**Onboarding You To The Company**
At Nexans our global vision is to electrify the future. In Power Transmission, this means delivering the world’s longest and most complex HV subsea and land cable systems to connect nations and drive the global energy transition. We deliver EPCI turnkey projects anywhere in the world. This means we have the best tools, equipment and people with competence and skillset to produce, install and service those cables.
**CHOOSING NEXANS**
At Nexans, your work powers the global transition to renewable energy. We offer meaningful careers with purpose, backed by over a century of expertise in electrification. You’ll benefit from flexible work options, international mobility, strong development programs, private health insurance, competitive pensions, company cabins, and a culture that values inclusion, innovation, and wellbeing. Join us to electrify the future!
**WELCOMING YOU TO THE TEAM**
You will join the Purchasing organization within Power Transmission, based in Oslo, Norway, and report to the Purchasing Team Lead.
The Purchasing team supports Power Transmission projects globally and is responsible for purchasing activities related to project execution, excluding raw materials and chartering. You will work closely with project teams, tender teams, engineering, sales, and other support functions to ensure efficient and compliant purchasing operations.
**How You Make An Impact**
As a Senior Purchaser, you are responsible for executing purchasing activities for assigned packages, ensuring alignment with project requirements, client expectations, and Nexans standards.
**Your Main Responsibilities Include**
- Managing several purchasing packages simultaneously in accordance with the Nexans Project Model and Purchasing Operating Model
- Executing purchasing activities including supplier sourcing, selection, cost evaluation, negotiations, and purchase order placement
- Implementing purchasing strategies adapted to the complexity of assigned packages
- Supporting the Purchasing Team Lead and Purchasing Manager with cost analysis, market analysis, tender preparation, and negotiations
- Participating in project and purchasing meetings such as clarifications, negotiations, supplier kick-offs, and risk reviews
- Ensuring suppliers are qualified and participating in supplier audits when required
- Following up on suppliers, contracts, invoicing, and deliveries
- Ensuring all purchasing documentation is stored in PLM systems in line with Nexans procedures
- Ensuring compliance with Nexans Corporate Purchasing Rules, General Management Procedures, and the Group Code of Ethics
You boost your impact by actively promoting Quality and HSE.
**YOUR STARTING POINT**
We know the best candidates don’t always meet every requirement, but the following background will help you succeed:
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or related field
- 5 years of experience in Procurement, Category Management, or Supply Chain; project purchasing experience is an advantage
- Proven record in negotiations or commercial achievements is a plus
- Experience from international or industrial environments is an advantage
- Familiarity with SAP; BI and Ariba knowledge is a plus
- Structured, proactive, and results-oriented
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Fluent in English; Norwegian and/or French is an advantage
- Personal values aligned with Nexans: Pioneer, Dedicated, United
**OUR GROWTH CULTURE**
Among our employees we share the same values- we are pioneers of the energy transition, dedicated to deliver to the highest standards of performance united to achieve our ambitious goal.
At the individual level our growth culture is built on trust and collaboration. We wish to welcome you as a valuable member of our team. To enable impact we believe in autonomy at the local level at same time as we encourage knowledge sharing within our global engineering competence