Experienced Sourcing Manager

Imagine a future where you’re a key contributor to sourcing construction services for offshore wind farms

Join us in this role where you’ll be part of our Heavy Lifting procurement team that is globally responsible for the heavy lifting installation category for our offshore wind farms. You’ll play a key role in sourcing offshore construction services and manage the tender process from defining the tender strategy to delivering the signed contracts within the agreed time and budget. The heavy lifting installation category comprises offshore transport and installation of foundations, wind turbine generators, and substations. You’ll work with a wide range of regional and global suppliers and interact with the global and regional organisation. As we aim to fill more positions, we cater for different levels of seniority.

Welcome to Global Wind
You’ll be part of Heavy Lifting Sourcing where you, together with your colleagues, will be responsible for a wide range of supply chain and procurement activities throughout the lifecycle of an offshore wind farm. We offer an international working environment where you’ll collaborate closely with technical colleagues in a dedicated sourcing team.  As a team, we’re enthusiastic about our work. We value knowledge sharing, helping, and taking care of each other.

You’ll play an important role in:

• executing the tendering process until contract award, clarifying, and evaluating bids, preparing and negotiating terms and conditions, recommending and awarding suppliers
• driving the commercial agenda for your tender process while considering the project portfolio and the overall module sourcing strategies
• ensuring alignment across internal and external colleagues and stakeholders throughout your tender processes
• safeguarding that all sourcing activities are conducted in compliance with our sourcing processes and systems
• handing signed contracts over to the appointed contract manager for conducting contract execution.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have a master’s degree in the technical-, commercial-, or legal field, or similar
• have an interest in construction activities and some technical flair
• have past procurement experience and take pride in delivering excellent commercial results in combination with the right technical solutions
• have a systematic approach to your tasks and a proactive mindset
• have excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• speak and write English fluently.

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.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

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 have found the right candidate.

If you need to request any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to working practices, working patterns, or the assessment or interview process, please contact accommodation@orsted.com.

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.