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**RWE Renewables Americas LLC, Austin**

**To start on 04/01/2022 or To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent**

Responsible for the company-wide management of purchasing Spares and services for Operations. Be the front end contact and support for operations across the Americas. Ability to manage of spare parts and services for wind (onshore and off-shore), solar, and energy storage electric generating facilities.

**Your Futre Plans:**

* Min 5 years, preferred 7 (post degree) years working experience in construction, energy, chemical or other industry with large, capital investment projects, with a focus on procurement or contract management.

* First-hand experience with Purchasing and contracts.

* Familiarity with working on SAP ERP systems to develop and efficient process for ordering and tracking spare parts hands on experience desired in SAP.

* University degree minimum, extensive work experience in Procurement. Engineering degree will be an advantage.

* Background Engineer/Technical, Business Administration, Legal or Economics. However, a track record of success is more important than former positions or educational background.

* Fluent English speaker. German / Spanish or other language skills would be an advantage.

* Willingness to travel in North America as required.

* Good problem identification and solving skills

* Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate at a high level with internal and external decision makers.

* Ability to influence people and decisions to drive high performance and result orientation

* Lead projects of moderate scope and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

* Very strong commercial acumen and ability to develop cost models and cost benefit analysis.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**

* Day to Day management of Purchasing activities which includes the parts and services associated with installing the parts for the RWE renewables Americas LLC business encompassing onshore, offshore wind farms and Solar farms in the Americas.

* The focus shall be to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for parts.

* Ensure compliance with Procurement policy and processes.

* Track and ensure achievement of forecasted value and savings targets including productivity plans with suppliers, including clearing of Purchase requisitions on a daily basis

* Ensure interfaces with Key internal stakeholders to optimise cost & efficiencies of each operational site.

* Clearly ensure day to day management of Requests and develop scope of work jointly with internal customers to mitigate risks.

* Drive negotiations to the point of contract award with the technical / asset management teams.

* Build and maintain effective supplier relationships to ensure that their performance consistently meets, and at times exceed, business expectations.

* Develop strong and effective internal relationships with all levels of the business to ensure that business requirements are reflected within contractual documentation.

* Supplier management, negotiations for key contracts and claim management / negotiations with suppliers.

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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the worlds leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWEs youngest subsidiary and one of the worlds leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.