Procurement Category Manager - BESS/Inverters

Position Procurement Category Manager – BESS and Inverters Location Bloomington, MN (HQ) About Us Geronimo Power develops, owns, and operates large-scale power and affiliated digital infrastructure projects throughout America's Heartland, including solar, wind, energy storage, and powered data parks. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit www.geronimopower.com or follow the company on LinkedIn. About This Role The Procurement Category Manager leads category strategy, strategic sourcing, and commercial supplier management for battery energy storage systems (BESS) and inverter equipment across Geronimo Power's utility-scale renewable energy portfolio. The role translates project demand, technical requirements, and market intelligence into sourcing plans that support competitive total cost, dependable supply, equipment performance, and project schedules. The position owns the commercial procurement process from early planning and competitive bidding through contracting, delivery support, supplier performance, warranty coordination, and commercial closeout, while partnering with Development, Engineering, Construction, Legal, Finance, Operations, Asset Management, and Data Science. Responsibilities Develop and maintain multi-year category strategies and sourcing calendars aligned with the approved project pipeline, budgets, technical requirements, and construction milestones. Consolidate BESS and inverter demand, assess supplier capacity and lead times, and recommend framework agreements, volume commitments, capacity reservations, and project allocations with appropriate flexibility. Monitor equipment pricing, technology, supplier manufacturing footprints, and relevant trade and policy developments; translate findings into sourcing options and risk mitigation plans. Lead requests for proposals, bid clarification, commercial evaluations, and documented award recommendations using total landed and lifecycle cost, payment terms, delivery, quality, warranties, supplier financial strength, and supply chain risk. Partner with Engineering, Construction, Operations, Data Science, and Development to evaluate BESS and inverter suitability, compatibility, reliability, performance, and service support; incorporate technical findings into commercial comparisons and project economics. Develop qualified supplier alternatives and maintain transparent selection criteria and approval records consistent with procurement policy. Lead negotiations for equipment supply and framework agreements with Legal and other stakeholders, including pricing and adjustment mechanisms, deposits, payment milestones, security, delivery flexibility, acceptance, warranties, performance guarantees, and contractual remedies. Align equipment supply obligations with engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements and project requirements; manage commercial changes, contract obligations, claims, and closeout within delegated authority. Maintain supplier relationships, scorecards, and business reviews covering cost, delivery, quality, responsiveness, and risk; agree corrective actions and escalate unresolved issues promptly. Track manufacturing and delivery milestones with suppliers and project teams; coordinate factory quality reviews, inspections, logistics interfaces, nonconformance resolution, and warranty claims with the responsible specialists. Coordinate supplier qualification, sustainability due diligence, traceability records, and required supporting documentation with Legal, Tax, and other specialists, including applicable trade, domestic content, and restricted-entity reviews. Maintain accurate supplier, contract, pricing, purchase order, and commitment data; improve category workflows, sourcing templates, approval records, and procurement controls. Report negotiated value, cost move…

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