Strategic Purchaser at Västra Götalandsregionen

Do you want to contribute to creating Sweden's best healthcare and a sustainable society with growth throughout Västra Götaland? Västra Götalandsregionen is Sweden's largest public employer with the ambition to become Sweden's best public employer.

With us, you get the chance to perform meaningful work for society and contribute to Västra Götalandsregionen's vision of 'the good life'. At the corporate office, we work daily to make a difference for patients, employees, visitors, and residents.

We are now looking for a Strategic Purchaser who wants to make good deals for Västra Götalandsregionen and thereby contribute to societal development. Take the opportunity and apply to one of Sweden's largest employers.

Your assignment

Since procurements are conducted in project form, you as a purchaser will be the project manager throughout the procurement process. The process encompasses the entire chain from strategic planning, analysis, and procurement work to ongoing contract management. You will have overall responsibility for all parts of the purchasing process within your area through the project. Together with colleagues, you will develop and simplify strategies and routines within the area, and you will also participate in improvement work regarding deliveries, quality, and costs. The entire Västra Götalandsregionen will be your field of work, which entails some travel.

What can we offer you?

In the field of operating specialties, development is rapid, both in terms of medical technology and operations, which demands responsiveness and innovative thinking. A very exciting area where we in procurement have a significant impact and there are opportunities for you as a person to have direct influence.

For us, it is important that our employees thrive in every way, and we work in an environment characterized by community, engagement, and joy. We are keen to support and encourage our employees in their development.

Västra Götalandsregionen offers flexible working methods based on the conditions of the business, and there is the possibility to combine work from our offices and remotely.

To succeed in the role, you need:

• You have an academic degree in a relevant field or experience deemed equivalent.
• We would like you to have experience in purchasing and procurement work.
• Experience in tasks within Västra Götalandsregionen and relevant processes is meritorious. Experience and knowledge from the An/Op/IVA area is also meritorious.
• You express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish and English, and have good experience working in MS Office.

We see that you as a person are proactive, business-minded, and flexible. You are solution-oriented and have a desire to contribute to developing our operations. You enjoy both planning and following up, and you have strong communication skills. We place great emphasis on your ability to drive and lead projects. You act in a trustworthy manner and have a professional approach.

It is important for us that you can work based on our values:

• Together we make each other successful.
• We listen in. We listen out.
• Feedback contributes to our development.

Other

The position may be subject to security classification.

As one of Sweden's largest employers, we can offer the right person good career and development opportunities.

We strive for equality for all employees, ensuring they thrive in the workplace and maintain a good balance between work and private life.

Read more about our operations here: http://www.vgregion.se/om-vgr/ (http://www.vgregion.se/om-vgr/)

We apply continuous selection in this recruitment. This means that candidates may be called for an interview before the application period has expired. So do not hesitate, we look forward to your application!

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you possess basic skills and can use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

Västra Götalandsregionen prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as a candidate have questions about the advertised position or for special reasons cannot register your information in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective ad.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller:
We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. Västra Götalandsregionen has contracted agreements.