Our client is an international renewable player looking for a procurement director to overlook offshore wind projects in APAC.

Main Responsibilities 

• Provide leadership, direction and guidance in understanding offshore wind supply chain markets and lead and/or participate in negotiation of contracts and inform other strategic decisions with regard to relationships with suppliers in support of offshore wind projects. 
• Provide leadership, direction and guidance on all procurement issues, playing a pivotal role in Project areas such as: Legal, Finance, Wind Assessment, Technical, Project Management, etc. 
• Develops contracting strategies and processes for tendering Requests for Proposals (RFPs), reviewing vendor proposals, and negotiating contracts that result in the best value possible 
• Responsible for definition and execution of negotiation strategies for each of the project contracting packages 
• Challenge scope specifications to determine where unnecessary costs can be eliminated and more value can be achieved. 
• Accountability for negotiating key supply chain agreements as well as for maintaining relationships and mutual understanding with the key industrial suppliers at executive level. Key industrial agreements refer to critical suppliers, such as the Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) supplier, the foundations supplier, Electrical packages, harbours, etc 
• Liaise with end users to develop and review technical scope/commercial packages for competitive tender events. 
• Be responsible for reporting to the Project Director, the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors (by invitation) on the Commercial function’s achievements against objectives (using a dashboard with key indicators linked to the function’s objectives) 
• Be accountable for team management, performance management and people development of all Commercial function staff