Company Description

Welcome to Kanadevia Inova, a global innovation leader in the waste infrastructure space, where we believe in creating a sustainable future through technology and innovation.

Transforming Waste into Value

At Kanadevia Inova, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of waste-to-X technology. We are not just waste managers; we are creators of value from what communities discard. Your role at Kanadevia Inova directly contributes to turning something once considered useless - waste - into something invaluable: energy, heat, hydrogen, fertilizer, and beyond..

Find out more about Kanadevia Inova at www.kanadevia-inova.com.

Job Description

Procurement Operations & Efficiency

• Execute and oversee project-specific procurement, including supplier selection, purchase order processing, and contract execution.
• Maintains the supplier relationship for all assigned lots, requesting sourcing and category management group's support when supplier base needs improvement or significant changes are observed.
• Support procurement operations team in achieving key performance indicators (KPIs) related to time, quality, cost, and sustainability.
• Ensure strict adherence to compliance frameworks, procurement policies, and risk management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maximize procurement efficiency.

Supplier Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with all suppliers to ensure long-term partnerships.
• Lead contract negotiations including purchase orders, change orders and claims to optimize the price and conclude favorable contractual terms for KVI.
• Ensure supplier's compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and ethical sourcing standards.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Management

• Work closely with engineering, construction, project, sourcing & category management teams, among others, to ensure smooth contract execution and support implementation of procurement strategies.
• Effectively support project requirements and their implementation in supplier contracts.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects and internal SCM projects as representative of Procurement Operations Team.
• Share know-how across the team members and extended operations team globally.
• Identify, engage, and develop stakeholder management strategies to enhance procurement's impact within the organization.

Leadership

• Mentor procurement team members as required across various regions and business units.
• Oversee workload situation together with direct manager and support where necessary within available spare capacity.
• Contribute to define Procurement Operation's specific KPIs and performance metrics to measure success for the allocated lots.
• Foster a culture of continuous compliance, improvement, innovation, and excellence in procurement.
• Participate in trainings and leverage the acquired know-how over extended team to enhance team performance.

Communication & Promotion

• Prepare thoroughly the award meetings and every meeting with internal or external stakeholder. Collect and present relevant data to support data-based decisions.
• Communicate and promote procurement operations role and capabilities to all stakeholders involved, foster collaboration, efficiency and harmonization.
• Leverage data-driven analysis to support improvements within SCM.
• Be able to adapt the communication style to different stakeholder levels.

Process & Tools Optimization

• Actively support the implementation of lean processes.
• Support introduction of automation tools and innovative technologies to improve efficiency.
• Benchmark procurement operations against industry best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• University, MBA or High School degree in Supply Chain, Engineering or related fields
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar position
• Successful proven working experience as Procurement Manager, Project Manager or other related fields ideally within EPC, Energy from waste or Power sector.
• Advanced negotiation skills (Iterative Procurement & Claims management)
• Knowledge of Supply Chain processes
• Knowledge of company tools and eProcurement solutions (ERP, Ms Office, ...)

Additional Information

• Entrepreneurial and growth mindset
• Workload management
• Multicultural experience
• Good technical and product understanding,
• Proven skills in: contract negotiation, communication and presentation, organizational and analytics, change management, stakeholders management and problem- solving mindset, ideally skilled in project management
• Critical thinker, resilient, curious and creative, eager to succeed
• Good social skills and impeccable reputation for integrity
• Multilingual with professional English (B2 - C1)

Willing to travel 30-40%

For HR agencies: Please note that we do not accept applications coming from agencies. Thank you.