First Solar
Commodity Manager II (Energy)
Perrysburg, OH, United States · Mid
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$248 more — $84,448 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $84,448 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (11-3071) · Toledo, OH. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.
- Tailors messages to audience needs and ensures understanding of actions, ownership, and next steps. - Financial Acumen: Understands financial drivers and implications of decisions.
- Reporting Relationships: - This position will not have direct reports.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve global or regional sourcing strategies for assigned energy, utility, renewable energy, and bulk-gas portfolios.
- Lead end-to-end RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, competitive negotiations, supplier selections, sourcing recommendations, awards, and implementation activities.
- Build total-cost models and evaluate pricing alternatives, including fixed, indexed, blended, tariff-based, transportation-inclusive, or other applicable structures.
- Develop market outlooks, pricing scenarios, budget assumptions, sensitivity analyses, and sourcing recommendations for Finance and business stakeholders.
- Lead supplier business reviews and corrective-action initiatives to improve cost, service, quality, and delivery performance.
- Develop category risk-management plans addressing supplier, market, regulatory, infrastructure, and geopolitical risks.
- Manage supplier relationships and performance across cost, service, reliability, responsiveness, compliance, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Support renewable-energy and decarbonization objectives by evaluating commercially credible renewable supply structures, energy attributes, and lower-carbon alternatives.
- Support manufacturing expansion projects, utility infrastructure requirements, and capacity-planning initiatives through commercial sourcing strategies.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Facilities, Engineering, Finance, Sustainability, Legal, EHS, Treasury, and site leadership to align sourcing strategies with operational requirements.
Requirements
- All candidates receiving an offer of employment must successfully complete a background check and any other tests that may be required.
- Advanced ability to translate enterprise demand, market conditions, site requirements, sustainability goals, and commercial risks into actionable multi-year sourcing strategies.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Energy Management, Sustainability, Operations, or a related discipline.
- Five + years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, commodity or category management, energy procurement, utility management, supplier management, commercial operations, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience independently leading competitive sourcing events, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, contracting activities, and implementation workstreams.
- Strong understanding of electricity, natural gas, utility-rate structures, energy-market drivers, bulk-gas commercial models, and supply-continuity risks.
- Experience applying total cost of ownership, cost modeling, price benchmarking, scenario analysis, supplier segmentation, and risk assessment.
- Proficiency with ERP, e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management, spend-analytics, business-intelligence, and supplier-performance tools.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI-enabled procurement or analytical applications for market analysis, proposal evaluation, risk sensing, scenario development, or contract review while critically validating the results.
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Energy, Sustainability, or a related discipline.
Skills
- Global Energy Category Strategy:
- Energy Economics and Price-Risk Analysis:
- Complex Energy Contracting:
- Total Cost and Scenario Modeling:
- Supplier and Market Intelligence:
- Communicates with clarity, structure, and empathy.
- Tailors messages to audience needs and ensures understanding of actions, ownership, and next steps.
- Problem Solving
- Identifies root causes using structured methods, tests countermeasures, prevents recurrence, and scales effective solutions.
- Negotiating
- Prepares options, balances interests, and achieves mutually beneficial agreements while maintaining strong relationships.
- Influencing
Compensation
- $84,200 - $120,000 annually
Benefits
- Establish category performance measures covering savings, cost avoidance, budget performance, supply reliability, contract coverage, supplier performance, and risk.
Equal opportunity
- Employer Statement: First Solar is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce.
- It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin
- It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodation that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.
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