Company description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century. We want to enable people to choose fossil-free ways of transporting, producing and living, and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

About the role

Are you an experienced buyer who is passionate about building long-term and value-creating relationships with suppliers? Do you want to be part of developing our purchasing strategies and contribute to a sustainable future?

Vattenfall is undergoing a major transformation and we are committed to building a future where everyone can choose fossil-free ways of transportation, production and living. Our Group-wide procurement function plays a crucial role in this work. With employees in several European countries, we collaborate on methodologies, work processes and purchasing issues across all energy areas and countries of operation. This means that you will have an important role on the road to a fossil-free future.

We are now looking for a buyer for Procurement Hydro Nordics at Vattenfall to strengthen our team to meet internal mobility and an increased rate of investment.

About us

Hydro Nordic drives investments and growth projects as well as operation and maintenance of hydropower plants, in areas such as dam safety, transformers, control systems, turbines and generators. Our hydropower plants are important for Sweden's electricity production. Hydro Nordic has a large investment need in the coming years with many exciting projects. With your expertise in the field of purchasing, you will have an important role in ensuring that we together contribute to our common success.

About the role

As a purchaser, you will have a central role where you are responsible for building and maintaining long-term and mutually beneficial relationships with our suppliers. You have commercial responsibility and your mission is to secure the supplier base in your areas to ensure we meet our time, cost, quality and sustainability targets. In collaboration with the project organization and our key functions in purchasing, engineering and legal, you develop and shape purchasing strategies that create real value for our stakeholders.

Main responsibilities

• Independently carry out procurement of materials, services and works
• Develop category strategies and purchasing strategies for major projects
• Responsible for benchmarking and supplier evaluations
• Participate in developing processes, working methods and tools that support the purchasing process for both purchasing and operations
• Collaborate with technical and project departments and other units within Vattenfall's purchasing function

Requirements specification

To succeed in the role, we look for you to have:

• Relevant academic education in, for example, engineering, economics, law, purchasing or other experience that we consider equivalent
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in purchasing and good ability to develop suppliers
• Deficient experience in procurement in the forms AB & ABT incl. AMA
• Experience in developing and implementing category management
• Good negotiation skills and used to conducting complex negotiations
• Good communication skills, both in Swedish and in English

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience with SAP S/4 HANA
• Experience with project management
• Experience as a tender engineer and with calculation work
• Experience from the energy industry
• Experience from the process industry or construction industry

Your personal qualities

We are looking for you who are business-oriented, analytical and driven in negotiations. You work independently, but you make decisions based on the best interests of the business. You are passionate about building strong relationships through credibility, clarity, integrity and a long-term approach. You are not only proactive and driven, but also enjoy solving complex problems. As a true team player, you successfully navigate both internal and external relationships. Like us, you think it's important to have fun together at work.

Further information

We offer

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer a workplace with good opportunities for development. We know that our employees are the key to our success. That's why we want to create the right conditions for you as an employee. For us, your development is important and we will therefore give you opportunities to develop through new challenges, training and skills transfer. At Vattenfall it is also important that work and private life have a good balance, so we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. A good working environment is fundamental in everything we do and safety is always at the center. We also have a wide range of other employee benefits, such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more.

Diversity and inclusion

We are convinced that diversity helps to build a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity and expression, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

The location is Solna or Luleå. Travel occurs in the service.

Welcome with your application no later than March 16, 2025. Selection and interviews will take place after the deadline. We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. If you have any questions about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Jacob Nordmark, jacob.nordmark@vattenfall.com. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Elisabeth Hagman at Elisabeth.hagman@vattenfall.com.

Union representatives are Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). They can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard: +46 8 739 50 00.