Head Procurement

Job Description:

JD – Head of Procurement

About: Lead procurement and contracts function in India for Engie’s renewable energy projects, O&M and other functions

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end to endProcurement & Contracts Management function.
• Detailed costing and estimation to optimize the EPC costs during the development phase
• Post securing the project, handle the team during the entire procurement process includingfloating of RFP/RFQs, coordinate with technical team for technical evaluation, lead commercial evaluation upto contract finalisation including negotiations with EPC, BOS, O&M and equipment suppliers.
• Managing all project contractual activities including drafting, evaluation, negotiation & execution of subcontracts in coordination with legal team.
• Overall responsibility for planning, making strategies for Change Order, Contracts management. Planning & defining policies & processes to build in efficiency in supply chain & procurement of regular purchases such as Modules, BOS, Power evacuation, power transformer, services etc.
• Managing logistics operations, coordinating with external agencies to achieve seamless & cost-effective transport solution.
• Management of consultant for coordination with Customs, Excise, Taxation departments for various duty benefits and schemes including thorough understanding of Tax & Duty structures for Products & Services in the RE sector.
• Managing the end to end project insurances including EAR, ALOP, IAR, MLOP, terrorism, CGL etc. 
• Track international supply chains & trends on wind, solar, storage etc and develop new vendor base and work closely in conjunction with regional and global procurement teams to develop an effective Procurement strategy.
• Develop the Purchase/Procurement Policies, Process, Systems in line with Budget and timelines set.
• Spend analysis, Strategic planning, forecasting, and Budgeting for Sourcing and procurement.
• Continuous involvement in Global Supplier Selection Process to develop a supply base that provides competitive advantage in quality, value/cost, delivery, and technology.

Successful Applicant must have

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering & MBA – operations preferred
• Minimum 15-17 years of work experience with 7 years in Procurement and Supply Chain in Renewable Energy space.
• Must possess thorough knowledge of utility scale, grid connected Solar & Wind based Renewable Energy projects, with experience of atleast 1 GW of projects
• Must possess a strong vendor network and excellent connects across Domestic & International equipment & service suppliers, EPC providers and service providers
• Procurement background in a leading RE EPC company / RE IPP.
• Should possess excellent skill sets in Communication, Negotiation, Networking & Relationship Management.
• Hands-on ability to work in a very leanly staffed environment.
• Good commercial understanding of pricing trends and ability to make fairly accurate & realistic forecasts of future procurement budgets & costs.