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stillingsbetegnelse: Senior Purchaser, Casting Commodity

jobbeskrivelse:

Are you passionate about leading a strategic commodity in a global setting, while making the planet more sustainable? And are you ambitious and ready to deliver best in class category strategies driving performance, cost, quality and on time delivery? Can you influence and involve cross-functional stakeholders to drive results for Vestas? Then you should check out this career opportunity!

Manufacturing & Global Procurement  Global Procurement  Powertrain & Nacelles 
Vestas Global Procurement is overall responsible for all supply chain management activities within Vestas Wind System A/S, including leading cross-functional category teams, negotiations, cost out initiatives, category strategy development and implementation, quality and delivery performance, supplier relationship management and supplier account management.

We are part of a Global Procurement Department where the direct team is based in Denmark, China, India and Spain. Other Purchasing colleagues are also based at various locations around the globe. With the Nacelle Load & Enclosure team, you will lead an ambitious team, where your effort and ability to create results makes a difference and has a direct business impact.

In this role you will lead development of the cross-functional component team, consisting of members from R&D, Production Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing. Working across different business units you will also drive, develop and implement category strategies.

Responsibilities

• Optimise the current supply base including the total landed cost base
• Ensure best in class performance and supply chain set-up from an end-to-end perspective
• Drive continuous improvement programs both internally and at the suppliers with special focus on total cost saving initiatives, supplier optimisation and component standardisation 
• Ensure adherence to KPI's set by Global Sourcing regarding safety, quality, cost, delivery, innovation, sustainability and complexity reduction
• Lead selection, qualification, negotiation and contracting of potential suppliers within the category, as well as participate in development projects
• Lead your suppliers with a Supplier Relationship Management perspective
• Continuously analyse your Supplier Base performance and look for opportunities to optimise

Qualifications

You have a relevant degree in either Supply Chain Management, Finance or Engineering or equivalent combined with a couple of years’ experience. Alternatively, you have recently graduated with a degree in Business Administration or similar and have a passion for the sustainable industry and for working with global procurement. In addition, we expect:

• High drive, excellent business acumen and an end-to-end perspective
• Technical understanding and curiosity to "know how things work"
• Experienced within sourcing is an advantage
• Convincing with strong negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills including fluent written and spoken English 
• Advanced IT skills covering the MS Office Suite and preferably SAP or another ERP system
• Experience with Legal contracts (Purchase Agreements, NDA's etc.) is an advantage

Competencies

You have a positive mindset and can with your talent for seeing the big picture connect Vestas’ overall product offerings to customers to supplier offerings and see how they can positively impact Vestas’ sales and cost out programs. In addition, you:

• Have an open and trust building approach to encourage stakeholder inputs 
• Have a systematic, structured and fact-based approach to secure that ideas are prioritised and implemented
• Are a persistent team-player, able to secure successful implementation of the initiatives you lead
• Are not afraid of challenging status quo when appropriate
• Have excellent commercial and interpersonal skills
• Have a “can-do” and "get-it-done" mind-set

What we offer

We offer you an exciting and challenging job with excellent opportunities for professional and personal development with the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. You will be provided with a unique opportunity to set your foot prints within an essential area in Vestas. You will be part of an international team, with a "can-do" attitude.

Additional information
Your work location will be in Aarhus, Denmark. You should expect approximately 20 travel days per year.

For additional information about the requisition please contact Head of Powertrain & Nacelles, Thomas Borup at +45 2514 9726.

About Vestas

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe, and with 97 GW of wind turbines in 79 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else.  Through our industry-leading smart data capabilities and unparalleled 83 GW of wind turbines under service, we use data to interpret, forecast, and exploit wind resources and deliver best-in-class wind power solutions. Together with our customers, Vestas’ more than 24,400 employees are bringing the world sustainable energy solutions to power a bright future. We invite you to learn more about Vestas by visiting our website at www.vestas.com and following us on our social media channels.

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