Supervisor, Long Lead Equipment

Job Summary

Plan → Secure Capacity → Govern EPC Procurement → Manage Supplier Execution → Assure Delivery Supply Assurance & Capacity Management: Lead proactive supply assurance activities including early identification of critical and long-lead equipment requirements, development of sourcing and capacity strategies, negotiation and management of supplier manufacturing commitments, oversight of EPC procurement performance, and ongoing governance of supplier execution through final delivery and project completion.

EPC Oversight & Leadership: Lead oversight of EPC procurement activities across the full equipment lifecycle, ensuring procurement plans, sourcing strategies, supplier engagements, purchase order execution, expediting, inspection, logistics, and delivery performance align with CenterPoint's project objectives, supply assurance requirements.

Resource Supervision & Governance: Supervise and direct a mix of company staff, contingent personnel, 3rd party agency / specialist contractors and EPC seconded personnel involved in procurement and materials management.

Supplier Delivery Execution: Serve as CenterPoint Energy's project representative for post-award execution of critical long-lead equipment and strategic materials supporting capital projects. Lead equipment delivery assurance activities from purchase order award through engineering, manufacturing, testing, shipment, delivery, and project handoff to ensure supplier commitments support project schedules and business objectives.

Risk Management & Escalation: Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate risks related to manufacturing schedules, supplier performance, testing milestones, logistics constraints, labor shortages, documentation requirements, and delivery commitments before they impact project execution.

Executive Visibility: Provide leadership-ready reporting on critical equipment status, supplier performance, manufacturing progress, delivery forecasts, risk exposure, mitigation actions, and recovery plans.

Essential Functions

• Partner with Strategic Sourcing, Engineering, Project Management, and EPC organizations to define procurement strategies, lead-time assumptions, required-on-site dates, and supply risk mitigation plans during project development and planning phases.
• Lead the early identification, assessment, and prioritization of critical and long-lead equipment, materials, and constrained-supply components necessary to support capital project portfolios and system reliability objectives.
• Establish and maintain forward-looking visibility of supplier capacity constraints, manufacturing lead times, market conditions, and demand forecasts to proactively mitigate schedule and supply chain risks.
• Cook up cross-functional efforts required to negotiate, secure, and maintain supplier manufacturing capacity reservations, production slots, allocation agreements, and delivery commitments for critical equipment and strategic materials.
• Facilitate and coordinate equipment releases, call-offs, scheduling activities, and fulfillment actions associated with CenterPoint capacity reservations, volume commitments, framework agreements, and other strategic supply arrangements.
• Provide governance, oversight, and performance management of EPC procurement activities to ensure alignment with CenterPoint sourcing strategies, negotiated supplier agreements, capacity commitments, and delivery objectives.
• Maintain ongoing accountability for supplier and EPC performance following purchase order award, ensuring contractual deliverables, manufacturing commitments, delivery milestones, and corrective actions remain on track through project completion.
• Drive resolution of supplier and EPC performance issues through structured escalation, corrective action plans, executive engagement, and continuous performance monitoring until risks are resolved.
• Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards and reports that provide visibility to critical-path equipment, manufacturing status, delivery risk, supplier performance, and recovery actions.
• Monitor and evaluate EPC procurement execution, supplier engagement practices, expediting effectiveness, and schedule performance, driving accountability for achieving equipment and material delivery commitments.
• Challenge supplier and contractor commitments when production schedules, resource availability, manufacturing capacity, logistics conditions, or delivery forecasts create elevated project risk.
• Establish and maintain delivery assurance plans for critical equipment including power transformers, breakers, switchgear, substation equipment, steel structures, conductor, cable, controls, and other strategic materials.
• Escalate significant supplier and EPC performance concerns with clear business impacts, recommended actions, decision requirements, and recovery alternatives.
• Validate supplier delivery forecasts against project schedules, construction milestones, and required-on-site dates.
• Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards and reports that provide visibility to critical-path equipment, manufacturing status, delivery risk, supplier performance, and recovery actions.
• Capture lessons learned and recommend improvements to supplier governance, expediting processes, delivery assurance methodologies, risk management practices, and project readiness programs.
• Comply with all applicable company policies, regulatory requirements, safety standards, procurement procedures, and project governance processes.
• Keep informed of industry developments, supplier capacity constraints, manufacturing challenges, and logistics risks that could impact project execution or supply certainty.

Education

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Equivalent utility, construction, supply chain, expediting, or materials management experience may be considered where appropriate.
• Experience Requires 10+ years of experience in expediting, supplier performance management, procurement, supply chain, materials management, manufacturing, logistics, capital projects, or a related field.
• Experience managing post-order execution activities for critical equipment, engineered products, or long-lead materials.
• Experience working with OEM suppliers, EPC contractors, engineering organizations, project teams, and logistics providers.
• Experience monitoring manufacturing schedules, supplier commitments, inspection activities, testing milestones, shipment readiness, and delivery performance.
• Experience identifying and resolving supplier performance issues and implementing schedule recovery plans.
• Experience presenting delivery risks, mitigation strategies, and performance metrics to leadership and project stakeholders.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems, project schedules, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and reporting tools.
• Preferred utility, transmission, distribution, substation, generation, or large capital project experience.
• Preferred experience with transformers, breakers, switchgear, protection and control equipment, structures, cable, conductor, and other critical electrical equipment.

Job Type

Full Time

Posting Start Date

08/27/2026

Posting End Date

09/11/2026