Buyer with responsibility and development opportunities - Give Steel A/S in Brande

• Are you an energetic and goal-oriented purchaser who possesses good commercial sense?
• Do you have strong technical understanding, and are you passionate about purchasing, negotiating and development?
• Do you want to learn from some of Denmark’s most experienced buyers of structural steel?
• And would you, as one of Give Steel’s primary steel purchasers, have the strategic and operational responsibility for the company’s steel purchasing?

Then you now have the opportunity for an exciting newly created position as a purchaser with our client Give Steel A/S in Brande.

Give Steel A/S has established itself as a leading producer of steel constructions. The company is growing in all areas with a particular focus on large Northern European construction projects and today delivers to some of Scandinavia/Northern Europe’s largest developers.

At Give Steel, high ambitions go hand in hand with a culture characterised by influence and freedom with responsibility. Employees get the opportunity to shape development and work with exciting, challenging tasks.

Purchaser with an overview and business sense As a purchaser you will be based in Brande. You will report directly to the Head of Purchasing and become part of an experienced purchasing team of six employees. You will work together with some of Denmark’s most experienced buyers of structural steel and learn everything there is to know about steel purchasing in depth.

From day one you will receive close professional sparring with the current steel purchasers and accompany on visits to mills, wholesalers and suppliers. As you build the necessary knowledge, you gradually take over the strategic and operational purchasing responsibilities.

The Purchasing Department buys several hundred million Danish kroner annually. You will have the opportunity to influence both the department’s strategic development and the continued optimization of processes, systems and warehousing conditions.

Give Steel processes up to 54,000 tons of steel per year and purchases structural steel from European wholesalers and rolling mills. Small price differences per ton have a large financial impact when purchasing for projects of several thousand tons. You will play a central role at the crossroads between project managers, sales, production and suppliers and must ensure that quality, price and delivery are aligned.

Your primary tasks will be to

• Manage the strategic and operational purchasing of structural steel
• Negotiate daily prices, framework orders and purchasing agreements with wholesalers and steel mills, and take over responsibility for annual negotiations and year agreements
• Establish, maintain and renegotiate purchasing agreements – both within steel and related categories such as galvanizing, welding wire, grates, guards and subcontracting services
• Create an overview of project pipelines and upcoming purchasing needs and prioritise purchases in close collaboration with project managers, production and warehousing
• Monitor market developments and ensure that the sales department has updated steel prices as the basis for quotes
• Develop and streamline purchasing processes through increased systematisation and digitalisation
• Build knowledge of ESG and translate it into concrete commercial choices in collaboration with the suppliers

With good commercial sense and strong negotiation skills you will reach the goal You will likely come from a position within purchasing, sales or project procurement in the steel, metal or another technical industry. The key is that you are a skilled negotiator, possess good commercial sense, and understand the relationship between price formation, volume and timing.

We expect that you

• Have solid experience with purchasing, sales or project procurement, preferably from a production- or project-oriented company
• Have good technical understanding and preferably experience in reading technical drawings
• Have experience with purchasing steel or a motivation to build strong specialist knowledge in the field
• Have solid IT skills, including experience with Excel and ERP systems
• Communicate professionally in Danish and English with suppliers in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe

As a person you are self-assured and can build the necessary professional and commercial weight with wholesalers and mills. You keep an overview when several projects require your attention simultaneously, and you can prioritise in a daily life where needs change.

You are curious and development-oriented. You are eager to learn from experienced specialists but also bring your own experience into play and contribute ideas for better processes and workflows. At the same time you communicate naturally with project managers, salespeople, production colleagues and the suppliers’ decision-makers.

The company offers With Give Steel A/S you become part of an owner-managed, solution- and development-oriented company with an informal tone and good camaraderie. The company has a flat structure, dynamism and short path to action.

You will have an exciting and varied daily life in an environment that continually focuses on employees’ development and well-being. You will have responsibility, flexibility and influence, and you will encounter an openness in the company to share knowledge and help each other to achieve targets.

You will get a good start with a structured onboarding process and close sparring with experienced steel purchasers. Thereafter you will have a clear development path towards taking responsibility for the entire purchasing process as one of the company’s primary steel purchasers.

Modern growth company with focus on CO₂ reduction and social responsibility Give Steel A/S is one of Northern Europe’s leading suppliers of steel constructions for the construction industry. Since 2003 the company has grown to more than 500 employees. The company’s main domicile and production are located in Brande, while sales and technology are in Frichsparken in Aarhus, and the BIM & Structural Design department in Poland.

Give Steel’s steel constructions are used for both public and private building projects, including data centres, logistics centres, industrial buildings, commercial construction and projects with environmental certifications.

All constructions are produced in Brande in a high-tech production environment with a focus on structural optimization and CO₂ reduction. In recent years more than 200 million Danish kroner have been invested in production, raw materials, sales and digital tools.

Under the WeGrowPeople ambition, the company works on developing its employees both professionally and personally at all levels of the organisation.

The company has committed to Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and is also behind GROW and the Social Sustainability Calculator, which is a tool to document the social value of apprentices and social employment.

Internationally, the company has been recognised for several structural designs and has received several awards for its social initiatives. Read more about Give Steel: Give Steel A/S - a leading producer of steel constructions and Give Steel A/S | LinkedIn .

For concrete projects see: https://givesteel.com/referencer/ .

Has the position interested you? We look forward to receiving your motivated CV, where you describe your relevant competencies and your motivation to apply for the position. Applications are not required.

We wish to fill the position as soon as possible and therefore conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. The recruitment process ends when we have found the right candidate, so please send your CV today.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Recruiter Christina Smedegaard at phone +45 42 80 10 50 or email [email protected] .

We look forward to hearing from you!