Position Summary:
About Redaptive:

Redaptive is an Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. Redaptive's programs help many of the world's most sophisticated organizations reduce energy waste, save money, lower their carbon emissions, and meet their sustainability goals across their entire real estate portfolios. With Redaptive, customers can overcome capital and contractual barriers to achieve energy-saving benefits quickly, all with real-time data powered by Redaptive's proprietary Data Solutions metering platform.

Redaptive was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. Redaptive is backed by CarVal, ENGIE New Ventures, Linse Capital, CBRE, Evergy Ventures, Rabobank, CPP Investments, and Honeywell.

Our company culture is exciting, collaborative, and fast paced. We are passionate about changing the world and helping our customers to become more environmentally sustainable and profitable. We are looking for team members who are driven, passionate, and want to take on a diverse set of challenges to help grow a great company. Redaptive, Inc is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. For more information, visit www.redaptive.com

Position Summary:
We seek an experienced Renewables Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supplier management for renewable energy projects within our organization. This role is instrumental in optimizing cost, quality, and risk in the supply chain while supporting our mission to deliver sustainable energy solutions in the construction and energy project management space. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement, category management, and renewable technologies such as solar, wind, battery storage, and emerging clean tech.
Responsibilities and Duties:

• Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor and optimize opportunities
• Lead end-to-end procurement processes including RFPs, contract negotiations, and support Develop strategic partnerships with key suppliers and contractors.
• supplier selection.
• Work closely with Procurement and other cross-functional partners to onboard new category partners/suppliers/providers.
• Work closely with project management, engineering, legal, and finance teams to align sourcing activities with project goals and timelines.
• Support project managers by interpreting contract terms and conditions and advising on risk exposure and mitigation.
• Liaise with legal counsel when necessary on complex or high-risk contracts.
• Support Sales and Customer Operations as a subject matter expertise in renewable energy
• Support the Redaptive technical expertise team with developing and implementing best practices for supplier audits and proposals, focusing on sustainability, efficiency, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with suppliers to improve processes, quality, and efficiency in proposals and deliverables.
• Develop and execute category strategies for renewable energy components and services (e.g., solar panels, inverters, wind turbines, energy storage systems, EPC services).
• Conduct market analysis and identify emerging trends, technologies, and suppliers in the renewables sector.
• Understand pricing and fair market costs for the renewables market
• Leverage industry expertise to evaluate supplier capabilities, cost drivers, and risk profiles.
• Identify supply chain risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, corporate standards, and sustainability goals.
• Ensure category suppliers and service provider profiles are accurate and up to date with all required information
• Analyze and programmatically manage all supplier partners to meet customer and Redaptive expectations. Own the supplier performance management of their respective commodities, which includes key delivery, quality, cost, and innovation metrics
• Review detailed contracts, SOW's, client and service provider agreements
• Understand and support our SSA/SA creation for project installations
• Support site audit and customer maintenance programs
• Collaborate internally, negotiate the right tradeoffs, solicit cooperation and resolve problems, and advance new supplier or product offerings

• Develop & execute commercial agreements to properly reflect the expectations of project, which include fixed and variable costs, lead-times, schedules, manufacturing capacities, etc

Required Abilities and Skills:

• Strong knowledge of renewable energy technologies and project management principles.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in procurement software, ERP/CRM's (NetSuite & Salesforce) and Microsoft Office
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and contract management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization.

• Expertise in energy engineering principles and energy efficiency technologies.
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with internal and external technical stakeholders.
• Ability to scale technical processes and deliverables.
• Can wear different hats and it a strong team player to help your team move forward.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, category management, or supply chain management, preferably in the renewable energy or construction industry.
• Experience in energy, utilities, EPC, or construction project management environments.
• Experience with energy storage and grid integration projects.
• Experience managing internal workflow between sales and operations
• Familiarity with technical project management tools and software is a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Travel: Up to 25% travel may be required for various company events and sales or customer meetings within the US and Pune, India. Ability to travel as required to meet with suppliers and attend project sites.

The Perks!

• Annual bonus, subject to company and individual performance
• Equity plan participation
• Company-subsidized benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts: healthcare and dependent care
• 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting
• Flexible Time Off
• Commuter Benefits
• Expected annual salary: $105,000 - $140,000 (subject to adjustment for relevant experience, skills, geo location)

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

Redaptive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.