Head of Strategic Procurement (m/f) – Energy and Environmental Technology
Build a sourcing strategy for projects that need to work for the long term.
Your role
We are looking for a Head of Strategic Procurement for an energy and environmental technology company in the Rhine-Main region. You connect international supply markets with the needs of a technical project business. The focus is on robust sourcing decisions, early supplier involvement and a team that turns individual requirements into a shared procurement agenda. You look beyond the next award to consider capacity, commercial risk and the long-term development of the supply base.
Your responsibilities
- Develop an international sourcing strategy and align categories with project and business requirements.
- Lead strategic procurement and develop the team’s methods and professional capabilities.
- Consolidate recurring requirements and establish suitable framework agreements for project delivery.
- Develop strategic supplier relationships and assess capacity and dependencies ahead of demand.
- Work early with project management and engineering, bringing sourcing considerations into decisions.
- Prepare complex awards and negotiations, making commercial effects and risks transparent.
What you bring
- At least seven years in strategic procurement and demonstrated leadership experience.
- Experience in technical project business, ideally energy, environmental technology or plant engineering.
- Confidence in international negotiations, category strategies and supplier relationship development.
- The ability to connect long-term goals with project deadlines and competing stakeholder priorities.
- Business-fluent German and English, with willingness to travel internationally for approximately 20% of working time.
Your opportunity to make an impact
You can position strategic procurement as an early partner to project teams. Your contribution is a function that anticipates requirements instead of responding only once specifications are complete. You bring consistency to recurring decisions while allowing room for project-specific solutions. Impact comes when your team develops better options and works with engineering and project managers to put them into practice, rather than leaving a strategy at presentation stage.
Your working arrangements
- Industry: Energy and environmental technology.
- Region: Rhine-Main region.
- Contract: Permanent.
- Weekly hours: 40 hours.
- Start: By agreement.
- Working model: Up to 50% remote, aligned with projects and the team.
- Benefits: 30 days annual leave; professional and leadership development; flexible hours; company pension.
Apply through DP
You are applying for a specific position with a client company. Dümpelfeld Partners supports recruitment; the client company will be your employer. Its name remains confidential in the public advert. We share your full CV with the client only with your explicit consent for that disclosure. Apply through the form with your CV; no cover letter or account is required. You are welcome to include your professional focus and availability. The reference number is assigned automatically. Joining the talent pool is a separate, optional choice and is not a condition of this application. For questions about the role, contact [email protected].
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to come directly from the energy sector?
Sector experience is useful. The key capability is connecting technical project requirements, international suppliers and long-term sourcing decisions.
How does this differ from a general Head of Procurement role?
The emphasis is strategic sourcing, category management and supplier development within project business. Operational interfaces matter but are not the sole focus.
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