Purchasing Manager

Are you driven by development and purchasing processes? Do you want to contribute to value creation by developing our purchasing work with a strategic approach in a customer-owned, appreciated company that has one of Sweden's strongest brands? Then you should read on!

About the Role

As a Purchasing Manager with us, you will have a central role in our operations and you will be involved in developing the company's purchasing work and supplier management process. You will work both strategically and operationally and become an important link between the business operations and the legal department to ensure that our agreements and purchasing processes maintain high quality and comply with applicable legislation.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Responsibility for governing documents regarding the company's purchasing process
• Drafting agreements and contract templates
• Supporting contract managers in their purchases and procurements
• Contact person and process manager with authorities (e.g., the Consumer Agency, the Competition Authority, etc.)
• Developing and implementing purchasing plans and purchasing strategies
• Structuring and negotiating long-term framework agreements and other purchases
• Sustainability work regarding purchases
• Regular follow-up of the company's suppliers such as financial strength, compliance with data protection agreements, etc.
• Participating in purchasing projects within the LF group

You will also work to some extent with other corporate legal matters.

Our Offer to You

We are looking for someone who wants to take on a new and exciting role with us at LF Bergslagen where purchasing and law are combined with a particular focus on the purchasing process. With us, you will have the opportunity to be part of an exciting development journey where you will contribute ideas, knowledge, and have the opportunity to influence your own professional development.

Your overall responsibilities are to lead, drive, coordinate, and structure purchasing work and its processes with us. Additionally, negotiations, market analyses, and cost mapping are included. Your work requires close and engaged collaboration with users/requesters throughout the organization where your work will contribute to the company's strategic shift.

Who Are You?

We are looking for someone who is currently working strategically with purchasing. In your role, you are used to ensuring the right quality, cost, security, and sustainability requirements. To succeed in the role, a degree in economics or a law degree is required.

You have at least 5 years of purchasing experience and good knowledge of contracts and law, as well as good negotiation skills, and you speak and write fluently in Swedish. As a person, you are driven with a business mindset. We see it as a strong merit if you have previous experience from the insurance industry.

The position is located in Västerås and you will report to our CFO.

Does This Sound Interesting?

If you want to know more about the position or the recruitment process, contact CFO Svante Linder at 073-920 01 25 or HR consultant Märta Grimaldi at 021-19 02 17.

Union representatives are Helena Lindberg at 021–190185 for Forena and Julia Ekeroth at 021-17 73 90 for the Academic Association (SACO).

About the Recruitment Process

Our ambition is to deliver the best possible candidate experience, and for us, a fair and unbiased recruitment is important. Therefore, every hiring process includes tests, interviews, and reference checks. We work with competency-based recruitment, which means focusing on your skills, potential, and values throughout the process. Since we operate in a trust-based industry, we conduct background checks in all our recruitment processes.

At LF Bergslagen, we create security and future confidence for people and businesses in Västmanland and Örebro counties as well as Heby municipality. Together we make a difference – with care, commitment, and professionalism. Here you will encounter warmth, trust, and development in a culture where community, sustainability, and the opportunity to grow go hand in hand.

We are 400 engaged employees who live where our customers live, shop in the same stores, and experience the same weather. With offices in Västerås, Örebro, Sala, Karlskoga, and Lindesberg, we are close to our 235,000 customers – all of whom together own the company. This makes us the insurance company and bank that understands what our customers need to feel secure for their families, their possessions, their businesses, and their money. Everything gathered in one place – throughout life.

We are incredibly pleased to have been nominated and placed among the top three in the Brilliant Awards Employee Experience in the category 'Employer of the Year' for two consecutive years. This year, we have also won first prize for 'Change Journey of the Year,' which demonstrates the positive development in our employee engagement. We are proud of our employees who create a fantastic work environment every day.