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Company Description

Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant delivers fossil-free electricity every day, year-round. We have over 40 years of experience in electricity production. Ringhals is located on the west coast in Varberg Municipality, six miles south of Gothenburg.

Our employee culture is characterized by competence, knowledge, and positive people who want to share their expertise. At Ringhals, we are constantly developing our operations and working methods to meet the demands placed on us by customers and the outside world, which is why we see individual development as a major part of the company's future. Here, you are offered personal development in a workplace with many opportunities.

Read more about our operations here (https://group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals).

About the Role

Do you want to lead and develop a central procurement function in one of Sweden's most socially vital operations? We are now looking for a Unit Manager who wants to contribute both strategically and operationally to our procurement organization at Ringhals.

About Us

The Ringhals procurement unit is responsible for tenders with very high values every year and thus has a significant impact on the operation's financial results. The unit also works with supplier assessments and supplier evaluations to ensure sustainable and business-like collaborations.

We collaborate extensively with our counterparts at Forsmark Kraftgrupp AB, which creates good opportunities for knowledge exchange and joint development.

About the Role

As Unit Manager for Procurement, you lead a team of approximately 15 employees. The team consists of buyers working within both strategic and operational procurement as well as in project operations, and the group also includes supplier assessors. You have overall responsibility for leading, developing, and coordinating the unit's work within procurement and material supply. You play a key role in driving work forward in an operation where safety, quality, and long-term perspective are in focus.

You create clear priorities, drive engagement, and develop employee competence. Through clear and present leadership, you create the conditions for the team to work towards set goals and deliver with high quality.

The role combines strategic responsibility with operational presence, meaning you contribute to daily work while driving development and change.

Your Areas of Responsibility

In the role, you lead both operations and employees, creating conditions for an efficient and sustainable procurement function. You lead, develop, and coordinate procurement, goods receiving and transport, warehousing, and spare parts supply, which includes, among other things:

• Develop and drive procurement strategies
• Plan and conduct tenders as well as handle agreements and contracts
• Work with strategic supplier development and supplier assessment
• Contribute to the acquisition of services and materials as needed, both strategically and operationally
• Coordinate work related to goods receiving, transport, and warehousing
• Handle Ringhals' need to sell or rent out materials or services

You are part of the management group where you contribute to the strategic development of the operation, while being close to the operational delivery.

Requirements

We are looking for you who

We are looking for you who have a strong interest in leadership and a desire to develop both operations and employees. You thrive in a role where you get to combine strategic thinking with operational work.

We see that you have:

• Experience in procurement, preferably within process industry, energy, or other complex operations
• Post-secondary education, preferably within procurement, logistics, or economics
• Good ability to drive change and development work
• Good collaboration skills and a structured working method
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English

Previous management experience is meritorious but not a requirement – we place great emphasis on your leadership potential.

We are looking for you who are present, receptive, and confident in your leadership and who are motivated by creating long-term value together with your team in a complex operation.

Additional Information

Other Information

To achieve our strategic goals, we constantly develop our employees to ensure that all employees are best equipped for their tasks and responsibilities, both now and in the future. Vattenfall and Ringhals are employers that take responsibility and listen to their employees' needs. We also offer a number of employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave supplements, and more. Read more about our great benefits here (#).

Location: Ringhals

For questions about the position, contact hiring manager Edvin Bergman Odenius ([email protected]).

For questions about the recruitment process, contact responsible recruiter Lina Friberg ([email protected]).

Union Representatives: Patrik Andersson – Akademikerna, Jonas Eriksson – Unionen, Anders Karlsson – Ledarna, Alexander Johnsson – SEKO. All can be reached at 0340-66 70 00.

Please submit your application by August 9th. Selection and interviews take place after the application deadline. You apply for the job by answering some selection questions and attaching your CV; a cover letter is not required. We only accept applications via our website. Tests are part of our process in this recruitment.

NOTE! The advertisement will be online for a longer period over the summer, which means our availability for questions may be somewhat limited.

At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We are looking for employees who share our vision and can contribute to strengthening our corporate culture. We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here (#).

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, and our operations are subject to regulations regarding security protection, nuclear non-proliferation, and export control. Due to these regulations, a background check is conducted on candidates for many of the positions in our operations before employment takes place.