Procurement & Contract Manager Light Industry

Are you motivated by working in multidisciplinary teams and being the point of contact for our clients regarding procurement and contract management? We have an exciting opportunity for you. Together with our team, you will be able to make a difference and achieve project success, both for the client and our company. Let us explore how our collaboration can lead to mutual success.

What you do as Procurement & Contract Manager Light Industry

As a Procurement & Contract Manager, you are expected to deliver success on procurement and contracting strategies for projects in green- and brown-field manufacturing environments.

You assist our clients through the full lifecycle of contract procurement, tender assessment, selection of suppliers and contractors, negotiation, placement and administration of contracts to help support the safe delivery of value for money solutions for our client’s manufacturing projects and programmes.

Your main responsibilities consist of:

• To take the lead role in providing specialist procurement and contracting strategy advice to multinational clients;
• To advise your internal and external clients on contract forms, tendering methods and product and supplier choices;
• To translate contractual obligations into terms of delivery and to negotiate with suppliers;
• Working together with the project manager and engineering team to assemble the bid package;
• To actively support the development of our procurement and contracting services;
• To identify and control costs and commercial risks & opportunities in support of the Program/ Project Execution Plans;
• Manage the contracted parties for a timely delivery of their deliverables;
• To be a key player in stakeholder management, you will expertly develop stakeholder relationships with suppliers and clients whilst guiding and managing the wider team to deliver key objectives;
• To operate in an international context and anticipate short-, medium- and long-term travel.

Where you will work

Royal HaskoningDHV is a worldwide independent engineering, project management and consultancy firm which integrates 140 years of engineering expertise with digital technologies and software solutions. Our 6,000 colleagues are working from offices in more than 25 countries across the world. Through our mission Enhancing Society Together, we take responsibility for having a positive impact on the world. As our new Procurement & Contract Manager Light Industry you will become part of the team Project Management & Consultancy.

The Project Management & Consultancy team consists of highly experienced and solution-oriented project managers and consultants with extensive experience in large-scale, multidisciplinary projects in various sectors. Our goal is to achieve higher productivity and lower operating costs for our clients through technical optimisation. Together with our clients, we place projects in a broader perspective. We have a clear vision of the built environment and industry. The impact of the environment goes beyond pure functionality and touches on the quality of life. Recent innovations show up best in new (industrial) buildings, and their benefits are measurable. But what about existing buildings? Renovating, refurbishing or converting existing buildings brings new challenges. And sustainable solutions for buildings as well as for production processes and utility systems require smart thinking.

Each project has its own individual challenges, be it budgets, logistics, timing, materials or people. That is why we offer a dedicated and customised approach for each project. This way, we ensure that every project comes to a successful conclusion, from initial concept to final delivery.

What you bring

You are an entrepreneurial, result oriented, communicative, proactive individual with a positive flexible and problem-solving attitude. Besides that, you recognize yourself in the points below:

• Significant strategic procurement and contract management experience in the manufacturing environment, in sectors like food & beverage, pharmaceutical, electronics and consumer goods;
• Highlighted experience of building efficient procurement and contracting strategies, from inception to completion;
• Experience in preparation of investment execution plans and related requests for quotations for EPCM projects;
• Relevant contract experience like UAV, UAV gc, FIDIC and similar bespoke Conditions of Contract;
• Experience of building and maintaining a trusted advisor status with clients;
• Confident in managing multiple stakeholders: liaising with client teams, suppliers, contractors, consultants and more;
• An international mindset and willingness to travel for assignments;
• Preferably a network within the food & beverage, pharmaceutical or other manufacturing sectors.

Furthermore, you have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience;
• A degree in Nevi 1 (and 2) or other relevant professional procurement certifications;
• Over 5 years of experience in procurement and contracting;
• Affinity with the process industry is preferred, preferably in the food & beverage, pharmaceutical or other manufacturing sectors;
• Excellent knowledge of the English language.

What we offer you

Within our company you will be able to develop yourself while working on challenging projects, both in the Netherlands and worldwide. Besides that, we also offer you:

• A good work-life balance, including a laptop and company cell phone so you can work wherever and whenever you want;
• 28 holidays based on a 40-hour work week; A good primary salary and pension accrual through our own pension fund;
• A workplace in our office in Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Nijmegen or Rotterdam, and travel allowance or a NS Business Card;
• Lifelong learning by offering you plenty of training & development opportunities;
• Personal budget which you can use to buy extra days off, to buy a bicycle or just to have some additional salary;
• Bonuses based on company profit.

Are you our new colleague?

We would like to meet you! The application process consists of two interviews and possibly an assessment. Are we all enthusiastic after this? Then you will receive an offer from us, and we will be happy to welcome you on board!

For more information, you can always contact Majid Moayedfar, Project Manager Multinationals, at majid.moayedfar@rhdhv.com or Devika Jagmohan, Recruiter, at devika.jagmohan@rhdhv.com.