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 a driven senior buyer with the ability to build long-term and value-creating relationships with suppliers and want to help develop our purchasing strategies? With us, you get to be involved in influencing tomorrow's climate-smart society.

Vattenfall is undergoing a major transformation and we are committed to building a future where everyone can choose fossil-free ways to transport, produce and live. Vattenfall's Group-wide purchasing function is an important part of this work. We have employees in several countries in Europe and collaborate on methods, work processes and purchasing issues across all energy areas and countries of operation, which means that you will have an important role on the road to a fossil-free future.

We are now looking for several senior buyers for Procurement Hydro Nordics at Vattenfall to strengthen our team and compensate for retirements, mobility within Vattenfall and an increased investment rate.

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 Senior Buyer, you will have a central role where you are responsible for building and maintaining long-term and mutually beneficial relationships with our suppliers. In your role, you have commercial responsibility and your mission is to secure the supplier base in your areas to ensure that we reach our time, cost, quality and sustainability targets. In collaboration with the project organization and some of our key functions within purchasing, engineering and legal, you will 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 engineering 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
• Experience of having developed and implemented category management
• Solid experience of procurement in construction law in the forms ABA, AB & ABT incl. AMA
• At least 5-10 years of experience in purchasing and good supplier development skills
• Good negotiation skills and used to conducting complex negotiations, either as a buyer or from previous sales roles
• An interest in technical issues
• Analytical and structured with a business mindset
• Good communication skills, both in Swedish and English

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience with SAP S/4 HANA
• Experience in project management
• Experience as a tender engineer and of costing work
• Experience from the energy industry

Previous experience in the process industry or construction industry is considered positive.

Your personal qualities

We are looking for you who are business-oriented and driven in negotiations. You work independently, but you make your 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. You share our belief in the importance of having fun together at work.

What we offer

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer a workplace with great 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 offer a wide range of other staff benefits, such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more.

Further information

Diversity and inclusion

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive 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.

Location is Luleå, Umeå, Solna or Trollhättan. Other locations where Vattenfall has offices can be discussed. Travel occurs in the service.

Welcome with your application no later than October 20, 2024. Selection and interviews are ongoing so do not wait until the last day with your application. We only accept applications via our website. Access takes place according to agreement.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Jacob Nordmark, jacob.nordmark@vattenfall.com.

Union representatives are Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). You can reach them via Vattenfall's switchboard: 08 739 50 00.