Intern, Strategic Procurement [On-site]

EDF Renewables North America is a market-leading independent power producer and service provider with over 35 years of experience. We deliver grid-scale power: wind (onshore and offshore), solar photovoltaic, and storage projects; distribution-scale power: solar and storage; asset optimization: technical, operational, and commercial expertise to maximize the performance of generating projects, and onsite solutions, through the Company's PowerFlex affiliate, offering a full suite of onsite energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers: solar, storage, EV charging, energy management systems, and microgrids.

Support the development of strategy for and the procurement of the key components that make up EDF Renewables' projects and products, including onshore wind turbines, energy storage solutions, solar modules, solar inverters, tracking systems and other key technologies with a focus on onshore wind.

Category Management and Contracting: Support business demands and handle competitive tendering, and review and levelize vendor proposals. Based on analysis, make and/or support recommendations as to which supplier/contractor/technology should be deployed including interfaces with a cross-functional team. Support procurement guidance to the business including methodology, tools, and processes. Support the demands from capital projects including drafting and providing price forecasts, assumption rationales and project procurement plans while representing procurement in internal and external meetings.
• Risk Management: Support the identification and risk mitigation through collaboration with HSE, legal, credit, insurance and other key stakeholders.
• Supplier Management: Build and maintain multiple supplier relationships by supporting regular assessments of suppliers including business review meetings, analysis of supplier's competitive advantages, and understanding of supplier pricing roadmaps.
• Special Projects and Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned, including but not limited to regular and ad-hoc reporting.

• Entry-level knowledge of procurement strategies, processes, and best practices;
• Provide analysis for high value and high-risk major contracts for goods and services;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, executive presence, interpersonal and presentation skills and the proven ability to influence and communicate effectively;
• Establish relationships, influence, and negotiate competing priorities among business partners suppliers, markets, and trends within the renewable energy industry;
• Apply efficient procurement processes, structures and analytical tools while having an eye to make changes to process and procedures based on knowledge of current business needs;
• Challenge "conventional" thinking while considering others' views and proactively persuades others utilizing facts;
• A strong eye for detail to ensure accuracy in exchange of information and contracts;
• Be a team player and develop a working understanding of key commercial and technical drivers of business success using this knowledge to make recommendations to the business to drive operational changes;
• Work independently and translate team goals into clear, flexible action plans for self in a fast-changing environment; and
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook and SAP and learn new systems and tools rapidly.

Physical Requirements: Must be able to sit or stand at computer for a reasonable length of time typing and reading. Regularly required to walk or stand.

• Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.