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

Senior Purchaser managing procurement strategies and supplier relationships at Vestas

Senior Purchaser

Senior Purchaser managing procurement strategies and supplier relationships for North America with Vestas. Collaborating with global teams to optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance.

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