Senior Contract Manager

Join us in this role where you’ll play a big part in building our renewables business through strategic procurement initiatives. You’ll utilise and develop your skills with contract management in close cooperation with skilled project managers, technicians, QHSE partners, and external consultants, thereby supporting our vision of a world that runs entirely on green energy. Also, you’ll be the one taking ownership of the continued optimisation and development of the procurement function.

Welcome to Bio Procurement
You’ll be part of the Contract Management team where you, together with your colleagues, will be responsible for cross-functional and complex contract management activities related to our carbon-neutral energy production at our power plants in Denmark. The team supports the Bioenergy business incl. the emerging CCX business area with category, sourcing, and contract management, and is anchored in a large and leading procurement organisation, ensuring collaboration across the company and access to knowledge sessions and specialist training programme. As a team, we’re very dedicated in enabling the future, creating the best results, and embracing diversity.

You’ll play an important role in:

• developing close relationships with internal stakeholders and engaging in continuous dialogue with key suppliers
• managing milestones and supplier deliverables, handling bonds and guarantees, managing claims and disputes, and various administrative contract management tasks
• developing and executing contract management strategies and negotiation strategies with the project teams as well as undertaking negotiations of commercial terms and conditions
• undertaking supplier performance management (SPM) on key suppliers
• strengthening our contract management services within the team
• engaging with sourcing managers to ensure lessons learned and the development of our procurement services.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a commercial or engineering field, combined with work experience within international procurement
• have strong communication skills and speak and write fluent English and preferably Danish, enabling you to communicate and negotiate with your business partners in an international environment
• have a proactive approach, positive mindset, and the ability to see opportunities and act on them
• thrive in a fast-paced work environment and see the value of working in a structured manner
• possess strong interpersonal skills which allow for a high level of stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• have sound knowledge of contract law and preferably worked with contract formats such as FIDIC, COIN, the AB-regime, or similar.

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 adjustments or accommodations to working practices, working patterns, or the assessment or interview process we're happy to discuss alternative arrangements.

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.

About the job
Application deadline:
10 May 2024

Location:
Gentofte, DK Warsaw, PL Skærbæk, DK

Field of work:
Procurement

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 9,000 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.