Are you a self-driven, proactive Category Manager, Purchaser, Strategic Buyer or Senior Buyer, experienced within external workforce and consulting, and are you looking for new and exciting challenges? Then this is the perfect opportunity to elevate your career in an ambitious, fast-growing, successful, and market-leading EPC project company.

Your Position

As a Strategic Buyer in our Transitional Energies division, you will become a valuable member of our dedicated Procurement team, working strategically with sourcing and purchasing.

We offer you an interesting and challenging job in an international organization, where we strive to provide innovative and sustainable solutions globally. You will get the unique opportunity to work in an environment characterized by dedication, passion and ambition.

Your place of work will be at our Global HQ located in Esbjerg by the seafront, with one of the best views in the city. The position is full-time, and we offer flexibility in terms of working from home in agreement with your manager.

At Semco Maritime, safety is a core value, and in this role, you will contribute to maintaining and promoting a strong safety culture while delivering innovative solutions. Above all, your work will make a real change for the global energy sector. You will be involved in Procurement activities across complex projects, an exciting opportunity to grow professionally while making meaningful impact.

"Our team is characterized by strong customer focus and cross functional teamwork. We work closely together to deliver on our commitments and make a real impact."  – Lorents Ruby Nielsen, Director, Procurement

Your Tasks & Responsibilities

As our new Strategic Buyer, you will work closely with Operational Support in Transitional Energies, related to Procurement activities on External workforce and Consultancies required from the requestors across Semco. You will take the ownership, develop with your stakeholders and anchor the strategic direction in the area. You will ensure compliance with Semco Maritime Procurement Processes and Procedures.

Your tasks will include, but are not limited to:

• Close collaboration with Operational Support and other Divisions in Semco
• Develop and anchor the sourcing strategies for the area
• Optimizing the supply base together with internal stakeholders
• Contract negotiation & compliance
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Compliance with Semco Maritime Procurement process

Your Profile & Qualifications

We are looking for an outgoing and positive Strategic Buyer, who is passionate about Procurement and eager to leave their personal mark. You are proactive, have an organized approach and have ambition and motivation to improve. You have the drive and like to work in a dynamic organization, where things can move at a high pace.

To succeed in this position, we imagine that you have:

• A relevant education minimum at bachelor level and +5 years of experience within Strategic Procurement.
• Experience with Procurement or Sourcing of external manpower.
• Solid contract negotiation and change management skills.
• Excellent in stakeholder management.
• A solid business understanding.
• Fluency in English at a negotiation level; local language skills are an advantage.

We conduct our interviews on an ongoing basis, so if you are interested, kindly submit your application as soon as possible.

Welcome to Semco Maritime 

At Semco Maritime, we create change. For people. For projects. And for the global energy sector. With us, you will join a community of over 2,500 of the most dedicated thinkers and doers in the energy industry who are driving real change and making their own personal mark on the global energy landscape. 

While everyone knows why the energy transition is vital, we are concerned with the journey. How to get there. By providing the answers needed to make change real. Because we believe that global energy ambitions can only be realized through hard work and clever pragmatic solutions. This is what we do. This is what we invite you to participate in. 

Safety is at the core of everything we do, and we are committed to protecting our people, partners, and the planet as we work towards a sustainable energy future. 

So yes, working for us will change the energy sector – and may well change you too.  

Care to join the movement?

Change. With us.