Senior Sourcing Manager- Temporary

Imagine a future where you’ll set your fingerprint in the energy transformation, by sourcing best-in-class O&M services to secure the operation of our windfarms

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for sourcing the right suppliers to secure the operation and fulfil the servicing needs of our offshore windfarms. You’ll be working with our procurement process and governance from developing the sourcing strategies to contract handover. In this role, you'll be coordinating with our category managers, business stakeholders and colleagues in supporting functions. You can look forward to a dynamic, fast-paced, and international environment, where you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career while making your mark on the transition to renewable energy.

Welcome to Offshore Generation Procurement
You’ll be part of the Offshore Services Procurement team where you, together with your colleagues, will support our offshore windfarms to produce power, by ensuring contracting of timely, compliant and competitive O&M services capacity. You’ll be working in a global team of highly skilled procurement professionals. An important aspect of your role is to proactively consolidate input from internal stakeholders to negotiate and sign fit to scope contracts ready for the end users’ purposes. In this role you’ll be working closely with colleagues organized in projects at our operational hubs.

As a team, we ‘re driven by an open working environment where everyone is encouraged to speak up, seek, and provide feedback. We actively take initiative, work on improvements, and seek learning opportunities.

You’ll play an important role in:

• being responsible for the end to end tendering process, qualifying suppliers, clarifying and evaluating bids, preparing and negotiating terms and conditions, and recommending and awarding suppliers
• ensuring compliance with internal and external tendering rules, policies, and governance by actively engaging and seeking input from key support functions
• preparing and presenting clear and thought-through gate documents to aim management and budget owners’ decision on recommended strategies
• leading communication with suppliers throughout the sourcing activities
• contributing to the quality assurance processes by reviewing peers’ documentation, sharing tendering and contract lessons learned, and providing feedback to category strategies
• handing over complete signed contract package with complete metadata ready for execution .

To succeed in the role, you:

• have significant experience with managing sourcing processes from drafting of sourcing strategies to contract signing. Experience running tenders according to EU-tender law is a plus
• have a passion for negotiating and possess considerable experience taking responsibility for planning and executing negotiation process
• possess good verbal and written English communication skills enabling you to effectively collaborate with the team and communicate professionally with key stakeholders
• have the bandwidth to spot commercial opportunities focusing on bottom-line impact and personnel safety, while achieving the right technical, operational contract solution
• act with high integrity, take ownership, handles pressure well, proactively asks questions, and seeks input beyond your network to drive results
• are organized, well-structured, and possess good attention to detail, especially when preparing documentation.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

Please note that this is a fixed-term position with a duration time of  months.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

Position salary range:
For this position, the expected base pay range is kr55,680.00- kr69,600.00 for the advertised location. The offered base salary will be determined within this range based on relevant skills, experience, and expected role fulfilment within the stated pay range to ensure a fair and competitive offer. Where applicable, you may also be eligible for variable payment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our benefits package:
For this position, employees who meet eligibility requirements have access to: employer‑paid pension (11% contribution), full insurance coverage (accident, life, critical illness, and health insurance); five weeks of paid holiday plus 10 additional paid days off per holiday year; a 3% holiday allowance; access to Ørsted Life & Fitness Vitality including fitness classes, physiotherapy, massage, and wellbeing programmes; a multimedia package (mobile phone, PC, internet); staff club membership with sport and cultural activities; and access to the company canteen (monthly lunch scheme or daily tickets).

Pre-employment background check:
Certain positions may require a background check as part of the hiring process. If applicable, you will be informed during the recruitment process. Background checks are conducted by an external provider in accordance with local legal requirements.