Energy & Utilities Procurement Manager, APAC

• Develops and executes strategies for connection and purchase of energy and utilities services, as well as identify business opportunity to cut down cost and mitigate risks through innovation and collaboration.
• Maintains an advanced knowledge of the energy industry and regulatory practices to obtain reliable supply solutions and develop competitive pricing structure and rate mechanism.
• Leverages and applies strong understanding of contracting and negotiating, tariff design, risk mitigation, renewables, regulatory policy and market rules and supplier relationship management particularly with monopoly utilities, regulatory agencies including energy services and solutions provider to manage relationships and provide predictable cost, quality, availability, and sustainable supply chain technology solutions with adherence to procurement policies.
• Owns relationships and coordinates purchasing activities with cross functional teams to secure capacities in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Ensures that supply strategies meets the business demand, quality and cost expectations.
• Works closely with internal and external stakeholders to advocate rate design structure, supply configuration designs to meet desired capability for serving the demand and fulfil the business objective.
• Works with internal teams for creation of supply chain solutions to influence cost and provide insight on future trends and potential risk impacts.
• Conducts periodic executive reviews of energy sourcing strategy in partnership with internal teams and suppliers to shape strategic business objectives and influence investment decision through aligned roadmaps.
• Leads energy sustainability and build strategies to assess market opportunities that will help corporate to achieve renewable energy goal across global operations.
• Work with consultants and market research agencies to mitigate pricing risks for qualification and selection of renewable PPAs.
• Collaborate with cross functional team to drive capacity needs, understand energy market, regulatory process and define cost reduction roadmaps and decarbonization solutions through detailed understanding of financial targets, business objectives, and margins.

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor or post graduate degree in the Engineering, Science or Supply Chain Management or professional experience in energy or utility industry.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant procurement experience in energy related business and utility industry experience in the Asia regions covering Malaysia, China and Vietnam is essential.
• Experience in category strategy management and managing complex contract and execution strategies to achieve cost advantage.
• Indepth, understanding of the regulatory policy and market rules across the region for the generation and supply of energy and water services.
• Collaborate with internal team for site selection support and gap assessment activities for infrastructure capacity development.
• Ability to adapt to market dynamics and drive complex energy transactions.
• A self-starter with strong leadership skills, making decision that shape the path to success.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience interacting with relevant state/federal government agencies, officials and representatives from utilities in Asian countries to build unique strategies for delivering results.
• Understanding of technology evolution, market trends and data analytics is desired.
• Experience in delivering advanced sustainability program and framework through efficient and low emission technology solutions.
• Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.