Senior Buyer

We ARE Renewables; Schiphol; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

We ARE Renewables in the Netherlands is seeking an experienced procurement professional to lead European and national tender processes for large-scale construction, infrastructure, and maintenance projects. You will drive the full procurement cycle, shaping strategy, market approach, evaluation, and award.

The role requires coordinating with legal, technical, and project teams, advising stakeholders, and ensuring compliant, value-driven contracts while prioritizing sustainable supplier

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, contracting, or tendering.
• Experience with consultancy, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or project environments.
• Experience with European tenders and complex procurement processes.
• Strong affinity with technical services, engineering, construction, or infrastructure.
• Proven stakeholder management across multiple levels.
• Experience in supplier management and commercial negotiations.
• Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.

Aufgaben

• Assess and prioritize procurement needs and translate these into market and tender strategies.
• Manage tender and quotation processes for advisory services in construction, infrastructure, engineering, and asset management.
• Advise stakeholders on contract forms, supplier selections, market developments, and commercial considerations.
• Conduct negotiations with suppliers on contractual and commercial terms.
• Collaborate with project teams, asset management, engineering, contract management, and external market parties.
• Contribute to professionalization of supplier management and sustainable partnerships with strategic suppliers.
• Identify market developments and translate them into opportunities and improvement initiatives.
• Support complex investment, replacement, and maintenance projects with market expertise.

Kenntnisse

Procurement

Tendering

Stakeholder mgmt

Negotiations

Sourcing

Analytical skills

Dutch & English

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Jobbeschreibung

Responsible for independently managing complex European and national tender processes within large-scale construction, infrastructure, maintenance, and technical projects. The role covers the full procurement cycle, from developing the tender strategy and market approach through evaluation and award. The ideal candidate is an experienced procurement professional who can manage multiple tenders simultaneously, advise stakeholders, ensure compliance, and coordinate effectively with legal, technical, and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess and prioritize procurement needs and translate these into appropriate market and tender strategies.
• Manage tender and quotation processes for advisory services within construction, infrastructure, installation technology, engineering, and asset management.
• Advise stakeholders on contract forms, supplier selections, market developments, and commercial considerations.
• Conduct negotiations with suppliers regarding contractual and commercial terms.
• Work closely with project teams, asset management, engineering, contract management, and external market parties.
• Contribute to the further professionalization of supplier management and sustainable partnerships with strategic suppliers.
• Identify developments within the consultancy and engineering market and translate these into opportunities and improvement initiatives.
• Support complex investment, replacement, and maintenance projects by making the right expertise available from the market in a timely manner.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree level of work and thinking;
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in sourcing, procurement, contracting, or tendering;
• Experience with consultancy, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or project organizations;
• Experience with European tenders and/or complex commercial procurement processes;
• Affinity with technical services, engineering, construction, or infrastructure;
• Demonstrable experience with stakeholder management at various levels;
• Experience with supplier management and commercial negotiations;
• Good command of the Dutch and English languages, both written and spoken;
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate complex issues into practical solutions;
• A proactive and results-oriented work attitude;
• Experience within complex environments with multiple stakeholders is a strong advantage.