For a vibrant Kiruna. One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, we say. We are the caregiver who holds old mom's hand and the teacher who makes little brother read his first words. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who gives freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support workers who drive to villages in blizzards like the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture, inspire, teach, save lives, innovate, move cities, stand up for each other and care for people. With pride and care. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important? The purchasing unit currently consists of four people and is a unit within the finance department of the municipal management administration. We are a committed, social and driven team who have fun at work and work together on interesting assignments in an exciting environment in the middle of an ongoing social transformation. The purchasing unit coordinates and carries out procurement of goods, services and contracts for the municipality's operations, often in collaboration with the rest of the municipal group. At the unit, we take joint responsibility for the business and show trust in each other. Together, we have good conditions to succeed in our mission and our development. JOB DUTIES In the role of Purchasing and Contract Controller, you will contribute to the Purchasing Unit conducting high-quality procurement work by providing support to the municipal group's administrations and companies in close dialog with your colleagues at the Purchasing Unit. You will contribute to the development of the municipality's work in the procurement area with both procurement and contract monitoring. As a purchasing and contract controller with us, you play a key role in developing our work on monitoring framework agreements, construction contracts, other agreements and monitoring contract compliance. You will ensure that our contract suppliers deliver and invoice in accordance with the applicable terms of the contract and you will follow up how the municipality's operations purchase goods and services. As the position is new, you will have great opportunities to influence the design of your own position together with colleagues in the purchasing unit. Your tasks will mainly consist of: - Supporting the work with data and decision support to conduct a qualitative procurement and purchasing work - Responsible for producing, analyzing and presenting statistics for control, follow-up, planning and decisions - Coordinate and develop the municipality's methods for contract monitoring - Develop work on internal controls linked to the area - Administer and be responsible for our contract database - Provide support to the organization in procurement and purchasing related issues on contracts, direct procurements and orders Together with your colleagues, you will be highly involved in our development work, which is currently most focused on introducing, developing and training a municipality-wide ordering organization, as well as introducing e-commerce in the Kiruna municipality group. If time permits, you will be given the opportunity to handle your own procurements. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have a post-secondary education in e.g. economics, law or IT / technology, or a YH education in procurement and purchasing. You may also have acquired the necessary knowledge through relevant professional experience that the employer considers equivalent and suitable for the role. You have a very good command of the Swedish language, both spoken and written, as the work involves many internal and external contacts and being responsible for creating and producing high-quality reports and decision-making documents. The position requires that you have a good command of the various parts of the Office package and have very good knowledge of Excel. It is an advantage if you have - Knowledge of the regulatory framework applicable to public procurement. - Experience of similar tasks in purchasing/procurement or other financial management in the public sector. - Experience of support systems for procurement/contract management and financial/business systems. We use the business system Unit4 ERP Agresso and the procurement tool Mercell TendSign with associated contract database. - Experience in internal training of staff. To thrive in the role of purchasing and contract controller, you should have a genuine interest in creating benefits and value for the municipal group's operations, which ultimately benefit the municipality's citizens. You have an understanding of procurement/purchasing as a strategic tool and instrument to achieve these goals. As a person, you have the ability to create good, long-term relationships with both colleagues and suppliers. You are proactive and solution-oriented and work in a structured manner while having a high sense of service, being flexible and able to handle changing conditions. You have the ability to inspire others and you can convey your knowledge to your surroundings in an educational and positive way. We attach great importance to personal qualities that are characterized by being social, communicative, collaborative and trustworthy. OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words. We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off. We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contact with ad sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.