Sourcing & Contract Manager, EPC

Sourcing & Contract Manager, EPC

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 Sourcing & Contract Manager focusing on Battery Energy Storage Systems.

Your new team

As our new BESS Sourcing & Contract Manager you will join our EPC Sourcing & Procurement team, 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 responsibility for the BESS technology for the commercial and legal side. Among other things you will perform and manage market research, supplier analysis, tender and selection strategy, managing contract negotiation. 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

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

Sourcing & Contract related

• Sourcing focal point for our first BESS projects in Europe during the structuring and execution of projects.
• Managing RfI, RfP, RfQ processes.
• HoT drafting and negotiation.
• Leading the contract activities (drafting, negotiation, alignments with stakeholders and our Legal department, implementation).
• Present findings and analytics to internal stakeholders (our Project department, decision makers, M&A, ESG Team etc.).

Other topics

• Coordination of QC tasks such as factory and production audits.

• Define and organize the QAQC program with suppliers and 3rd party inspectors.
• Verify the QC documentation delivered by the supplier.

Job prerequisites

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering and/or business economics.
• 5 years+ experience from a relevant technical commercial, PM or sourcing 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.
• Proficient knowledge of full suite of Microsoft Office software; high proficiency in Excel and Power Point required.
• You are proficient in written and spoken English.

As a person you are, 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 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.

European Energy at a Glance – The Power of Tomorrow, Today

European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004 with headquarters in Copenhagen. We operate all the way from development, design, financing, construction, operation and selling of wind- and solar farms on land as well as offshore globally. As part of this, we are also very active in M&A activities across the full value chain. Further, we work with the development of future energy solutions, e.g. Power-to-X. We are active in 25 countries and have grown our EBITDA by 45% year-by-year for the past 3 years, while also doubling the size of our pipeline each year. We have a strong business model and a highly competitive edge that we believe can sustain an impressive growth trajectory going forward.

We are now more than 800 employees with 41 nationalities represented in 25 countries, and we are growing rapidly in both Copenhagen and across our global offices. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Our working environment is built on mutual respect for the varied strengths and talents of our employees, with a flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial thinking at its foundation. Our employees value our flexible working culture, permitting better reconciliation of work and personal life. We are a team, whether it is in the workplace, on our company trips or during our weekly company training sessions. At European Energy, you will not only gain great colleagues but also new friends from every corner of the globe.

Commercial reference: Head of Sourcing & Procurement, Johannes von Dechend

Technical reference: Head of Technology Development, Mads Lykke Andersen.

Our working environment is built on mutual respect for the varied strengths and talents of our employees, with a flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial thinking at its foundation. Our employees value our flexible working culture, permitting better reconciliation of work and personal life. We are a team, whether it is in the workplace, on our company trips or during our weekly company training sessions. At European Energy, you will not only gain great colleagues, but also new friends from every corner of the globe.