Head of Procurement Digital & Business Services

Design, develop and realize the strategic Procurement plans on the spend area Digital and Business Services, aligned with Eneco's business objectives. With a direct and recognizable contribution to growth, sustainability, profit and cost optimization, maximizing the value from the Procurement function and suppliers.

Align in close collaboration with stakeholders across the full Eneco organization. With the Value Chains, Verticals and Functions management. Focus on the Tech organization, enabler of Eneco’s Digital Strategy, the B2C & B2B Value Chains, Facility Management and Real estate;

In the Source to Pay process: Enable further efficiency and effectiveness growth by standardization and optimization of the overarching procurement process. Maximize the use and efficiency and effectiveness of the established systems, and develop and implement policies to optimize the Source to Pay process within Eneco. In close collaboration with the team Procurement Excellence, Accounts Payable and with the business users.

Why choose Eneco?

Eneco is at the forefront of the competitive energy market in Northwest Europe. Our procurement function is essential to realizing our ambition, focusing on value creation and innovative partnerships. We are leading the way to a carbon-neutral future by replacing traditional heat sources with sustainable alternatives and building a renewable system for our growing customer base. Together, we are building a sustainable future!

What you’ll do

As Head of Procurement you will lead the procurement function for the specific spend area Digital and Business Services. In order to maximize the value from supply markets and bring process efficiencies and saving measures to Eneco. Hereto translates and implement strategic business objectives into procurement strategic objectives and initiatives. Responsible for the realization of these procurement strategic objectives and initiatives both for the own area as for the whole procurement function. The Development and realization of the procurement plans and objectives enabling the Value Chain, Vertical and Function’s strategies, targets and objectives. Hereto you find alignment and decision making among a large and varied group of internal and external stakeholders through influencing and persuasion, both in the Netherlands and other countries. You are member of the Procurement Management Team contributing to the strategic development of the procurement function of Eneco Group and the function’s performance.

Is this about you?

You work together as one team to achieve one mission. You are proactive in helping to accelerate the energy transition. You create space to exchange insights and opinions with colleagues and take responsibility to contribute to the joint plan. Additionally we find the following important:

• Academic work and think level with a minimum of 8 years of experience in procurement or other commercial leadership roles;
• At least 8 year experience with source-to-pay processes, including digitalization, standardization and optimization;
• At least 5 years of proven experience in developing, implementing, and aligning improvement and change projects;
• Drive the change: highly developed change and transformation skills, highly effective and structured way of working and embrace change;
• Deliver the plan: Organizational sensitivity, excellent stakeholder management skills and collaborative skills;
• Make each other successful: At least 5 years' experience as a People manager with proven leadership in building connected and inclusive teams. Trustworthy and a team player fostering cooperation;
• Excellent communication and listening skills, high developed organizational sensitivity;
• Excellent command of Dutch and English, both spoken and written, is essential for this position.

You’ll be responsible for

• Strategy and vision: You provide strategic direction in perspective to the multiple complex categories of spend including indirect ones that have a significant to large mid-to-long term impact on Eneco’s financial and operational performance, including the international activities. You contribute to the development of Eneco Group procurement strategy and policies;
• Performance: You define and realize procurement plans on Digital and Business Services aligned with the organization’s management, cost saving measures, process improvements and sustainable solutions contributing to reaching Eneco’s strategic and financial objectives in a continuous improvement way and defines and realizes procurement objectives. You evaluate periodically and adjust where needed based on management reports, performance indicators and relevant internal and external developments. You take care for solutions with your Procurement Team for the stakeholders within the Verticals and Value Chains and Functions;
• People: You manage a team of about 10 professionals. You hire, retain, lead, coach, develop, motivate and evaluate (new) procurement professionals for the spend area. Assign and coordinate the procurement professionals across categories of spend. Set standards for the spend area how work is done in alignment with other business processes. Identify relevant internal and external developments and requirements for the spend area regarding knowledge and expertise, quality and processes, and translate these into capability development plans for the spend area;
• Stakeholder management and supplier management: As Head of Procurement Digital & Business Services you are strong in stakeholder management. Align with a complex field of stakeholders among which management of the different verticals, value chains and functions. Build, develop and unlock the relevant internal and external network for within the Eneco Group, in the Netherlands as well as in the foreign entities. Represent the spend area with suppliers and other external stakeholders and represent Eneco strategy and policies;
• Risk management: You identify (potential) risks in the execution of procurement processes and take responsibility for execution and monitoring of risk policies and legislation related to the specific contracts and suppliers in the spend scope of the team of Digital & Business Services.

This is where you’ll work

The Procurement department is responsible for Procurement within all Eneco companies and is organized based on the following procurement teams: 'Digital & Business Services', 'Renewable Power', 'Flex', 'Heat', 'Procurement Excellence' and Sustainable procurement reporting to the CPO.

What we have to offer

Personal and professional growth

Eneco is fully committed to help you in your personal and professional development.

Hybrid working, at home or in the office

You work 40% at the office and 40% at home. The other day you decide what works best for you.

Work that works for you and the climate

If you decide on a career at Eneco, you are choosing ambition, growth and opportunities. You will have all the space you want to improve yourself and do your job the way that suits you best, which includes having a good work-life balance. You can work to a flexible schedule and work partly from home if your role allows it. That is how you can work on your own future and on the future of the world. After all, you and your 4,000 colleagues are committed to our mission: climate neutrality by 2035. We assist customers to accelerate their sustainability efforts, devise innovative solutions and seize opportunities with both hands. Are you ready?