Project Management Strategic Procurement / Purchasing in the Energy Sector

Project overview

+ Analysis of existing approaches and development of recommendations for the further development of the Category Strategy. The strategy should address three central objectives: + Reduction of the cost position across the entire category + Ensuring capacity and delivery capability against the backdrop of increasing expansion volumes + Harmonization and controllability of awarding, lot, and supplier structures across the network companies.

+ Development of recommendations for suitable procurement and awarding models per sub-category, including framework agreements, project business, turn-key/EPC approaches, and hybrid models. Furthermore, the contractor will develop proposals for a smart lot logic, particularly regarding the separation of trades, the bundling of multiple substations, and possible multi-lot scenarios. + To further develop the Category Strategy, options for bundling or regionalization will be evaluated based on purchasing power, market structure, and capacity impact.

+ Recommendations for the segmentation and further development of the supplier landscape as well as for the design of supplier roles as pure executors or strategic partners. + Development of approaches for long-term capacity assurance and optimization of value chain depth. + Evaluation of capacity reservation models, supplier development approaches, early awarding strategies, as well as the analysis of suitable models for the selective expansion or development of internal capacities. + Creation of recommendations for the balance between standardized technical requirements and necessary regional flexibility.

+ The contractor analyzes and evaluates benchmark and best-practice approaches from comparable industries and programs, examines their transferability to the specific requirements of the category, and derives concrete action options and solution approaches from them. Existing strategies and assumptions should be specifically confirmed, supplemented, or critically questioned.

Requirements

Must-haves: + Strategic procurement and category management expertise + Many years of experience in the development and transformation of category and procurement strategies in complex organizations and large spend categories. + Industry knowledge infrastructure and energy + Proven experience in the energy, infrastructure, and network environment, especially with large-volume expansion and transformation programs.

+ Awarding and sourcing models + Expertise in the development and evaluation of procurement and awarding models, including EPC/turn-key approaches, multi-lot strategies, smart lotting, framework agreements, and hybrid models. + Supplier strategy and capacity management + Experience in supplier consolidation, supplier segmentation, capacity assurance, supplier development, and the establishment of resilient supplier and partner networks.

+ Benchmarking and best-practice transfer + Ability to analyze market and industry benchmarks and transfer successful models and approaches from comparable infrastructure industries. + Strategy implementation and performance management + Experience in the development of target images, transformation roadmaps, business cases, KPI systems, TCO analysis, and control models for large procurement organizations.

+ Management consulting and executive sparring + Several years of experience in strategy consulting or as a Senior Industry Expert, as well as the ability to act as an independent sparring partner for executives in complex matrix organizations. Industry experience: Energy Required language skills: German, English Additional information: Project No.: 1085052 Job Type: Location: Start: 23.11.2026 Duration: 6 months

Project details

• Start: 23.11.2026
• Duration: 6 Monate
• Location: DE
• Languages: German, English