VP - Pwr Purchasing,Transmission&Growth

Strategic Leadership:

• →Set the strategic vision, annual priorities, resource plans, and performance targets for Power Purchasing, Transmission growth-related procurement, and Insurance.
• →Serve as an executive advisor on procurement strategy, supplier-market dynamics, commercial risk, insurance considerations, and sourcing decisions that materially affect business outcomes.
• →Align purchasing and insurance strategies with business objectives, capital plans, governance standards, and long-term enterprise value creation.

Purchasing & Supplier Strategy:

• →Oversee sourcing, negotiations, award recommendations, and contract strategies for complex equipment, materials, works, and services supporting renewable generation, BESS, transmission growth, construction, O&M, and other critical needs.
• →Build strategic supplier relationships with OEMs, contractors, service providers, and market participants to secure competitive pricing, quality, delivery certainty, contractual protection, and innovation.
• →Anticipate and manage supply-chain disruptions, market volatility, tariffs, trade restrictions, domestic-content requirements, technology shifts, and supplier-performance risks.
• →Promote procurement synergies through demand aggregation, framework agreements, standardized commercial approaches, and coordination with global purchasing teams.

Insurance & Risk Financing:

• →Provide executive oversight for Avangrid’s insurance strategy, risk financing, renewals, market submissions, coverage solutions, insurance procurement, and claims strategy.
• →Ensure insurance considerations are integrated early into major investment, capital project, operational, contractual, lending, regulatory, and corporate decisions.
• →Partner with Iberdrola Global Risk and Insurance, brokers, carriers, legal counsel, operating companies, and business leaders to identify, quantify, mitigate, transfer, and finance material insurable risks.

Operational Excellence & Governance:

• →Champion continuous improvement, procurement innovation, digital enablement, and data-driven decision-making to improve value delivery and organizational effectiveness.
• →Establish executive-level performance reporting, cost tracking, supplier performance metrics, insurance budget oversight, claims metrics, and governance routines to monitor value delivery and support informed decision-making.
• →Ensure compliance with purchasing and insurance policies, procedures, delegated authorities, governance expectations, internal controls, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Leadership & Team Development:

• →Lead, develop a high-performing organization of senior leaders, procurement and insurance professionals supporting complex business, capital, and risk priorities.
• →Set strategic goals, reinforce performance expectations, provide executive coaching, and foster a culture of accountability, commercial discipline, collaboration, and excellence. Foster a customer-service orientation within the team.
• →Build trusted relationships across business units, global counterparts, legal, finance, operations, project teams, insurance partners, and operating companies to promote integrated decision-making and enterprise knowledge sharing.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Finance, Risk Management, or related field; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, commercial operations, insurance, risk financing, or related executive roles.
• Proven success leading complex organizations, major capital sourcing strategies, high-value negotiations, enterprise supplier or insurance-market relationships, and cross-functional initiatives in a large matrixed environment.
• Strong executive communication, commercial judgment, financial acumen, negotiation skills, customer orientation, and ability to influence senior stakeholders in ambiguous or high-stakes situations.
• Knowledge of procurement governance, contract administration, supplier risk management, insurance and risk financing practices, claims oversight, compliance requirements, market intelligence, and internal controls.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

• Master’s degree, MBA, or relevant professional designation.
• Experience in the energy, utility, infrastructure, renewable generation, construction, or capital-project environment.
• Professional certifications such as C.P.M., C.P.S.M., risk management, insurance, or equivalent credentials.
• Bilingual English/Spanish capability or experience working with global teams.

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