Purchaser

• The Senior Purchaser is regionally responsible for managing suppliers in North America
• Collaborating closely with our global colleagues to procure the most competitive solutions for Vestas and our customers
• Working with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-performing procurement strategies while improving cost, quality and on time delivery
• Directing the business priorities to shape, define and execute the procurement strategy for the Service Crane category
• Acting as crane subject matter expert in procuring crane services to support turbine repair, maintenance, and special projects
• Managing and representing global initiatives at the RPO level
• Managing the RFP process from specification development, quote process, supplier selection, contract development, stakeholder management and business awards
• Attending weekly sales management calls and translating potential contracts into procurement activities
• Providing weekly reports on all contract's status including future projects to align stakeholders with customer expectations
• Understanding and interpreting technical specifications
• Developing business cases with total cost of ownership financial analysis to enable decisions based on technical requirements
• Directly managing new and existing regional supplier relationships and leveraging internal stakeholder/category relationships to build global supplier partnerships
• Professionally managing strategic purchasing initiatives and developing reporting materials (power point presentations, business cases, etc.)
• Building supplier market intelligence and ensuring that supply base data is available to support business decisions
• Implementing and managing all aspects of the supplier development, contracting and buy to pay processes, including proper risk management
• Being the primary point of escalation and resolution for scope related supplier issues
• Guiding change with Suppliers to meet Vestas business requirements
• Mentoring other Purchasers in RPO

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