What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Management Director position at ALLY Energy?
Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 77 power plants in operation represents over 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)
Responsible for providing quantitative and strategic insight into Outage Services contracting including overseeing and providing overall leadership and direction of relationships with suppliers, including sourcing, negotiations, contract management, contract administration and vendor performance management. Leads analytics and execution strategy support for OEM and Non-OEM parts, repairs and services pricing contracts and leads negotiations, as applicable. Also, establishes key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to planning/forecasting to measure actual performance against goals on a regular basis.
Job Responsibilities
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)
Responsible for providing quantitative and strategic insight into Outage Services contracting including overseeing and providing overall leadership and direction of relationships with suppliers, including sourcing, negotiations, contract management, contract administration and vendor performance management. Leads analytics and execution strategy support for OEM and Non-OEM parts, repairs and services pricing contracts and leads negotiations, as applicable. Also, establishes key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to planning/forecasting to measure actual performance against goals on a regular basis.
Job Responsibilities
- Manages multiple department functions with an operational focus.
- Manages activities of broad functional area through first level management and professionals, including full human resources, cost and budgetary accountability.
- Defines project scope, planning, documentation, tracking and analysis of results.
- Works within broad guidelines; applies advanced technical and commercial knowledge to solve complex problems which may have long-term impacts on the department/company.
- Decisions typically related to implementation of department strategy, intradepartmental coordination, and business outcomes.
- Results have significant impact on costs and achievement of department objectives.
- Identifies opportunities which make a significant difference to the performance of multiple department functions and possibly organization-wide impact.
- Makes decisions for large-scale projects, a closely related set of projects and/or initiatives involving multiple functional areas.
- Establishes operational objectives for multiple functions including work plans and delegating assignments to subordinate managers and senior professionals.
- Works within broad guidelines; applies advanced technical knowledge of multiple functions to solve complex problems which may have long-term impact on the department.
- Manages multiple functions within a department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and employees.
- Responsible for performance reviews, promotional decisions, and pay actions for top professionals and management.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or related field. prefer Master’s Degree.
- Previous management experience,.
- Requires minimum of 15 years in area of specialization with a minimum of 10 years of Power Generation experience leading internal and supplier initiatives
- Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
- Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.
