Purchasing Manager

at  Vestas

MANUFACTURING AND GLOBAL PROCUREMENT > GLOBAL PROCUREMENT > CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT

Vestas Global Procurement is an award-winning best in class Procurement function within the world’s leading OEM for sustainable and renewable energy solutions. We are overall responsible for all Procurement activities within Vestas, including leading global and cross-functional teams, developing and implementing commodity strategies across modules, creating and capturing end-to-end value, supplier relationship management and supplier account management, performance metrics monitoring and development.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 7 years’ of experience in global procurement and category/commodity management
• Experience in project management in EPC, oil and gas and infrastructure projects
• Excellent leadership skills and ability to foster collaboration between global and regional functions and across functions
• Cultural awareness, excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence internally and externally
• Solid analytical skills, with the ability to analyze larger complex sets of data and draw insights and conclusions
• Relevant master’s degree in e.g. Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance

• Develop and lead the cross-functional commodity team(s)
• Develop commodity strategy through cross-functional commodity team(s) and in collaboration with global and regional teams, that align with relevant stakeholder business requirements and the company’s overall business strategy, enabling end-to-end value creation
• Lead commodity strategy execution in collaboration with global and regional teams, ensuring a sustainable, scalable, and high performing supply base having the capabilities and capacity to meet current and future business requirements
• Take supplier relationship management to the next level, unlocking full value chain optimization opportunities and all cost-out levers through supplier and partner engagement and collaboration
• Engage in and/or lead major value creation, cost-out initiatives and tenders through cross-functional project teams
• Build strong relationships and manage internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including suppliers and partners, ensuring effective strategy development and execution