Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels in heavy industry and powering a sustainable future. The company’s AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology aims to cost-effectively deliver near 24/7 carbon-free energy in the form of heat, power, or green hydrogen fuel at scale – for the first time in history.

**You Aspire To: **

Performs duties in purchasing, including bidder prequalification, bidder lists, bid solicitation, bid analysis, negotiation and commitment of purchase orders. Performs administration of purchase orders following commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications, or supplementary commercial conditions.

Develops and monitors purchasing master pro-forma documents for both domestic and international projects. Participates in the planning, work hour calculations and budgeting as it relates to project purchasing activities.

• Performs tasks involved in the formation and administration of purchase orders.
• Communicates with suppliers and personnel to establish clear definition of requirements, and to assure performance to purchase order terms and conditions.
• Prepares bidder pre-qualifications, bidder lists, bid solicitations, bid analysis, award recommendations and commitments, including aspects of purchase order administration.
• Leads negotiations with suppliers for complex purchases, including development of negotiation strategies, negotiation of pricing and schedule, and resolution of Terms & Conditions in coordination with Project and Legal.
• Understands and executes work in accordance with the project sourcing strategy, compliance to the Project’s Approved Suppliers List, project financing considerations, and respective tariff and quota risk.
• Accountable to ensure appropriate approval authorities are obtained prior to executing commitments.
• Accountable to the project schedule to include planning and executing own work during the pre-award phase of purchase orders and post award administration of procurements.
• Responsible for assigned orders from development through closure, to include engagement with Engineering on purchase requisition development, the acquisition and delivery of purchases, and order closeout; to include supporting management of back charges and claims.
• Prepares and organizes assigned Procurement-sponsored meetings, such as bid clarification and post-award meetings, for ensuring complete understanding and agreement between Heliogen, the customer and supplier on all purchase order matters for assigned packages. After reviewing plan and agenda with supervisor, conducts meeting and prepares and issues meeting notes delineating important statements, required actions and schedules.
• Attends project status meetings, when requested, and reports status of area of responsibility.
• Responsible to maintain supplier relationships with supplier’s project personnel executing orders to ensure performance of the work.
• Accountable for integrity of records management for assigned work.
• Responsible to oversee supplier performance and initiate appropriate notices, including notices of back charges/claims for assigned packages.

What's Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related subject and 6 years of progressive related experience including but not limited to, Procurement/Subcontracts, preferably in an engineering, procurement and construction environment OR in lieu of degree, 12 years of progressive related experience including but not limited to, Procurement/Subcontracts, preferably in an engineering, procurement and construction environment.
• Skilled in working with and communicating effectively both orally and in writing with other project functional groups, suppliers and government officials.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the formation and administration of purchase orders and subcontracts.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Oracle and PowerPoint.
• Basic understanding of Cost Accounting Standards, and determination process for applicability to the work

Desirable Experience:

• Experience in the formation, bid, evaluation award and administration of major equipment purchases and subcontracts ranging from $1M to $30M in value
• 3-5 years experience in the EPC industry

Heliogen was created at Idealab, the leading technology incubator founded by Bill Gross in 1996.