This position is responsible for executing sourcing and project-related purchasing activities in
alignment with the needs of Power Generation Solutions Team (PGS). The Buyer will support internal
stakeholders by managing supplier relationships, issuing purchase orders, and helping control
procurement costs while ensuring material deliveries align with project schedules.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Sourcing
• Support Sourcing team to prepare and facilitate requests for proposals (RFPs), obtain supplier quotes,
and compile price analysis and bids with focus on substation equipment and materials.
• Identify, recommend and execute cost-saving opportunities through alternative materials, suppliers,
and processes.
Purchasing
• Process purchase requisitions and issue purchase orders in accordance with established procedures
and project schedules.
• Coordinate with suppliers to negotiate the best terms, pricing, delivery, and quality requirements.
• Support projects to monitor and provide updates related to delivery schedules updates for equipment
and materials, adjusting expected dates in scheduling system in coordination with stakeholders.
• Support to track and control purchasing costs to support project budgets.
• Collaborate with PGS group to validate material specs approvals, substitutions and replacements
when needed.
• Support internal reporting by tracking metrics such as cost savings, supplier performance, and delivery
reliability.
• Occasionally travel to project sites to meet with Logistics and PGS group to understand material and
delivery challenges.
• Assist in identifying process improvements to support continuous improvement in Supply Chain
operations.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• 2+ years of Supply Chain experience required.
• APICS Supply Chain Certification a plus.
• Process-oriented mindset.
• Proactive and organized with attention to detail
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
Strata Clean Energy is a privately owned and operated company, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with multiple service and operations centers throughout the Southeast of the USA. As a vertically integrated renewable energy company, we control and self-perform every process, from our nationwide solar and storage development, to construction, O&M, and Asset Management.
Our construction operation consists of Industry leading Engineering competence centers, a team of global supply chain experts, and an industrial scale project and construction management center. Each and every department is fully committed to making sure safety and quality are our top priority.
As an independent power producer, Strata Clean Energy is one of the very few companies that has proven competence across the full spectrum of the solar/storage process and value chain. We are focused on delivering best in class cost of ownership by imposing and enforcing very strict QA standards on our global manufacturers and suppliers. Our approach continues to provide superior value and customer experience.
Strata’s customers include long term project owners, such as large utilities and IPPs, with very high safety and execution standards. Strata’s total quality management approach, combined with high productivity and operational excellence, has set us apart from traditional solar developers and EPC outfits.
Please visit our facilities or tour our project sites and experience the Strata difference.
We appreciate the long-term relationships that we have built with so many of our repeat customers and want to thank them for their ongoing loyalty and support.
For more information please visit www.stratacleanenergy.com
