Buying/Procurement Specialist

Job Description Summary

Manage the buying process for a given set of goods. Apply sourcing policy, interface between supplier and entity with respect to specifications and budgets. Developing conceptual knowledge of professional discipline. May include support roles with specialized expertise or technical knowledge in broad area.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage the buying process for spare parts, materials, and sub-contractors.

• Drive procurement activities on assigned commodities to deliver a competitive advantage within the Danish market and apply advanced sourcing and procurement best practices towards operational excellence.
• Issue purchase orders and actively support the full procure to-pay cycle.
• Follow-up PO acknowledgement, delivery status and solve delivery problems and schedule changes.
• Create, Implement, and Improve key performance metrics such as on-time delivery.
• Utilize Lean methodologies to improve proposal process.
• Develop a strong relationship with Project Management EHS, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and maintain meetings, reviews and communicate about project status.
• Effectively collaborate with regional stakeholders and global sourcing members to interpret requirements, define, develop, and implement sourcing and procurement strategies to further enhance business performance and outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum experience in procurement, supplier management and contract negotiation.
• Excellent negotiation and analytical skills with the ability to build strong relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Data analysis skills.
• Knowledge of SAP (MM module/ FI module).
• Knowledge of OSCAR tool (PR/PO creation).
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to develop key internal and external relationships and influence at all levels.

Desired Characteristics

• Solid M/S office skills including excel formulas, v-look up and pivot table knowledge.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as presentation and report preparation skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision in the cross-cultural environment across different geographical areas.

Additional Information

About Us

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it.

If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different.

Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.

Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com