DER Procurement Leader

Build the future, spark innovation and align your career with purpose.

McKinstry is innovating the waste and climate harm out of the built environment and creating lasting impact. Together, we’re building a thriving planet.

Buildings are a leading contributor to the climate crisis, generating nearly 40% of total global energy-related carbon emissions. We’re making a lasting impact on our industry and within our communities by addressing the climate, affordability and equity crises through:

• renewables and energy services
• engineering and design
• construction and facility services

To get where we’re going, we need big thinkers, problem solvers and collaborative mindsets. Does that sound like you?

We are currently seeking a DER Procurement Leader to join our Eco District Services - DER National team. This role is responsible for directing and executing the overall DER procurement strategy. It serves as a leader in the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) organization—leading strategy for material risk mitigation, supply chain competitiveness, and policy navigation for the DER offering. This role leverages comprehensive expertise in DER, as well as experience in the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) industry.

It is responsible for cultivating supplier relationships, formulating long-term sourcing strategies, developing master agreements, and proactively managing a robust, compliant, and scalable supplier ecosystem. Additional responsibilities may include:

• DER strategic partnership & guidance
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  Act as the strategic advisor to DER leadership and project teams, translating business goals into executed supply chain strategies; providing knowledge and options on commodity volatility, lead‑time fluctuations, and technology obsolescence; and navigating policy and regulatory requirements (e.g., IRA, domestic content, trade tariffs) to maintain competitiveness and compliance.
• Identify, build and manage key partnerships with suppliers: Negotiate with external vendors to develop a supply chain that provides the best quality, price and availability of goods, raw materials, equipment, supplies, and services immediately and into the future.
• Lead sourcing and procurement activities
  , including supplier evaluations, contract negotiations, logistics, delivery planning, and oversight/approval of ordering of necessary goods and services. Control spend and build a culture of long‑term saving on procurement costs.
• Ecosystem & master agreement development
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  Design and execute Master Supply Agreements (MSAs) that enable scalability; structure agreements to address long‑term asset performance, warranties, and liquidated damages; and curate preferred‑partner networks across key DER/EPC suppliers.
• Enterprise Procurement integration (the “bridge”):
  Ensure DER sourcing aligns with Enterprise Procurement governance and policy; serve as the conduit between DER and Enterprise Procurement— leverage enterprise scale and supplier frameworks to maximize commercial advantage.
• Active ecosystem management
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  Implement supplier governance to monitor safety, ESG, and performance compliance; and proactively manage supplier health and capacity to identify bottlenecks before they impact project delivery.
• May directly manage one or more direct reports

Required Knowledge

• Strategic procurement leadership
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  Command of strategic sourcing, category strategy, supplier segmentation, and end-to-end supplier lifecycle management in a governed enterprise procurement environment.
• DER & EPC ecosystem
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  Knowledge of DER technologies and delivery models (e.g., BESS and controls, inverters/PCS, transformers/switch gear, civil/installation, commissioning/O&M) and how EPC partners and OEMs…