Required Qualification

Responsibilities

Market analysis and procurement strategy

• Work closely with the technical and asset management departments of both compagnies to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Group's long-term requirements for strategic electrical equipment

• Continuously analyse the global market for strategic electrical equipment — monitoring market dynamics, supplier landscape evolution, capacity constraints, technology shifts, and geopolitical factors affecting supply chains for critical infrastructure components

• Develop and maintain the medium- to long-term procurement plan for strategic electrical equipment, aligned with the Group's infrastructure investment pipeline and sustainability objectives

• Define and implement procurement strategies in coordination with internal technical, asset management, legal, and sustainability stakeholders across Brussels and Berlin

• Actively contribute to the implementation of the Group's sustainable procurement policies — integrating environmental, social, and governance criteria into procurement strategies and tender evaluation

EU procurement procedures — primary workload (~80% of role)

• Lead European Union public procurement procedures for strategic electrical equipment from end to end — this represents approximately 80% of the role. The Group, as a regulated utility, is subject to EU procurement rules (Utilities Directive) for above-threshold contracts, which requires formally structured and legally compliant tender processes.

• Define selection and award criteria in coordination with internal technical and legal stakeholders — ensuring criteria are technically sound, legally defensible, and aligned with the Group's procurement strategy

• Draft and manage procurement documentation: tender specifications, qualification questionnaires, technical requirements, evaluation matrices, and contract templates

• Manage the full tender process: publication, candidate prequalification, Q&A management, bid evaluation (technical and commercial), negotiation, and contract award

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of internal procurement processes, methods, and tools based on lessons learned from EU procedures — optimise workflow efficiency and template quality

• Depending on experience: take full autonomous responsibility for a complete family of strategic assets — owning the procurement strategy, procedure, and supplier relationship for that equipment category

Cross-entity collaboration and synergies

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across different countries — technical departments, asset management, legal, finance, and sustainability teams at both compagnies

• Actively contribute to building procurement synergies and best practices between the clients — sharing market intelligence, harmonising processes, and identifying joint sourcing opportunities where appropriate

• Manage relationships with an international supplier base — engaging with manufacturers and suppliers across Europe and globally for strategic electrical equipment

Requirements

Education

Master's degree in engineering or technical studies (electrical, electromechanical, civil, industrial) — or a Master's in economics, business, or law with a strong technical focus demonstrated through relevant internships or prior professional experience in an engineering or infrastructure context

Experience

• 2 to 5 years of professional experience in a procurement, public tendering, project management, or technical context. Prior experience with EU procurement procedures (Utilities Directive or Public Sector Directive) is a strong differentiator — the ability to structure and manage compliant EU procurement procedures from day one is the core technical skill the role demands.

• Affinity with legal terminology and contract negotiation — the role involves drafting and negotiating procurement contracts that are legally complex and carry significant financial and operational consequences for the Group

• Knowledge of Ariba (procurement platform) is an asset — Our client uses Ariba for procurement operations

• Knowledge of German is an asset for interaction with the 50Hertz team in Berlin

Languages — mandatory

Trilingual French / Dutch / English is mandatory for this role. One of these must be a mother tongue; the other two must be at C1 level (fluent, autonomous use in a professional context). All three are actively used in the role: French and Dutch for Belgian internal stakeholder engagement; English for Group-level communication, international supplier management.

• French: mandatory at mother tongue or C1 level

• Dutch: mandatory at mother tongue or C1 level

• English: mandatory at C1 level – Group working language and primary language for EU procurement documentation and supplier communication

Profile

• Organised and structured: EU procurement procedures are governed by strict legal timelines, documentation requirements, and procedural constraints — the Strategic Buyer must manage multiple concurrent procedures without missing deadlines or introducing procedural non-conformities

• Autonomous and initiative-driven: the role requires the ability to independently drive procurement procedures from strategy through award, engage stakeholders proactively, and solve problems without waiting for direction

• Resilient under pressure: procurement procedures for strategic infrastructure assets are politically visible, commercially sensitive, and legally contested — the Buyer must maintain rigour and composure under pressure

• Analytical and result-oriented: bid evaluation, market analysis, and strategy definition require rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis — the Buyer must be comfortable with structured data and capable of translating analysis into actionable decisions

• Willing to travel a few times per year to Berlin for collaboration with the 50Hertz team

• Flexible on hybrid working: The client's remote work policy applies — the role is not fully remote; regular office presence in Brussels is expected

• Non-EU candidates: must hold a valid Belgian work permit and residence permit at time of engagement