Manager, Project Procurement (New Gas Generation and Renewables)

About Ameren Services (B&CS) Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment. Our benefits include: Medical coverage on date of hire 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​ The Manager, Project Procurement (New Gas Generation and Renewables) is a specialized leadership role that oversees and leads a team of professional employees responsible for procurement execution of Ameren Missouri’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) portfolio of new generation projects, including simple cycle and combined cycle natural gas generation and renewable and energy storage resources such as solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), fuel cells, and wind. The team ensures that goods and services, including long-lead major equipment, engineering, and construction services, are procured in accordance with the project portfolio requirements and the IRP resource-addition timeline. The Manager is accountable for maintaining a proactive planning approach, monitoring and reporting of procurement plans for the projects from development of the initial material supply requirements and major equipment reservations and execution of activities to support Ameren Missouri’s IRP generation project portfolio. The Manager leads efforts to monitor and confirm that all supply chain activities are executed in accordance with the Project Execution Plans and address escalated issues and ensures resolutions are communicated to Business Segments. About The Position The Manager, Project Procurement (New Gas Generation and Renewables) is a specialized leadership role that oversees and leads a team of professional employees responsible for procurement execution of Ameren Missouri’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) portfolio of new generation projects, including simple cycle and combined cycle natural gas generation and renewable and energy storage resources such as solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), fuel cells, and wind. The team ensures that goods and services, including long-lead major equipment, engineering, and construction services, are procured in accordance with the project portfolio requirements and the IRP resource-addition timeline. The Manager is accountable for maintaining a proactive planning approach, monitoring and reporting of procurement plans for the projects from development of the initial material supply requirements and major equipment reservations and execution of activities to support Ameren Missouri’s IRP generation project portfolio. The Manager leads efforts to monitor and confirm that all supply chain activities are executed in accordance with the Project Execution Plans and address escalated issues and ensures resolutions are communicated to Business Segments.  Key responsibilities include: Provide procurement leadership for Ameren Missouri’s IRP portfolio of new gas generation (simple cycle and combined cycle) and renewable and energy storage projects (e.g., solar, BESS, fuel cells, wind), ensuring procurement planning and execution are aligned with project schedules, budgets, and planned in-service dates across multiple concurrent large capital projects Coach, develop, and evaluate a team of professional employees responsible for the development of project procurement plans, requisitioning, expediting, and reporting for new generation capital projects Partner with Category Management, Legal, Contracts, Engineering, Project Management, and Project Controls to plan and execute procurement of long-lead major equipment (e.g., combustion and steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, generator step-up transformers, solar modules, inverters, battery storage systems) and engineering, procurement, and construction services Oversee procurement execution under a range of project delivery models (e.g., EPC, Construction Manager at Risk, owner-furnished equipment, build-transfer agreements), ensuring commercial terms such as milestone payments, liquidated damages, warranties, and supplier performance obligations are effectively administered Monitor supply market conditions, manufacturing capacity, and lead times for gas generation, renewable, and energy storage equipment (including tariff, trade, and domestic content considerations), and proactively communicate cost and schedule risks to project and Procurement leadership Oversee supplier expediting, quality surveillance coordination, and logistics for major equipment, including factory acceptance testing, heavy-haul transportation, and site delivery sequencing Oversees resource management analysis, recruitment and development strategy, established by the Director, Sourcing and HR, to identify, recruit, train and develop talent for the Project Procurement function to ensure resource plans support the IRP generation project portfolio, including scaling team capacity and capabilities as the portfolio grows Drive and participate in process improvements for projects and in particular for supply chain initiatives. Responsible for the project portfolio reporting function to ensure project procurement analysis and reporting metrics for the procurement of goods and services for the projects are monitored appropriately, including demand planning and portfolio analysis Represent supply chain in project meetings when necessary to