Contract Consultant | Power Generation

Contract Consultant | Power Generation

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. As the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona. Summary As a Contract Consultant on the Power Generation Team, you'll play a key role in ensuring that APS's Generation Business Unit operates with strong vendor partnerships, optimized contract outcomes, and a firm handle on risk and performance metrics.

This position supports all phases of the contract lifecycle—from implementation and negotiation to compliance tracking and performance evaluation. You'll lead cross-functional efforts that align contract strategy with operational needs, while identifying opportunities for efficiency, cost savings, and improved vendor performance. As a subject matter expert in contract management and data analytics, you'll provide insights that empower teams, improve governance, and help deliver lasting value across power generation operations.

Key Skills & Tasks:

• Contract Development & Implementation
  - Develop and implement vendor contracts that align with operational goals, regulatory requirements, and enterprise standards.
• Contract Negotiation & Modification
  - Lead contract negotiations and amendments with vendors to support changing business requirements and optimize value.
• Compliance & Risk Management
  - Monitor contract compliance by vendors and internal teams, identifying deviations and resolving issues before they impact operations.
• Performance Analytics
  - Leverage data analytics to create dashboards and reports that provide transparency into contract spend, timelines, and KPIs, and evaluate contract performance, identify trends, and recommend corrective actions or process improvements.
• Process Improvement
  - Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to contract governance, lifecycle management, and vendor relationship optimization.

People We Want to Talk To:

• Contract management professionals with experience in energy, utilities, industrial operations, or similarly complex, regulated environments.
• Strategic thinkers who bring a solutions-oriented mindset to contracts, compliance, and vendor engagement.
• Individuals who thrive on digging into contract language, data sets, and performance metrics to uncover value and mitigate risk.
• Collaborators who can navigate cross-functional relationships, bridging legal, operational, and financial perspectives with confidence.
• Professionals with strong attention to detail and organizational discipline, who can manage multiple contracts and deadlines without losing focus.

Minimum Requirements:

• A four-year Bachelors degree in business, engineering, law or other job related field from an accredited college or university
• Eight (8) years of progressive experience in contract management, business operations or other job related areas.
• In lieu of bachelors degree, combination of college coursework and/or experience in contract management, business operations or other job related area equaling 12 years.

Major Accountabilities:

• Manages a consolidated portfolio of ~$100M annually in long-term service and material agreements.
• Conducts contract negotiations and monitors financial impacts, vendor performance and compliance. Ensures alignment with business needs and financial goals.
• Develops, maintains or modifies key performance indicators related to vendor performance, including but not limited to performance guarantee or liquidated damage methodology and calculations lack of vendor performance, and monitor financial incentives or rebates owed by the vendor.
• Defines and develops vendor strategy roadmap for future needs over a 10-year period. Performs benchmarking and develops business cases, using cost-benefit analysis. Stays informed on trends impacting contract strategies for future vendor services or materials need to maintain operational excellence and reliability of the Generation fleet.
• Provides input and gathers functional requirements, policy/procedure interpretation and future business needs related to managing existing contracts or development of new contracts for materials and services. May coordinate assigned phases of project planning and execution for small projects which includes estimating resources and tasks; and creating, managing and controlling project schedules and resources. Defines and documents business processes by establishing project scope and objectives through research, benchmarking and analysis.
• Leads and supports the development, planning, analysis and implementation of business initiatives related to contracts and vendor management. Designs and implements contract strategies that enhance organizational effectiveness through vendor partnerships. Manages projects of moderate-to-complex scope and budget to support contract management within Generation.
• Drives contract process improvements and system enhancements based on business…