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Changing how we live today
to help secure our future.
Join us at Gentari to be part of this exciting, purposeful journey towards a cleaner energy future.
Gentarians are passionate about sustainability - our purpose is to solve the world’s most pressing sustainable energy needs. Here at Gentari, we move differently. Teams seek out opportunities to work with one another to achieve shared goals and we trust our people with the freedom and autonomy in ways of working to spur innovative thinking and creativity. We aim to keep good people at the heart of what we do by ensuring that our people feel empowered to chart career paths alongside personal growth. Beyond the promise of an open and flexible work environment, we hope to make Gentari feel like a second home, a place where everyone is valued, and differences are celebrated.
The Category Manager, WTG plays a crucial role in driving category management and supplier relationship management (SRM) for our Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) category. This role ensures we achieve the best value for our investments while upholding the highest standards and integrity in effectively managing Gentari’s corporate spend. The ideal candidate will establish framework agreements, implement standards, processes, and templates, provide comprehensive spend visibility, and oversee the Source-to-Pay (S2P) process for corporate expenditures.
Responsibilities
Category Management:
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Putting Clean Energy Into Action
to help secure our future.
Join us at Gentari to be part of this exciting, purposeful journey towards a cleaner energy future.
Gentarians are passionate about sustainability - our purpose is to solve the world’s most pressing sustainable energy needs. Here at Gentari, we move differently. Teams seek out opportunities to work with one another to achieve shared goals and we trust our people with the freedom and autonomy in ways of working to spur innovative thinking and creativity. We aim to keep good people at the heart of what we do by ensuring that our people feel empowered to chart career paths alongside personal growth. Beyond the promise of an open and flexible work environment, we hope to make Gentari feel like a second home, a place where everyone is valued, and differences are celebrated.
The Category Manager, WTG plays a crucial role in driving category management and supplier relationship management (SRM) for our Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) category. This role ensures we achieve the best value for our investments while upholding the highest standards and integrity in effectively managing Gentari’s corporate spend. The ideal candidate will establish framework agreements, implement standards, processes, and templates, provide comprehensive spend visibility, and oversee the Source-to-Pay (S2P) process for corporate expenditures.
Responsibilities
Category Management:
- Develop and lead the category management strategy for WTG category, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market dynamics;
- Develop WTG tender evaluation criteria;
- Identify cost savings opportunities within category;
- Identify new suppliers and onboarding of new suppliers;
- Identify opportunities for product development or enhancement;
- Prepare reports of category performance through monitoring of market trends analysis, supplier benchmarking, competitor analysis and risk assessments to optimize category performance;
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including sales, supply chain, project development, project delivery and asset management.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure high performance and continuous improvement;
- Implement SRM strategies to enhance supplier collaboration, innovation, and value delivery.
- Oversee the end-to-end S2P process, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and procedures;
- Drive process efficiencies and automation to streamline procurement operations;
- Support tender exercises when required.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive spend analysis and reporting tools to provide visibility into corporate spend;
- Implement Dashboard of relevant information for supervisors and support development of Procurement Dashboard;
- Utilize data analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities and drive strategic decision-making;
- Establish and implement procurement standards, processes, and templates to ensure consistency and efficiency across all procurement activities;
- Continuously improve procurement practices to align with industry best practices and organizational goals.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field;
- Minimum 10 years of proven track record in procurement of WTG, category management, successful supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, and cost savings achievement in renewable energy industry especially in Wind;
- Demonstrated knowledge of Wind technology and costs. Basic knowledge of ancillary technologies (e.g. batteries, T&D networks, hybrids, etc.);
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices in procurement and inventory management;
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, prioritize tasks, and adapt to changing business needs;
- Structured personality, which is systematic and possesses excellent problem-solving skills;
- Must have strong oral and written communication skills and customer focused;
- Must be team oriented with excellent communication and cooperation skills;
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
By applying, you agree that we may collect and process your personal information for employment purposes. Please review our privacy notice for details on how we handle your data. Click here for Gentari Privacy Notice.
Putting Clean Energy Into Action
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