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Are you drawn to being part of an expanding organization where you can combine business drive with structure? Do you have knowledge of workwear and personal protective equipment (PPE) and want to work with tenders for both the public sector and private companies? Then the position of Tender Specialist at Lyreco might be the role for you!

Responsibilities

In this role, you will work on customer quotations containing prices, products, and texts, with a primary focus on workwear and personal protective equipment (PPE). Profile materials and printed materials are also relevant product areas to have experience in. You will also handle office supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, school consumables, hobby and play materials, and computer accessories.

As a Tender Specialist, you are part of our well-established Tender Department and are responsible for the entire tender process, creating winning quotations for both the public sector and corporate clients. This is done in collaboration with the responsible salesperson and other departments that provide information to support your structured working method and project management.

Personal Qualities and Qualifications

We understand that applying for a new job can feel challenging. Therefore, we express ourselves based on what is an asset to succeed in the role to distinguish these points from our strict requirements. To thrive and succeed in the role of Tender Specialist, we are looking for you who has one or more of the following experiences:

Requirements:

• In this recruitment, it is a requirement to have experience and good product and supplier knowledge within workwear and personal protective equipment (PPE). Profile materials and printed materials are also relevant product areas to have experience in.
• You have very good written and spoken skills in the Swedish language, with a strong ability to both read information and write texts independently, as well as conduct dialogues with other departments within the company.

Merits:

• It is a great advantage to have worked with sales organizations and in detail with tenders and procurement in some form.
• It is a great advantage to be accustomed to working in Microsoft Excel and the rest of the Office package.
• It is an advantage to have knowledge of and experience with procurement for the public sector.
• It is an advantage to have experience with sales copywriting or similar.
• It is an advantage to have work experience, or equivalent academic degree, in areas such as purchasing, sales, finance, procurement, or administration within the industry.
• It is an advantage if you can communicate well in English, both written and spoken.

Your most prominent personal qualities are that you are analytical, efficient, and meticulous, with a strong will and a positive attitude in all situations. You enjoy collaborating and are used to working against deadlines.

We believe that you currently or previously work in roles as listed below or similar, and during that time have built relevant product and supplier knowledge within workwear and PPE or profile materials and printed materials, and like and want to develop the strategic part of the work:

• Purchasing assistant, coordinator, or buyer
• Sales or customer service
• Customer service, sales support, or similar work, having built relevant product knowledge over a longer period

About Lyreco

Lyreco is a leader in Europe and the world's third-largest supplier of products and services for today's and tomorrow's workplaces. As specialists, we constantly expand our expertise and offering to contribute to our customers getting "a great working day", every day.

We cover workplaces' product needs through a wide range within office supplies, cleaning & hygiene, kitchen & catering, school and preschool, packaging materials, furniture, healthcare and care, IT accessories, profile products, workwear, and personal protective equipment.

Our customers range in size from public operations, large private companies and organizations, to small businesses and private individuals. Our Swedish headquarters is located in Borås, we have sales offices in Gothenburg and Stockholm, as well as one of Europe's most modern warehouses in Växjö. In Sweden, we are actually the second largest in e-commerce.

Today we have around 600 employees in Sweden. We believe that our employees' engagement and diversity are what create the best customer experience and the highest level of service. Therefore, as a responsible company and employer, we strive to ensure the best possible well-being for our employees, regardless of where they work and what their tasks are.

Welcome to us at Lyreco!

Contact and Application

In this recruitment, we collaborate with Jefferson Wells. For questions regarding the recruitment process, you are warmly welcome to contact the responsible Recruitment Consultant Sara Takahashi at [email protected]

We work with continuous selection, so please send in your application as soon as possible, but no later than June 7, 2026.

Due to GDPR, we do not accept applications via email.

We look forward to receiving your application!