Economics Department

The management office of Region Uppsala is part of Region Uppsala, one of Uppsala County's largest employers. The management office is led by the regional director and consists of approximately one thousand employees. With a governing, supportive, and coordinating role, the management office is tasked with supporting the political leadership and administrations so that the political direction is reflected in the region's various operations. In this way, Region Uppsala can fulfill its role both regionally and nationally.

Do you want to develop and contribute to the development of Region Uppsala - welcome to work with us!

Our Operations

Region Uppsala has begun a comprehensive journey to develop the region's logistical capability. As part of this work, the region has established a central logistics unit at the management office of Region Uppsala with the task of ensuring a robust and efficient supply of materials to healthcare.

We are currently in an expansive phase where we will develop and implement a new business system, as well as establish a central warehouse in our own management. The central warehouse will serve as the hub for the region's material supply to healthcare and will be an important part of the region's investment in increased supply readiness.

As part of this, we are now expanding our operations with a Logistics Controller.

Your Mission

Your role as a logistics controller includes overall responsibility for leading economic processes and supporting the management and governance of logistics operations.

The role involves working with budget, forecasting, and financial follow-up as well as developing and using key performance indicators to track costs, efficiency, and goal fulfillment. Through analyses of financial and operational data, you contribute to the development and streamlining of logistics operations together with management and operations. You work closely with the economic manager and logistics management and act as a financial sounding board in operational and strategic matters. The role involves explaining and visualizing and contributing to improved working methods and increased financial transparency and efficiency within the logistics area. Since the position is new, you will be involved in shaping both the role and the area of responsibility.

Your responsibilities include:

• Working with budget, forecasting, and follow-up processes within logistics operations
• Supporting the economic manager and logistics management with financial analyses and decision-making materials
• Developing, managing, and analyzing relevant key performance indicators related to costs, efficiency, and goal fulfillment
• Analyzing volumes, capacity, resource utilization, cost drivers from a financial perspective
• Visualizing and communicating financial information in an educational manner to different target groups
• Contributing financial expertise in development and change initiatives

You will be part of a unit consisting of four other controllers, located at the management office of Region Uppsala. You will primarily work towards the purchasing and logistics department. You report to the economic manager at the management office of Region Uppsala and to the management of the purchasing and logistics department.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree in economics
• Several years of experience in qualified controller work and thus good knowledge in budgeting, analysis, follow-up, and investment calculations
• Several years of experience working closely with financial governance, analysis, and decision support within logistics or supply chain operations
• Very good knowledge of Excel
• The ability to translate complex financial data into clear analyses and decision-making materials
• Fluency in Swedish in both spoken and written form

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience in warehouse, transport, or central warehouse operations
• Familiarity with BI and analysis tools, such as Power BI, SAS
• Experience from larger complex organizations
• Experience in contributing to the development of working methods, models, or governance within logistics

Your Competence

To succeed in the role, we believe you are:

• Analytical and structured
• Independent but with good collaboration skills
• Curious, development-oriented, and solution-focused
• Confident in challenging and asking questions - with the best interests of the operations in focus

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

We Offer

Permanent full-time employment. Start date according to agreement. Our modern office is located in the heart of Uppsala, directly adjacent to Uppsala travel center.

As an employer, we want to create conditions for our employees to feel good, so they can feel secure and have quality in life outside of work. In addition to having one of Sweden's best collective agreements, we offer subsidized UL tickets and a favorable wellness allowance. We also offer our employees a flexible workplace, with the opportunity to work partially remotely based on agreement.

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/)).

Want to know more?

Karin Johansson, Economic Manager Region Uppsala Management Office
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) Phone: 070-611 37 02

Union representatives:
Vision - Christianne Simson, 018-611 32 51
SACO - Örjan Olsmats, 018-611 00 00 (vxl)
Other unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard 018-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Welcome with your application via the link below.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent employees based on the needs of the total defense. This means that for the individual employee there are no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a hiring decision, a check of suspicion and criminal records will be conducted regarding all applicants who may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to all who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not primarily intended to involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala and we kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to call.