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The Swedish Police Authority is Sweden's largest authority with approximately 40,000 employees across the country. With us, you have the opportunity to contribute to the Police's mission – to increase safety and reduce crime in society.

The main task of the IT department is to provide IT services to the entire Police Authority. The IT department is an important part of the crime prevention and crime-fighting work, and IT is one of the most important tools for streamlining the police and increasing the quality of police work. The IT department develops and modernizes the police's IT, and the authority invests heavily in strengthening the department with new specialist skills and the latest technology for the benefit of citizens and employees in the police operation.

Within the Police Authority, we annually purchase IT products and services for over 3 billion kronor, which accounts for approximately 30% of the authority's total purchasing volume.

The IT procurement group is one of four groups in the IT purchasing section and is tasked with actively promoting an efficient national purchasing process in the IT area. We are also responsible for further developing methods, skills, and working methods regarding strategic procurement. Within the section, we work closely together to develop our operations, and job satisfaction is important to us. IT purchasing is an integral part of the IT department's operations. It enables close collaboration and well-established contact points that increase operational benefits and contribute to realizing the organization's goals.

With us, you have the opportunity to work with flexible working hours and remotely a couple of days a week. We have good conditions for practicing wellness as we have free access to a gym, sports hall, and space for recovery in our premises. As an employee with us, you also have the opportunity to train for an hour a week during paid working hours.

Our office is located in central Stockholm with very good transport connections.

Job Description

As a strategic purchaser, you are responsible for conducting various types of procurements and renewed competitive bidding. As an experienced strategic purchaser, you are often responsible for large and complex purchases. You take responsibility for the entire procurement process, from the moment a need arises until the contract is concluded. This means that you are involved throughout the contract's entire lifecycle and contribute to supplier development and contract management, having good insight into the market for the relevant product area.

As a strategic purchaser, you are responsible for:

• Driving and leading procurements and renewed competitive bidding
• Providing support in the management of procured contracts
• Identifying and driving improvement activities within your own area of operations
• Developing and streamlining the strategic procurement work
• Conducting negotiations with suppliers and/or manufacturers in the IT area

Qualifications

This is an opportunity for you who have:

• Post-secondary education in law, economics, or procurement/purchasing, or other qualifications deemed relevant by the employer
• At least 5 years of solid and current work experience in qualified procurements within public operations
• Experience in independently leading and conducting procurements and renewed competitive bidding according to the Public Procurement Act, LOU
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• Swedish citizenship

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Work experience in procurement within the IT area
• Experience with project-based working methods/project management
• Relevant experience in requirements work, preferably within the IT area
• Relevant experience in category management
• Experience working with competitive bidding according to the Procurement Act in the defense and security area, LUFS
• Good knowledge of English, both spoken and written

Personal Attributes

The tasks require that you are structured and meticulous and have a good ability to create relationships. You have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing. The work as a purchaser requires that you are flexible and can easily adapt to changing circumstances. We see that you are self-driven and can manage your cases independently, while also having good collaboration skills and enjoying working in a team. The role of strategic purchaser with us requires that you work in a strategic manner and focus on how procurement can contribute to the organization's goals.

We will place great emphasis on personal attributes.

Contact Persons

If you have questions about the assignment, please contact the recruiting manager: 010-563 70 34

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, contact the responsible HR consultant: Mirjana Daneskär, [email protected]

Union Representatives

Police Union, Sofia Ask, phone: 010-563 87 10

SACO, reachable via email [email protected]

SEKO Police, Karna Tillheden, phone: 010-561 66 27

ST, Jessica Stålenkrans 010-563 32 66

Other Information

Employment type: Permanent employment

Job title: Officer

Work location: Stockholm

Working hours: Trust-based working hours

Start date: By agreement

Function: Strategic purchaser

Please apply by attaching your CV and answering the selection questions. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment, and your answers will form the basis for the selection process. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Applications are made via the employer's website. Follow the instructions in the advertisement to submit your application.

An employment with the Police Authority may begin with a six-month probationary period.

We have high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. Security screening with background checks according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) is conducted before a decision on employment is made. Employment includes an obligation to be placed in a war situation. Read more about war placement and security screening at https://polisen.se/krigsplacering and https://polisen.se/sakerhetsprovning

The Police Authority will process your personal data in accordance with the rules of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and other applicable data protection regulations. Read more about our handling of personal data at https://polisen.se/personuppgifter/rekrytering

Your application is a public document under the principle of public access.

The Police Authority

Please read more about the police and our operations at www.polisen.se

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