Job Description

As the company’s ambitions for growth in renewable energy increases, the demand for procurement expertise grows. We are therefore looking for the right person to join our Procurement Offshore Projects team with full responsibility for Offshore Vessels within our Staff Function Procurement.

As a Procurement Manager Offshore Vessels you will be working with the Business Unit Offshore, in an outstanding commercial and international environment, you will have a significant impact on Vattenfall realizing its transition to a more sustainable energy portfolio by securing the necessary equipment and services at best value for the company.

The Offshore Procurement team is a unique, diverse and inclusive team with a superb team spirit. We have the most amazing individuals who are highly focused on their goals whilst always striving to achieve the best results for the business and more. Do you want to become a part of the team and help shaping our future?

You will be engaging and collaborating with the Foundation, Cables and Wind Turbine Installation Vessel supply chain, executives internally and externally, help developing and primarily executing procurement strategies as well as identifying novel market approaches to maximize the company’s profitability. You will be working in close collaboration with the Category Managers, Product managers & commercial managers from BU Offshore.

This role also offers a great opportunity for candidates looking to develop further in their career in line with business development.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and drive tendering activities including qualification, evaluation, negotiation and preparing contract award decisions for offshore wind projects for the Offshore Logistics category (transport and installation of foundations, cables & WTGs), ensuring best value and compliance with the Vattenfall objectives and principles
• Steer the project teams through the procurement process from design of tender until contract award
• Challenge and coach the project team in case of perceived over- or under specification of technical, commercial or legal requirements. Engage with the business at senior levels to ensure necessary level of co-operation
• Support development of Offshore Logistics category strategy
• Identify new and/or implement suitable procurement approaches to deliver Lowest Energy Cost, ensuring alignment with the defined Offshore Logistics category strategy
• Lead activities to negotiate and improve contract standards with key suppliers
• Support contract management activities in alignment with commercial contract managers
• Support negotiation of large claims and variation resolutions
• Support the development of our offshore wind procurement team, taking active participation in improvement initiatives within Procurement Wind

Location

Flexible, but base is in one of our core locations (Hamburg, Kolding, Berlin or Amsterdam). This position require significant amount of travel in peak times.

Qualifications

Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• You are open, active, positive and act in a safe way.
• You are passionate and are eager to learn more (Are you a learning animal?).
• You have demonstrable experience with a commercial/ procurement/contract law skillset and experience of Vessels for Cable, Wind turbine or Foundation Installation or similar procurement processes.
• You bring a minimum of three years’ experience in the offshore wind, oil & gas or vessel business.
• You have a good knowledge and understanding of contracts (ideally FIDIC, LOGIC and BIMCO)
• You have a very good understanding of people and culture in working across multiple business functions and locations.
• You are a co-operative team player with solid interpersonal skills.
• You have strong consultancy skills and able to support, advise, guide and challenge across all aspects of Procurement.
• You have a strong command of English, both verbally and written.

Additional Information

Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information
We welcome your application no later than, 10.09.2023. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Madelaine Boomgaarden via email: madelaine.boomgaarden@vattenfall.de.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be 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.

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. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.