Senior Contract Manager

Join us in this role where you’ll manage supplier contracts for our US projects, focusing on claims, negotiating variation orders, and daily correspondence with suppliers and stakeholders like the project manager and scope leads. You'll also handle commercial aspects, including strategy development and managing contract obligations such as payments. This role offers a dynamic international environment with opportunities to advance your career and contribute to renewable energy transition.

Welcome to the NEP Procurement team
You’ll be part of the Northeast Program (NEP) procurement team where you, together with your colleagues, will contract management community to share lessons learned and similar concepts. You’ll work closely with peers in the US, Poland, the UK, and Denmark, as well as the project team in the US and Europe, within a highly collaborative environment. You’ll join a professional team committed to the common goal of ensuring project success. As a team, we value high-quality work, support each other, and foster a positive and productive work environment.

You’ll play an important role in:

• implementing contract variations together with suppliers
• managing the obligations and rights in our contracts
• clarifying and settling contract claims from both parties
• collaborating with our global pool of suppliers to ensure mutual success
• anticipating risks and define effective strategies to mitigate them
• ensuring we have the right level of provisions.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have good communication skills, both verbal and in writing
• have experience managing contracts obligations for large-scale construction projects, e.g., related to manufacturing, or in connection with the installation of components
• have a strong understanding of the different contracts, risk management, and cost control
• possess strong negotiations skills
• understand change management processes
• are well-acquainted with managing large groups of stakeholders across a large and international company.

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’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

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.

About the job
Application deadline:
7 January 2025

Location:
Warsaw, PL Gentofte, 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 8,600 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.