Endurant Energy: Company Overview

Endurant Energy’s vision is to be the leading provider of microgrid and distributed energy resources in North America. Through initial feasibility to design, installation, financing, operations and long-term maintenance, we are unique in our range and depth of skills and have a demonstrated track record of success. We are poised to accelerate the growth of the company by delivering compelling and creative solutions to customers that demand energy resiliency, reliability, low carbon footprints and an economic value proposition.

Endurant Energy is a proponent of Equal Employment Opportunities, and values diversity. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We are an affiliate of LS Power, a leading US private equity firm, specializing in energy infrastructure, and have immediate plans for significant growth, which this role will play a part in creating. Visit endurant.com for more details.

Director, Supply Management

Reporting to the COO, the Director of Supply Management will be responsible to create leading supply strategies that enable Endurant to deliver best in class solutions to its customers while ensuring successful and profitable project delivery. The role will work closely with the Endurant commercial and technical teams to support the implementation of distributed energy resource solutions.

The selected candidate will be responsible for further building and optimizing a scalable Procurement / Supply Management function and establishing/enhancing supply strategies as well as organizational, procedural and behavioral best practices and tools. The role will lead strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management and 3rd party contract management activities for the Endurant business.

Responsibilities will include:

• Establish and lead category strategies in each of the procurement categories required to support the business including various equipment, technology, service, engineering, construction, operations and maintenance providers

• Outline supply market research required to understand suppliers, competitive dynamics and capabilities across the Distributed Energy value chain

• Monitor supply market to keep abreast of supply market changes, and ensure we stay current with the technologies and capabilities of the market

• Build a network of qualified, capable suppliers and service providers to support growth in existing categories and markets

• Qualify and develop new suppliers and providers to support growth in new market segments and categories

• Manage supplier relationships to build collaborative execution approach with supply base

• Define & lead RFP processes including preparing scope, specifications and performance expectations to support projects with required supply and services

• Analyze proposal submittals including technical and commercial performance evaluation, and contractual obligations

• Negotiate pricing and commercial terms to implement contracts which minimize risk and protect our interests

• Manage contract implementation to ensure compliance and adherence to quality and performance expectations

• Develop and implement scalable procurement and supply management processes that can be replicated across many future projects

• Build an organization to support the growth of the company on its journey to Distributed Energy leadership

Requirement Skills

Preference for a strong Supply Management professional with high capacity for technical understanding of DER solutions as well as a strong performance history as the business is expected to move quickly for the next few years, including:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Business

• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant Supply Management experience (distributed energy, renewable energy, capital equipment, EPC, engineering and/or construction services)

• Strong analytical skills and experience in equipment technical & performance evaluations

• Experience with relevant procurement/supply chain modules of any standard ERP tools

• Passion for Renewable/Clean Energies is expected

• Flexible, driven self-starter able to work in entrepreneurial business setting

• Effective communicator with proven ability to collaborate and integrate across multi-disciplinary teams with ability to design and deploy new capabilities across the organization

• Strong commercial and analytical skills

Location: Endurant utilizes a hybrid work model and prefers candidates be located near either of our offices in Anaheim, Chicago, Houston, L.A., or New York.