Procurement Manager for Logistics in O&M Procurement Wind

Job Description

Job title: Procurement Manager for Logistics in O&M Procurement Wind

Company: Vattenfall

Job description: Company Description

Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 20,000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.

Job Description

As the company’s ambitions for growth in renewable energy increases, the demand for procurement expertise continues to grow. We are thus looking to increase the size of our O&M wind procurement team with a Procurement Manager.

As Procurement Manager for logistics O&M Wind you will have a significant impact on Vattenfall realising its transition to a more sustainable energy portfolio by securing the necessary vessel logistics at best value for the company. You will be engaging with the wind supply chain to define procurement strategies as well as identify novel market approaches to maximize the company’s profitability. You will work in a fast paced environment where you never know what tomorrow will bring and where you interact with many stakeholders internally and externally to drive value from Vattenfall’s’ supply chain for the business.

The role of the Procurement Manager in O&M is to drive and own commercial aspects when leading negotiations of contracts and/or frameworks for our wind assets.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be working within the category of logistics (CTVs, SOVs, Helicopters, maritime assets) and you will lead the negotiation of specific vessel contracts related to wind activities in full alignment with the Business Area Wind´s objectives.
• Developing and implementing procurement strategies for relevant procurement projects.
• Proactively engage with stakeholders and ensure a close alignment and cooperation with the Generation team.
• Lead and drive tendering activities including, procurement strategies, bid evaluation, negotiation and preparing contract award decisions for O&M wind projects, ensuring best value and compliance with the Vattenfall objectives and principles.
• Driving and ensuring compliant governance for your procurement activities.
• Support contract management activities in alignment with commercial management.

Qualifications

Skills, qualifications and experience;

• A relevant University degree or equal, with a minimum of 5 years working within procurement and experience with vessel logistics preferably from renewables, oil and gas, or similar complex industries.
• Thriving in being a ‘fire-fighter’ who gets things done fast and with excellence.
• Thriving in having multiple activities running at the same time.
• Ability to work in autonomy and take the initiative. “Can do mentality”.
• Significant experience in driving procurement projects in an international environment.
• Good negotiation skills on standard forms of contract.
• Strong command of English, both verbally and written.
• Strong sense of responsibility and willingness to perform and travel during peak periods.

As a person you are a proactive strategic thinker with a ‘win-win’ mindset who finalizes the activities you are running, and that you are an effective communicator at both senior level as well as towards Project Managers of the organization with superior interpersonal skills, proven commercial mindset and an excellent ability to build networks.

Why not start your journey to working for fossil freedom by applying now? We look forward to receiving your application!

Location:
One of the core locations, being Amsterdam, London, Hamburg or Kolding. Regular business trips are required.

Additional Information

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Thomas Krogfelt, +45 4880 5350.

We welcome your application in English no later than January 22nd. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click for further information.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Expected salary:

Location: London

Job date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:50:35 GMT

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