Vacant job

Our client, a key player in the Swedish business community, is currently seeking a driven Operational Purchaser. Here, you will have the opportunity to develop the company's standardized purchasing processes and framework agreements, while ensuring deliveries and optimizing workflows in a global environment.

About the Role

As an Operational Purchaser, you will be a key player in our client's supply chain, responsible for ensuring efficient purchasing and deliveries. You will work closely with both internal teams and external suppliers in a role that requires both attention to detail and strategic thinking.

What We Offer

You will have full authority regarding volume and delivery times, as well as the opportunity to perform financial analyses and make decisions in consultation with a strategic purchaser. Our client offers a role with significant influence and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

This role involves ensuring efficient purchasing and deliveries, managing orders and agreements in business systems, and maintaining good relationships with both internal departments and external suppliers.

• Participate in cross-functional sourcing teams to develop purchase specifications and framework agreements.
• Execute purchases according to MRP proposals and secure deliveries.
• Check and approve invoices against agreements to identify price variances.
• Handle claims and disputes within the scope of made purchases.
• Maintain purchasing information, lead times, and prices in SAP.
• Follow up on deliveries and claims with suppliers.
• Inform internal customers about delivery status.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education, preferably in purchasing and/or planning.
• Experience with purchasing work in SAP.
• Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft 365.

Merits

• Technical background or a genuine technical interest.
• Good knowledge of cost management.
• Good understanding of contract management.

Personal Attributes for Success

• Takes responsibility
• Goal-oriented
• Social
• Organized

Our Recruitment Process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work, and our client requests that all questions regarding the position be sent to Academic Work.

We apply continuous selection and will remove the advertisement once enough candidates have reached the final stage of the recruitment process. A CV is required when applying. We do not use cover letters as a selection method, so they do not need to be attached. The recruitment process includes two selection tests: a personality test and a cognitive ability test. These tests are tools to identify the candidate with the highest potential for the role and to promote equality, diversity, and a fair recruitment process.