Strategic Project Buyer

Fitura; Arnhem; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fitura is seeking a Strategic Project Buyer in Arnhem to lead offshore cable procurement from evaluation to award. You will coordinate with the UK partner and engage a cross-functional team of project professionals, stakeholders, and suppliers to ensure timely, compliant outcomes.

Fluency in Dutch and English is essential, with regular travel to the UK. Initially on-site in Arnhem, with potential hybrid arrangements as the project evolves.

Qualifications

• Experience as a strategic buyer with complex (infrastructure) tenders, preferably in the field of cables.
• Minimum HBO level with relevant purchasing training.
• A good command of both Dutch and English is important due to contact with partners in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Continue and lead an ongoing procurement process for an offshore cable connection, from evaluation of offers to drafting the award proposal.
• Coordinate the procurement process with the project partner in England.
• Act as the primary point of contact for this procurement process.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary project team, internal stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Contribute to other procurement activities within the same project.
• You work closely with project teams, internal stakeholders, suppliers, and external project partners.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Tender management

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Higher professional education (HBO)

Job description

Strategic Project Buyer

• Location: Arnhem
• Language: Dutch is a must; English is nice to have

You will be working within the Offshore unit. Within this unit, work is carried out on the realization of offshore grid connections that contribute to a reliable and sustainable energy supply.

The Strategic Project Buyer will be responsible for:

• Continuing and leading an ongoing procurement process for an offshore cable connection, from the evaluation of offers up to and including the drafting of the award proposal.
• Coordinating the procurement process with the project partner in England.
• Acting as the primary point of contact for this procurement process.
• Working closely with the multidisciplinary project team, internal stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Contributing to other procurement activities within the same project.
• You work closely with project teams, internal stakeholders, suppliers, and external project partners.

The Strategic Project Buyer will ideally have the following skills:

• Relevant experience as a strategic buyer with complex (infrastructure) tenders, preferably in the field of cables.
• Minimum higher professional education (HBO) working and thinking level, supplemented with relevant purchasing training.
• A good command of both Dutch and English is important, due to contact with partners in the UK.

Competencies:

• Result-oriented and customer-oriented attitude.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• A careful and analytical working method.
• Strong communication skills and persuasiveness.
• The ability to form an independent, well-founded judgment.

Practical info:

• Interviews will take place on November 5 or 6, preferably at a location in Arnhem.
• This assignment requires regular travel to the United Kingdom (London, Birmingham). International travel expenses can be reimbursed.
• The base location is Arnhem. In the initial phase, the Strategic Buyer is expected on-site here for at least three days a week (at least Monday and Tuesday). In the later phase of the project, more working from home is possible if the project permits. Flexibility is expected in this regard.