Procurement - Senior Professional

Solutions Purchasing Manager

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As our new Solutions Purchasing Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing a strategy for repetitive and non-repetitive purchasing. In this role, you will initiate and deploy a purchasing organisation and processes for supplier selection, qualification and management as well as deployment of purchasing processes and tools to manage effectively purchasing and risk mitigation. You will professionalize purchasing through the deployment of a certification programme and provide solution purchasing support to key opportunities and projects in accordance with corporate guidelines.

What You'll be doing:

• Establish and execute a purchasing strategy on recurrent and non recurrent purchasing for Execution Center
• Define R&R for purchasing between Solution Purchasers, Tender and Contract, Project Manager, and Purchasing Managers
• Outline and implement purchasing governance and internal control rules.
• Define and manage performance indicators e.g. purchasing performance, Suppliers, Tender/Contract/Project Management and follow up process
• Deploy purchasing process and tools, for example eSourcing, RESOLVE, SSP-SRM
• Investigate the deployment of e-prourement tool to increase the procurement efficiency
• Implement a plan to improve the purchasing knowledge and competency as well as a process for continuous improvement
• Provide support for key opportunities and in the execution of projects

What Will Help You Succeed:

• At least 5 years experience in Purchasing Management, ideally in energy or renewable sectors
• Educated to degree level, with qualification in purchasing or similar function
• Engineering degree in mechanics, electric and/or electronics is an advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in Danish are an advantage
• Exceptional relationship skills, and strong research, analytical, and problem-solving abilities

What Do We Offer:

• An exciting job in an international company with opportunities for professional and personal development
• Engage in and contribute to different projects and actions such as CSR, charity, Employer Branding, and Well-Being, making a meaningful impact
• Work in a diverse and supportive team of professionals, where you'll have access to buddy, mentor, and induction training to help you smoothly integrate into our company
• Receive special training tailored to your needs and career goals, and benefit from a wide range of perks including sports cards, lunch vouchers, medical care, life and group insurance, holidays and languages subsidiary
• Embrace our no formal dress code policy, where we welcome people as they are and perceive diversity as a value for the company
• Seize the opportunity to develop based on clear career paths, grow through experience and exposure, and use foreign languages while collaborating with cross-region teams

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Join Schneider Electric and unlock your full potential! Apply now and embark on an exciting career journey with us. Please submit your application soonest. We will fulfill the position as soon as the suitable candidate has been found.

Contact persons
If you have questions regarding this position, please contact David Sauvageot, Project & Systems Purchasing Leader, at +33 0467205485 or [email protected] and if you want to tell us more about yourself and why you think this is the right role for you, then feel free to contact Kevin Haight at +47 920 72 344 or [email protected]

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