Senior Purchasing Lead — Sustainable Projects

Grundfos; Bjerringbro; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonuses

Health insurance

Volunteering days

Flexible work arrangement

Job summary

Grundfos is seeking a Senior Purchasing Project Manager in Bjerringbro, Denmark. You will lead end-to-end purchasing activities across major development projects, crafting and representing Group Purchasing strategies and deliverables to ensure on-time, budget-aware product launches.

You will influence supplier selection, drive cost optimization, and enhance supply chain resilience. Strong project management and negotiation skills are essential in a global manufacturing context.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in purchasing, strategic sourcing, or procurement within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven experience managing purchasing activities in cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• End-to-end supply chain understanding - from supplier to assembly.
• Engineering/operations knowledge to navigate as Project Manager in development of new products & solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Purchasing deliverables in the development and launch of new products & solutions
• Lead Purchasing Project plans, Resource plans and Risk mitigation plans
• Represent Group Purchasing in cross-functional Project management teams having the overall full responsibility for what it takes to develop and launch new products & solutions
• Support and drive enhancing Grundfos’ end-to-end supply chain by influencing supplier selection, supply chain resilience and sustainability ambitions in the development projects
• Develop sourcing tactics aligned with project timelines, budgets, and quality requirements
• Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, and project management teams to ensure smooth delivery of purchasing objectives
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier assessments and contingency planning
• Drive cost optimization initiatives and monitor purchasing KPIs to achieve project targets

Skills

Purchasing

Strategic sourcing

Project management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

Grundfos is seeking a Senior Purchasing Project Manager in Bjerringbro, Denmark. You will lead end-to-end purchasing activities across major development projects, crafting and representing Group Purchasing strategies and deliverables to ensure on-time, budget-aware product launches.

You will influence supplier selection, drive cost optimization, and enhance supply chain resilience. Strong project management and negotiation skills are essential in a global manufacturing context.