Requisition ID # 173560

Job Category: Procurement / Supply Chain

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Auburn

Department Overview

Power Generation operates and maintains PG&E's hydroelectric, fossil, solar generation and battery storage facilities, providing approximately 5,300 megawatts of generating capacity for our customers. Our over 900 coworkers are dedicated to delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective generation to California in an environmentally responsible manner. Our hydro facilities include 62 conventional hydro powerhouses, a pumped-storage facility, 98 reservoirs, 168 dams and more than 200 miles of canals and flumes, among other water conveyances. Natural gas-fired plants in operation are Humboldt Bay Generating Station in Eureka; Colusa Generating Station in Colusa County and Gateway Generating Station in Antioch. Several utility-scale solar generation plants also are operated and maintained, as well as PG&E's successful entry into battery energy storage, our Elkhorn Battery facility at Moss Landing in Monterey County.

Position Summary

The Manager, Sourcing Portfolio serves as the primary interface between Power Generation business customers and Procurement, ensuring a high-quality customer experience while delivering strategic sourcing solutions that support operational reliability, financial performance, and long-term business objectives. The Portfolio Manager is accountable for developing and executing sourcing strategies, aligning procurement activities with business priorities, overseeing category performance, and leading strategic sourcing events from opportunity identification through contract execution. Through strong stakeholder engagement and demand planning, the Portfolio Manager ensures sourcing decisions balance cost, quality, schedule, supplier capability, and risk while delivering value to customers.

This Manager leads a team of Category Leaders who, together with the Portfolio Manager, comprise the strategic sourcing organization supporting Power Generation. This team is responsible for achieving operational and financial goals through cost savings, value creation, supplier base optimization, and continuous process improvement. The role provides leadership for Supplier Relationship and Performance Management (SRPM) across Power Generation, driving supplier accountability, strengthening strategic partnerships, and proactively mitigating supply chain risks. By leveraging market intelligence, analytics, and collaboration across the organization, the Portfolio Manager identifies efficiencies, enhances contracting outcomes, improves supplier performance, and advances a resilient, cost-effective supply chain that supports the safe and reliable generation of electricity.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location 50% of the time. The assigned work location is Auburn, CA.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

A reasonable salary range is:
California Minimum: $133,000
California Maximum: $226,000

Job Responsibilities

Serves as the primary interface between Power Generation and Procurement for sourcing activities
Interfaces with customers to develop and refine near-term and long-term sourcing strategic and tactical plan
Develops strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimizes diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key lines of business.
Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award.
Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories
Develops short and long term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio
Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives
Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development
Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies
Monitors and maximizes customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements
Manages supplier relationship and performance management, including continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results for PG&E and its suppliers
Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance
Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 million
Directly supervises Category Leaders.

Qualifications

Minimum:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college)
8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience; some positions may require technical/category experience

Desired:

MBA or equivalent advanced degree
Six Sigma, CPSM or other related certification
Project Management experience, Utility industry experience
2-3 years of supervisor experience
Ability to lead cross-functional teams is required
Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers required
Demonstrated leadership and management skills are require
SAP/SRM proficiency desired

Purpose, Virtues and Stands

Our Purpose explains "why" we exist:

Delivering for our hometowns
Serving our planet
Leading with love

Our Virtues capture "who" we need to be:

Trustworthy
Empathetic
Curious
Tenacious
Nimble
Owners

Our Stands are "what" we will achieve together:

Everyone and everything is always safe
Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
Clean and resilient energy for all
Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

More About Our Company

EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a workforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.

Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice

PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.

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