Senior Supply Chain Manager

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JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era. JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

The Senior Supply Chain Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for sourcing, procurement, contract management, supplier performance, logistics, and supply-chain risk across thermal power generation, renewable energy, energy storage, data center infrastructure, plant operations, and corporate spend. The role leads complex, high-value sourcing and contracting initiatives; establishes category and supplier strategies; and serves as a senior commercial advisor to project and functional leaders.

This position is accountable for delivering cost, schedule, quality, compliance, and resilience outcomes while strengthening procurement governance, team capability, and supplier partnerships.

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for thermal generation, renewable energy, data center infrastructure, and indirect spend categories.
• Lead competitive sourcing events including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, and commercial negotiations.
• Conduct market analyses, supplier benchmarking, should-cost modeling, and total cost of ownership evaluations.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, supplier consolidation, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Develop category strategies for major equipment, EPC services, MRO materials, professional services, IT, facilities, and corporate services.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and quality oversight to supply chain team members and cross-functional sourcing teams; establish clear objectives and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardization, and digital enablement across sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and reporting processes.

• Lead procurement planning and execution for development, construction, commissioning, and operating-asset requirements across power generation, renewables, storage, data centers, and infrastructure projects.
• Develop contracting and procurement strategies, bid lists, procurement schedules, responsibility matrices, and award recommendations aligned with project stage gates and budgets.
• Lead sourcing and commercial management of long-lead and critical equipment, including turbines, generators, transformers, switch gear, BESS, electrical systems, controls, and balance-of-plant packages.
• Monitor supplier manufacturing, expediting, logistics, and delivery performance.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers and contractors.
• Implement supplier performance scorecards, KPIs, quarterly business reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead supplier qualification, onboarding, risk assessments, and governance activities.
• Support supplier diversity, sustainability, and business continuity initiatives.

• Lead negotiation of pricing, scope, schedule, milestones, payment terms, warranties, performance guarantees, liquidated damages, liability, indemnities, insurance, change control, and termination rights.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Insurance, Tax, Engineering, and project leadership to ensure balanced risk allocation and executable contract terms.
• Establish post-award contract management plans and oversee compliance, correspondence, amendments, change orders, claims avoidance, dispute support, renewals, and closeout.
• Provide senior-level commercial guidance and ensure one coordinated company position in supplier and contractor engagements.

• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Asset Management, Finance, Legal, IT, and Project Development teams.
• Provide procurement leadership and commercial guidance…