Sourcing & Contract Manager, EPC (m/w/d)

Would you like an exciting career with a high degree of development and responsibilities in a green company in rapid growth? Does it motivate you to be on the frontline of the renewable energy business and handle contracts for construction projects of larger solar/PV and wind projects?

Then perhaps you are our new BESS Sourcing & Contract Manager.

Your new team

As our new BESS Sourcing & Contract Manager you will join our EPC Sourcing & Procurement team of 16 employees, which is part of European Energy’s EPC department, and holds the overall responsibility for the design, planning, procurement, and management of our projects during the ready-to-build and construction phase. We work with professional suppliers, partners, and sub-contractors for the completion of our sites.

Your new role

The BESS Sourcing & Contract Manager takes the lead to manage the commercial and legal track. Among other things you will perform and manage market research, supplier analysis, tender and selection strategy, managing contract negotiation and be involved in structuring activities of upcoming projects. The role will require a significant amount of interaction with internal and external stakeholders.

You can expect some travel activity, approximately 10%.

Areas of responsibilities

Category related

• Having knowledge of the BESS market and build-up of knowledge of products and technologies through market screening.
• Follow market and industry trends closely, trade fairs, specialist reports etc.
• Present internal stakeholder with condensed findings and recommendations of market analysis.

Sourcing & Contract related

• Sourcing & Procurement workstream owner for our BESS projects in Europe during structuring and execution of projects.
• Managing RfI, RfP, RfQ processes.
• Head of Terms drafting and negotiation, warranties, securities, Scope of Works, Division of Responsibilities alignments etc.
• Leading the contract activities (drafting, negotiation, alignments with stakeholders and our Legal department, implementation).
• Post closing contract management.
• Present findings and analytics to internal stakeholders (our Project department, decision makers, M&A, ESG Team etc).

Job prerequisites

• Bachelor or master's degree in electrical engineering and/or business economics.
• 5 years+ experience from a relevant technical commercial, PM or sourcing procurement role.
• Proven skills in procurement, negotiation, financial, and contract management combined with strong technical and commercial analytical and quantitative skills.
• Ability to quickly come up to speed on technical and commercial subjects related to solar projects through the full development life-cycle and transition to construction and operations.
• Wanting to acquire the basics of a variety of subjects relating to renewable energy including civil and electrical engineering designs along with transmission issues, taxes, finance, and energy sales.
• Proficient knowledge of full suite of Microsoft Office software; high proficiency in Excel and Power Point required.

As a person you are enthusiastic, analytical, proactive, and results-driven. You possess solid problem-solving skills, you work in a structured and detail-oriented manner, and you are committed to delivering high quality while you keep and maintain the overview to meet deadlines. You are able to work independently in a fast-paced changing environment. You have good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with and manage a diverse group of stakeholders.

With us you get

• To be part of a rapidly growing company at the core of the green transition.
• The possibility to work in an entrepreneurial environment where gaining hands-on experience is encouraged, while at the same time, new ideas and proactivity are valued.
• We make an effort to welcome you as our new colleague. We prepare individual onboarding plans and everyone is assigned a buddy.
• We prioritize our employees’ development. You will be enrolled in our People Development Program to ensure continuous learning and engagement.
• We offer the opportunity to work remotely and have flexible working hours.