Head of Procurement and Tendering

The Management Office of Region Uppsala is part of Region Uppsala, one of the largest employers in Uppsala County. 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 political direction is implemented across the region's various operations. In this way, Region Uppsala can embrace its role, both regionally and nationally.

Do you want to develop and contribute to the growth of Region Uppsala? We welcome you to join us!

Our Operations

Region Uppsala has a central department for procurement and logistics that, in addition to the region's own tenders, is also responsible for conducting tenders and supplying five regions with consumable materials on behalf of the Goods Supply Committee. Total procurement amounts to approximately 10 billion SEK per year. We also collaborate with other regions within the Healthcare Region of Central Sweden in joint tenders.

The department currently consists of about 60 employees, of whom approximately twenty are tendering specialists, while the rest work as purchasers, logisticians, and in specialist and support functions. We currently have a well-functioning operation, but we also see opportunities to further streamline and develop our working methods in the coming years.

Do you have many years of experience in public procurement and secure, developmental leadership? Do you want to contribute to the best possible healthcare and public services through strategic and sustainable procurement in a large and complex organization? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.

Your Role

• You have full responsibility for personnel, budget, and operations, and you drive development through a coaching and inclusive leadership style within the unit.
• You are also part of the department's management group and contribute to operational development within the department.
• As Unit Manager, you are expected to actively guide strategic tenders to develop the procurement and tendering operations together with your 11 employees in the unit.
• You are also a member of the Academic Hospital's Procurement Council as a representative for the unit.

Your Qualifications

Requirements

• University degree in economics or engineering.
• Extensive experience from procurement within the public sector.
• Previous leadership/managerial experience with responsibility for personnel, budget, and working environment.
• Very good Swedish and English skills, both spoken and written.
• Experience with category-managed working methods within procurement.
• Experience with both goods and service tenders.
• A driver's license, class B minimum, is required as travel is part of the role to some extent.

Merits

• Experience with logistics/transport tenders.

Your Competencies

We expect you to have strong leadership qualities and previous leadership or managerial experience. As a person, you easily create and develop good relationships. You are creative, analytical, and a good listener. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

What We Offer

We offer a permanent full-time position with a start date as agreed.

The position is security-classified, which means that the final candidate will undergo a security check.

With us, you receive benefits that make a difference. Read about the benefits here: Region Uppsala Benefits (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/).

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Department Manager Jonas Arvidsson, 018-617 59 45, [email protected].

Union Representatives:
Vision – Christianne Simson, 018-611 32 51
SACO – Örjan Olsmats, 072-209 45 44
Other unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard 018-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

We welcome your application via the link below.

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

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This entails no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's own channels, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.