Senior Strategic Buyer
Workplace: Sverige
Expires: August 13, 2025
A Senior Strategic Buyer responsible for managing strategic sourcing initiatives focused on cost reduction and value creation, developing and implementing commodity and segment strategies, negotiating supplier contracts, monitoring market trends, collaborating with internal clients, analyzing buyer and market profiles, driving strategic purchasing activities including digitalization and sustainability, leading large-scale projects independently, and coaching junior professionals.
Main requirements:
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in strategic sourcing or procurement
- Proven expertise in contract negotiation and supplier relationship management
- Strong understanding of market analysis, pricing strategies, and supply chain dynamics
- Experience in developing and executing sourcing strategies across diverse commodities
- Ability to manage complex projects and processes with minimal supervision
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring or guiding junior team members
- Familiarity with driving transformation initiatives in procurement, including digitalization and sustainability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Analytical mindset with a proactive and structured approach to problem-solving
Responsibilities:
- Manage strategic sourcing initiatives with a focus on cost reduction and value creation
- Develop and implement commodity and segment strategies within area of responsibility
- Negotiate supplier contracts and coordinate integration plans with internal stakeholders
- Monitor market trends and dynamics impacting material and service availability and pricing
- Collaborate with internal clients to identify sourcing requirements and define service levels
- Analyze buyer and market profiles to align procurement strategies with organizational goals
- Drive strategic purchasing activities, including digitalization and sustainability initiatives
- Lead and manage large-scale projects or end-to-end procurement processes independently
- Coach and delegate tasks to junior professionals, providing guidance and oversight
- Address complex sourcing challenges requiring advanced problem-solving and critical thinking
Required hard skills:
- Strategic sourcing and procurement expertise
- Contract negotiation skills
- Supplier relationship management
- Market analysis and pricing strategies
- Project management in procurement
- Leadership and mentoring skills
- Knowledge of digitalization and sustainability initiatives in procurement
- Stakeholder communication and management
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
Recommended hard skills:
- Experience with procurement transformation projects
- Advanced data analysis tools for market and buyer profiling
Soft skills:
- Leadership
- Communication
- Analytical thinking
- Proactiveness
- Structured problem-solving
- Mentoring ability
Natural languages:
- English (Proficient)
- Swedish (Working knowledge)
Cultural skills:
- Adaptability to dynamic team environments
- Focus on sustainability and continuous improvement
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