Supply Chain Manager Gas & Steam Turbines Global Category d/f/m NEW

Job description

About the Role

• Lead strategic sourcing activities for gas turbines, steam turbines, and gas engines while functionally coordinating across multiple RWE business units, regions, and technology areas.
• Develop, implement, and manage procurement strategies focused on value creation, savings potential, securing capacity, new sourcing channels, supplier engagement, supplier development, and innovation.
• Manage supplier markets through supplier scouting, qualification, global sourcing, competitive supply channel development, and active supplier relationship management.
• Lead the full sourcing process including demand and market analysis, RFI/RFP processes, negotiations, contracting, supplier awarding, and alignment with RWE procurement policies and processes.
• Develop optimised contract templates and commercial frameworks for gas turbines, steam turbines, and gas engines to capture synergies and improve efficiency across technologies and business areas.
• Act as the procurement and commercial point of contact throughout the project delivery lifecycle, managing supply contracts through execution and close-out, including an effective LeLe (Lessons Learned) process and integration of supplier performance insights into future sourcing and supplier management strategies.
• Coordinate interfaces across RWE, including project procurement managers, RWETI Technology pillars, global category managers/directors, finance, engineering, legal, and HSE teams.
• Drive cross-functional and cross-border collaboration while ensuring alignment between OpCo needs, GCD targets, and central procurement processes.

Job requirements and experience

• Strong strategic and analytical thinking with expertise in sourcing and negotiating contracts for power generation equipment, particularly gas turbines, steam turbines, and gas engines.
• Extensive experience in strategic procurement or strategy roles, ideally within gas turbine/engine manufacturing or the power generation industry.
• Proven ability to identify and assess commercial risks and develop effective risk prevention and control strategies in changing market environments.
• Experience drafting, negotiating, and managing major supply, construction, or operational contracts involving high value and complexity.
• Ability to manage multiple contract packages, lead multidisciplinary teams, and coordinate diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Relevant academic background in procurement, economics, engineering, business, or legal disciplines is desirable.
• Strong intercultural understanding and experience working across different cultures and international environments.
• Excellent English communication skills, willingness to travel, and flexibility to support international projects through temporary stays abroad.

RWE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment – we value your passion, your willingness to learn and your desire to thrive. So, if you don’t display all the skills above but think this is the job for you, need flexible working arrangements or adjustmentswhich aren’t outlined already, we would still like to hear from you.

Your benefits

• Competitive salary with attractive additional benefits.
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata.
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family.
• Enhanced parental leave from day 1 of you joining #TeamRWE – For primary care givers, weeks 1-29 will be fully paid and 30-39 paid via SMP. For secondary care givers, you’ll get 12 weeks of fully paid leave.
• One free professional membership subscription.
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme.
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing.
• Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need.
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year.