Energy, Utilities & Facilities Global Category Leader
Job Number: 10813
External Description:
The Energy, Utilities & Facilities Global Category Leader owns the global procurement strategy, supplier relationships, and total cost of ownership for the organization’s Energy, Utilities, and Facilities-related indirect spend, including approximately $200M in global spend. This role partners with site, regional, and executive leadership to secure reliable, cost-competitive, and sustainable energy and facilities services across all global locations, while ensuring the organization stays ahead of evolving regulatory and ESG requirements. The leader owns global productivity targets for the category, builds and develops a global team of category and sourcing professionals, and serves as the organization’s primary subject-matter expert on energy markets, utilities procurement, and facilities-related regulatory and sustainability matters.
Category Strategy & Leadership
•Develop and own the multi-year global category strategy for Energy, Utilities, and Facilities spend, aligning sourcing plans with enterprise cost, risk, and sustainability objectives.
•Own global productivity and savings targets for the category, partnering closely with business stakeholders to identify sourcing needs, align priorities, and drive execution against goals.
•Present category strategy, performance, and risk updates to senior leadership and steering committees.
Energy & Utilities Management
•Own and manage approximately $200M in annual global Utilities spend, with full accountability for category strategy, cost performance, and supplier outcomes.
•Track global and regional energy markets (electricity, natural gas, fuel) and build layered/hedged purchasing strategies to manage price volatility and supply risk.
•Lead sourcing and contracting for renewable energy and self-generation opportunities (PPAs, on-site solar, energy attribute certificates) in support of corporate decarbonization goals.
•Oversee utility billing and spend visibility, and drive energy-efficiency/demand-management initiatives with site operations and engineering.
Facilities Category Management
•Lead global sourcing, RFx events, and contract negotiations for facilities-related goods and services, ensuring favorable commercial terms and SLAs.
•Develop supplier segmentation and consolidation strategies to maximize leverage and drive total cost of ownership reduction across regions.
Regulatory Compliance & ESG Leadership
•Monitor and interpret evolving global, regional, and local regulatory requirements affecting energy, utilities, and facilities operations, ensuring organizational compliance.
•Own category-level ESG data, supplier scorecards, and reporting inputs to corporate sustainability disclosures, providing regular ESG updates to executive leadership.
Team Leadership & Supplier Management
•Lead, coach, and develop a global team of 4–6 category and sourcing professionals across multiple regions.
•Own supplier relationship management for strategic energy, utilities, and facilities suppliers, including performance reviews and risk management.
•Prepare and monitor category budgets, define KPIs/SLAs, and lead change-control processes, escalating material risks to global procurement leadership.
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Engineering, or Sustainability
•10+ years of progressive experience in procurement or category management, including significant experience in energy, utilities, or facilities categories.
•5+ years of experience leading global or cross-functional/matrixed teams.
•7+ years' experience developing energy/utilities procurement strategies, with working knowledge of global energy markets and renewable energy procurement models.
•7+ years' experience with working knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting energy, utilities, and facilities operations across multiple geographies, and experience supporting ESG/sustainability reporting.
•7+ years' experience with a proven track record of RFx leadership, supplier negotiation, and total cost of ownership reduction, with strong executive presence.
•Ability to travel approximately 20%, domestically and internationally.
Preferred Qualifications
•Master’s degree or MBA.
•Professional certification such as CPSM, CSCP, or MCIPS.
•Experience in a global manufacturing or industrial multinational environment.
•Direct experience with renewable energy contracting (PPAs) or corporate decarbonization programs, and familiarity with sustainability disclosure frameworks (CDP, GRI, SASB).
Job Number: 30209302
Community / Marketing Title: Energy, Utilities & Facilities Global Category Leader
Location_formattedLocationLong: Florida, US