:
  Strategic Procurement
• Travel:15–20% (supplier factories, project sites, industry events)

• Turn high-level procurement strategy into working programs: decision workflows, roles and ownership, stage-gate timing, templates, and tools.
• Develop weighted vendor selection frameworks covering bankability, supply chain compliance, price and payment terms, technology, reliability, warranty, and engineering support.
• Build supplier risk-ranking methods and vendor engagement models with defined touchpoints and cadence.
• Define and track a small set of program metrics and report progress to procurement leadership.

• Negotiate and execute volume commitment agreements, framework or master supply agreements, and purchase orders for solar equipment such as modules, trackers, and inverters.
• Structure key commercial terms, including volume and capacity reservation, deposits, price locks and commodity indexation, payment schedules, delivery flexibility, liquidated damages, and warranties.
• Ensure Apex's equipment terms and pricing flow down cleanly into EPC agreements.
• Partner with Legal, Tax, Finance, and Insurance on contract structure, compliance exhibits, and risk allocation.

• Help establish and run Apex's tracker procurement program, in which Apex selects the tracker technology and negotiates terms directly with manufacturers while the EPC manages purchasing and logistics.
• Negotiate and manage volume commitment and framework agreements with leading tracker suppliers.
• Select site-specific tracker technology based on terrain, wind, hail, geotechnical conditions, and automation, in alignment with Solar Design, Engineering & Construction, Asset Management, and EPC partners.

• Work with Solar Design, Engineering & Construction, and…