Principal
The company is owned by a private investor “at a distance,” is located near Haarlem, and has about 150 employees.
There are small branches in Houten and in Frankfurt (D).
Over the past 5 years, sales have grown from € 50 mio.
to € 100 mio.
Goal in 5 years is a turnover of € 150 mio.
The company produces emergency power systems with the size of a shipping container and a value of approx.
€ 1 mio.
each, always customized (engineer-to-order) and, to a lesser extent, large batteries for electricity storage (BESS, Battery Energy Storage System).
It supplies these mainly to customers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece and Kenya.
A smaller market is e.g.
France. All systems supplied by the company are installed and delivered on site by its own employees.
Maintenance is also done in the Netherlands by its own employees, internationally by service partners. Delivery of new systems has sales of approx.
€ 85 mio.
and maintenance a turnover of approx.
€ 15 mio.
Procurement
The Purchasing Manager reports to the Operations Director and is responsible for:
- Procurement
- Warehouse
- Facility
- Quality
The procurement team manages a spend of approx.
€ 65 mio.
and consists of:
- Strategic buyer projects
- Tactical service buyer (this job posting)
- Operational buyer
- Trainee – deals with certification of goods, export documents, the processes and is key-user MS Business Central (the ERP system).
Function
As a result of internationalization and the growth of the organization’s activities, this vacancy has arisen.
It is therefore a new position.
Emergency power installations need to function at the moment the normal electricity supply fails.
Therefore, a very regular check on functioning (preventive maintenance) is required, in addition to any corrective maintenance.
Abroad, this is done by service partners.
To date, the “service coordinators” and service sales people have selected the service partners abroad and made arrangements with them.
This task will shift to your position. In order to guarantee that service partners do a good job, a technician from their own organization is currently present at every customer visit (abroad).
This is an undesirable situation that must become a thing of the past through proper (contractual) agreements and good supplier management. Some operational agreements have been made with the current service partners, but it is important that these agreements be expanded, contractualized and then monitored/measured whether agreements are met.
Finally, agreements and performance with service partners will need to be reviewed and discussed on a regular basis.
Agreements concern e.g. the possible use of third parties (subcontractors) by the service partners, the delivery of a report per customer visit and about the way of invoicing. It is also currently the case that service partners themselves purchase the parts required for maintenance.
Almost no agreements have been made on this yet.
It is important that certified and documented parts are used and that they also comply with local regulations. In order to have sufficient “leverage” toward the service partners, the desire is to bring some form of competition into the cooperation by selecting and contracting additional parties. In regions without service partners where new systems are sold and installed, service partners will have to be sought, selected and contracted. You will redesign and organize the supply chain for parts (parts) with the goal of guaranteed quality, fast response time and higher margin. In principle, all changes in the process of maintenance (abroad m.o.) are currently negotiable. Your main stakeholder is the service organization.
Obviously, senior management is also an important stakeholder of yours.
You are part of the scrum, planning and sales meetings. International travel is part of your job for approximately 20% of your time.
Your profile
- HBO working/thinking level
- Sound experience in a technical procurement function and with maintenance processes, at a tactical level
- Strategic thinker, some experience with change management (processes and/or supply chain)
- Communicative strong, in English and Dutch
- Willing to travel + in possession of a driver’s license
Offer
- Salary up to €75K gross/year (full-time basis), depending on your experience and background
- Preferably a full-time contract
- CAO Metaal Techniek – Technical Installation Companies.
- Company car (electric/hybrid)
- Pension covered by PMT
- 30 vacation days per year in case of full-time employment; opportunity to purchase additional days
- Starts with one-year contract; intent to permanent position
- Home work policy: upon request, you can occasionally work from home.
