Procurement Category Manager – Offshore Wind Operational Readiness

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Personal Qualities

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We’re 22,000 colleagues in more than 30 countries delivering oil, gas, wind and solar power to 170 million people worldwide. Taking on tough energy challenges is our job. Right now, we’re facing an enormous task: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions.

We’re up for the challenge. Are you?

The position

By joining our team in Renewables you will have the opportunity to:

• Play an important role in shaping and accelerating the energy transition and Equinor’s profitable growth within renewables.
• Be part of a global category management team in REN Procurement, developing and leading the Prepare for Operation procurement category team. 
• Work with internal customers to develop internal demand forecast to allow for optimisation and predictability in supply chain demand. 
• Be responsible for building and maintaining a capable and competent team of procurement professionals that delivers efficient and high-value service to our internal customers.
• Be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining Prepare for Operation category strategies for Equinor’s global asset portfolio.
• Collaborate with Prepare for Operation Product Line manager to ensure a strategic approach recognized both in the supplier market and internally in our company.
• Collaborate with product lines and other category segments ensuring an aligned overall category management.
• Work with the Business Line project and Product Line teams, to develop the overall project specific procurement strategies for operations, that identifies risk and opportunities to maximise leverage at the EPC tender stage.
• Be responsible for demand and market analysis in both global and local markets.
• Enhance Equinor’s supply chain management quality by ensuring compliance with internal governing systems and requirements, with specific focus on integrity due diligence and business integrity risk, safety, sustainability and human rights in the supply chain and commercial aptitude. 
• Proactively ensure high quality stakeholder management both internally and towards suppliers as well as develop and maintain strong supplier relations with key suppliers. 

You

Some qualities are essential for Equinor. You identify with our values, open, collaborative, courageous and caring, which guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow. You make safety your priority and contribute to our zero-harm culture. For this position, we are also looking for:

• Relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree, with a minimum of 5-7 years work experience within offshore wind (preferred) or onshore wind operations procurement.
• Experience from working with operational procurement and category management within renewables, preferably offshore wind.
• Excellent awareness of offshore wind supplier markets and understanding of establishing and promoting local content. 
• Experienced in supporting large scale and high value activities with the ability to identify and manage risk. 
• Demonstrable ability to forge strong stakeholder relationships and skilled in developing, utilising and extending network of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic and commercial mindset with extensive negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to engage and collaborate across disciplines within a cross functional team, both in early phase and execution.
• A team leader that can coach and develop employees.

General information

Please attach copies of your CV, diplomas, certificates and grades in English or a Scandinavian language.Through this link you can find important information on what to include in your CV, which will make the application process easier and faster.

Applications submitted without necessary attachments will unfortunately not be evaluated.
If you are in the process of completing a degree, please upload an official temporary transcript or other document describing subjects and grades completed to this point.

Candidates are expected to openly offer all relevant information about themselves during the recruitment process. Candidates will be asked for information on affiliation to high-risk countries for a security assessment. Furthermore, background checks are performed on all final candidates and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened against relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions law.