Sourcing Manager - Wind Industry (m/w/d)

Job Description

Why You Should Work With Us?

• Sustainable impact: contribute to a greener future;
• Global Growth: Join an industry with growing global presence;
• Career Development: Benefit from a dynamic industry that fosters professional growth an skill development.
• Pioneering Spirit: Experience the satisfaction of being part of a pioneering movement towards a more sustainable energy;

Your Tasks

• Build and develop strong and mutually beneficial partnerships with key suppliers.
• Coordinate all supplier-related activities throughout the value chain.
• Develop global sourcing commodity strategy and ensure implementation in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Support, interface and coordination with regional local sourcing teams.
• Global management of the commodity in collaboration with local teams.
• Close collaboration with the Service department to guarantee the best understanding of business needs and objectives.
• Drive price and capacity negotiation process to ensure that Nordex prices are best in class.
• Lead the negotiations of Framework Agreements.
• Ensuring that purchasing procedures are followed in the region, reporting to the corporate function and KPIs achievement at supplier level.
• Participate in internal Workstreams (cost out programs, localization initiatives etc.).

Your Profile

• Business and/or Engineering degree.
• First professional experience in purchasing in the wind industry desirable. Experience in sourcing O&M services is welcome.
• Keen on working in an international environment and facing new challenges.
• Strategic thinking and negotiating skills as well as cost and quality awareness
• Responsible, service-oriented, team player, goal-oriented, good communication skills, proactiveness and independent way of working.
• High degree of reliability and ability to work in a team.
• Good MS Office skills and SAP skills.
• Availability to travel.
• Business fluent in English - we're not expecting Shakespeare, but you should feel comfortable speaking in interviews and daily meetings with international colleagues

What We Offer

• Central location, near public transportation (3 min to metro Via Rápida-Viso);
• We also have free parking spot in the building (Edificio Porto Inova) and an E-car Charging station available;
• You can lunch with us, we have a very prepared "Kitchen". At the building, also exists a caffeteria that offers 3 different dishes with a very reasonable price;
• Our office is equiped with ergonomic work stations (yes, we have standing desk´s);
• Coffee, water, tea, fruit, cookies, and sometimes chocolate is on us, too!
• We have a remote friendly system. The current system is 3 days at the office, 2 days at home. And... we have Flexible Working Time Policy;
• We offer you all the equipment to work from home (monitor´s, dockingstation, headphones, mouse and keyboard).
• Health Insurance;
• Nordex Cuida +: Enjoy six free appointments per year in psychology, nutrition, social support, finance, and legal advice.
• Mardi gras, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are holidays to us;
• Training & Learning Program (internal and external trainnings sessions);
• Performance evaluation Program every year!
• Team building events.

Our Recruitment Process

1. CV Screening - We start by reviewing your CV - just a heads-up: we only evaluate applications/CV´s in English. If your profile matches, you might get a call from a Portuguese number (yes, that's us 🇵🇹). If you miss the call, no worries - we'll follow up with an email too!
2. Prescreening Call
3. Technical Interview
4. Cultural Interview
5. Offer

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and are in full compliance with all federal and state laws.