Tactical Buyer

Our client is a leading European energy company, which for more than 100 years has electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernised the way of living through innovation and cooperation. They now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. That's why they are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system through initiatives in renewable production and climate smart energy solutions for their customers. They employ approximately 20,000 people and have operations mainly in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK.

Role Description:

• Our partner is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees.
• For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation.
• We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation.
• To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Responsibilities:

What will you do as Tactical Buyer

• You are responsible for buying all materials, goods and services through a competitive process, ensuring our partner receives the best value for money.
• You spar with the requestor within the business units about their direct-, and indirect material and services requirements and together you develop the necessary tender documentation.
• You investigate the relevant markets for potential suppliers, ensuring there is a selection of potential sources to fulfill the demands of the businesses.
• You act as point of contact for relevant requestors in Business Area’s as well as Group Staff Functions. You will work closely with all the requestors as a trusted partner to fulfill their wider sourcing needs; understanding and anticipating their requirements and converting these to procurement goals and activities; lead and participate in (sourcing) projects where relevant.
• You will ensure compliance throughout the entire process and seek for continues improvements.

Your key activities are

• You independently carry out RFQ (Requests For Quotation) and RFP (Request For Proposal) procedures.
• You conduct market research, hold negotiations and run tenders.
• You evaluate quotations, select and negotiate the conditions.
• With the support of our Legal department you draw up and ensure contracts are signed and in accordance with Our partners regulations.
• You will work in close collaboration with your colleagues and support each other not only in peak times.
• You are empowered to build trust and empowerment through strong commitment and stakeholder engagement.
• You will work on across teams initiatives to help grow the indirect team

Requirements:

Our ideal candidates have already proven themselves in a procurement position as a tactical buyer for at least 2 years. For this role, we want you to bring:

• Fluent in Swedish, both spoken and written
• Completion of MBO-4 with a Nevi education or similar, preferably in a Technical or business administration area or similar.
• Team player and eager to learn;
• Personal traits: humble, energetic, empathic, responsive, committed to tasks, professional communication skills, good self-presentation, result driven with very efficient time management skills and prioritization of task.
• Good understanding of people and culture in working across multiple business functions 
• Interest in technology, innovation, sustainability and digitalization
• Strong English language capabilities, spoken and written.
• SAP Knowledge (MM module) or willingness to learn

Our Offer: 

• The height of your salary is based on your education and relevant work experience. The base salary for this position ranges from € 3.750,- to €5.000,- per month. In addition to your salary, we offer a comprehensive secondary benefits package, the most important components of which are:
• End of year bonus of 4.5% of your annual salary and a profit sharing of up to 3.5% of your annual salary based on the results of our partner in the Netherlands.
• NS Business card for commuting or a travel allowance of €0.23 per km up to a maximum of 50 km one way.
• 25 vacation days, 2.5 vitality days, and for a 38-hour contract and 40 hour workweek: 13 ADV (reduction of working hours) days.
• Choice budget, which allows you to purchase or sell extra vacation days, buy a e-bicycle, or simply receive it as addition pay.
• Education budget, because we believe it is important that you can continue to develop yourself.
• With our partner there is a close team culture while also providing ample room for individual initiative.
• At our company, hybrid working is the norm, meaning you will work at the office at least 50% of the time. Most of your colleagues prefer to work the remaining 50% of their time from home, but the choice is entirely yours.
• At our partner, we highly value a good work-life balance and continuously seek ways in which we can contribute to this as an employer.

More Information: 

• At our partner we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity.
• Our partner works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.