Commercial Manager

Do you want to shape the future?

We are offering an exciting opportunity as Commercial Manager to be an important part in paving the way for Vattenfall and its customers and partners towards a fossil free future! 

As Commercial Manager you will be part of Central Commercial Management team in Commercial Management. You main responsibility will be to support and facilitate O&M Concepts and O&M Product projects as well as the commercial and contractual support towards targets and strategy, tender process, negotiations and finalization of contracts.

Join our journey towards Fossil Freedom.   

The Commercial Management is part of Operational Excellence group along with Process Management and Performance Analysis and Improvements. Operational Excellence is in charge of driving maturity in Operation and Maintenance and Commercial Management plays an important role in this. In Commercial Management we support the business by optimizing our contractual coverage, ensuring our commitment to our contractual obligations and aiming for improvement on our day-to-day cost.

What will you do?

• Keep close alignment with O&M Concept Director and Category Manager to provide support on commercial/contractual issues and for meetings
• Maintain close alignment with Risk Managers during project evaluations
• Responsible for CoC of contract standard for the large O&M CAPEX contracts
• Ensure alignment across all CAPEX contracts (horizontal), vertical alignment and quality (consistency)
• Collect lessons learned from Commercial Managers in Generation for continuous improvement
• Develop, draft and adapt CoC to the current market situation to make it fit for purpose
• Alignment meetings with all Commercial Managers for improvements, framework and negotiation guidelines regarding contract standards and sparring on challenging topics
• Supporting in comparison/evaluation of commercial deviation lists (toward set targets and strategy), during negotiations and supporting in finalization of contracts (ensuring fit with operations) as part of the launch team and handover to Generation

Location  
The work location can be Hamburg in Germany, Amsterdam in the Netherland, Kolding in Denmark and London in UK. Some travel (20 to 25 days a year) have to be expected.

For succeeding in the role

You have the ability to make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. You are consistently setting goals for yourself and taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a high energy, and enthusiasm. Likewise, you have an adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. You have the ability to rebound from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.

You can easily build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. You can relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. You can anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Furthermore, you have:

• A degree in a commercial subject, legal, engineering or equivalent 
• Commercial contract management experience in the offshore wind industry
• Stakeholder engagement and management skills that enables you work closely and successfully with suppliers and other external and internal stakeholders
• Effective negotiation skills
• Interest in strategic commercial management
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills
• experience in Power BI is an advantage

Are you looking for more than just a job? Our involvement at every stage of projects means you’ll be able to find your element working with the power of wind and solar in a role where your skills and experience will be leveraged to the maximum.

You’ll benefit from limitless opportunities to grow in your element through learning and development and to expand your horizons working across our diverse portfolio.

We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths.

The scale of our ambition means we need to bring together people from many different backgrounds and experiences. You will be part of a growing team of 1,700+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities where our positive approach to diversity is reflected in the fact that more than a quarter of staff are women.

More Information 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact the recruiter Antje Niklas Rehn via mail: [email protected].  

We welcome your application in English, including CV and Cover Letter (stating your motivation). We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website. We recommend to apply as soon as possible as we will close the position for application when we have found the right candidate.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information. 

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata. 

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation. 

We look forward to receiving your application!