Senior Project Manager - Procurement Excellence

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Senior Project Manager, Procurement Excellence

Your challenges
You will join our Procurement Excellence team, where dedicated procurement practitioners are driving the excellence and optimisation agenda in VELUX Global Procurement. We are passionate about challenging the status quo and committed to create a positive impact for VELUX.

You can expect to be exposed to a variety of assignments related to our strategic initiatives across direct and indirect procurement categories, and across functional areas. You will collaborate with stakeholders in Europe, China and US.

Your tasks

• Drive or support local or global strategic procurement initiatives where Global Procurement is in the lead or has a key role (e.g., new business processes, methodologies, frameworks, other improvements)
• Support transformation of Global Procurement by implementing best-practices in selected procurement areas
• Scope and manage selected projects, and engage and activate relevant stakeholders
• Ensure project performance and time management
• Support development and continuous improvement of relevant procurement tools, methodologies, processes, policies, systems
• Develop training material for relevant tools, methodologies, policies, systems, and train users
• Provide procurement tool support and advice/recommendations to users to support capability building
• Bring in new ideas and perspectives that support the purpose of role
• Influence decisions within area of expertise and work on basis of a Total Cost of Ownership mindset
• Challenge status quo

Your qualifications
You are a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of building and maintaining relationships, while keeping the overarching aspirations in sight. You are respectful, credible and reliable, and you demonstrate drive and initiative. In addition, you excel in creating buy-in from stakeholders, and you maintain high quality standards. You understand how procurement impacts our business and customers.

You have:

• Extensive experience with managing complex projects in international settings
• Experience with implementing SAP Ariba Guided Buying
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Economics, or a related field
• Min. 3 years of experience with project management within procurement or supply chain (as project manager, consultant or similar)
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of key project management tools and methodologies
• Knowledge of change management theory, influencing techniques and coaching, and practical experience with these
• A well-organized and structured approach with the ability to navigate in a somewhat complex business environment and in somewhat complex assignments
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks within given assignments
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
• Great communication skills and ability to prepare clear and concise presentations tailored to the target audience
• Experience with and capability of delivering training
• A agile, open-minded and curious approach
• Result-orientation and a pro-active mindset with commercial interest and flair
• Capability of managing multiple tasks with respect to deadlines and quality of work
• Capable of preparing, executing and completing complex assignments within procurement and with relevant cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to speak and write fluently in English

You will be based in our office in Hørsholm or Østbirk – both Denmark.

You can expect to travel up to 20 days annually.

Your opportunities
You will be part of a passionate and ambitious team that appreciates determination, practice, openness and learning. The atmosphere is informal and embracing.

Relevant development opportunities, tools and systems are available.

Application and contact
Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com, where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.

We are looking forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are reviewing candidates and calling for interviews on an ongoing basis.

Equal Opportunity Employer
VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.

Location: Industrivej 19B Østbirk

Additional location:

• Ådalsvej 99 Hørsholm