Procurement Lead Nordics

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The Procurement Lead Nordics, based in Stockholm, Sweden, is responsible for overseeing and developing end-to-end procurement processes, leading strategic sourcing to contracting activities and ensuring alignment with category strategy. This role collaborates with Category Managers to lead supplier selection and management, maintains compliance with procurement policies, and administers continuous improvement initiatives.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop, within the affiliates of Scandinavia and Finland, procurement processes, including source-to-contract planning and financial analysis, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions.
• Close collaboration and engagement with local affiliate stakeholders, acting as a strategical cross functional partner within the business, prioritizing and leading strategical business projects.
• Ensure aligned execution of category strategy, as defined by Category Managers, coordinating to shape strategic vision and inform initiatives targeting value realization.
• Ensures compliance of procurement policy, overseeing day-to-day processes and communicating insights to senior procurement leadership.
• Drive forward the execution of supplier management strategy, by developing a Preferred Supplier Network, in collaboration with Category Managers, fostering a collaborative and innovative approach to supplier interactions.
• Oversee risk mitigation plans developed in collaboration with Category Managers, providing tactical input on supplier performance and relaying the identification of procurement risks to safeguard the organization’s interest.
• Guide the execution of continuous improvement initiatives, overseeing the adoption of new processes and providing feedback and guidance to stakeholders.

Key Stakeholders:

Business Leads, Business Partners, Finance leads, Category Leads/Managers, Procurement Managers, Procurement Strategy & Capabilities Office

• Broad-based expertise in implementing procurement processes, including source-to-contract planning and financial analysis, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions.
• Experience in the commercial categories’ areas, with familiarity tailoring processes to meet category needs.
• Ability to lead the bidding and negotiation processes, with adept ability to implement complex long-term projects with a focus on creating effective supplier relationships.
• Strong capacity and experience building and managing collaborative supplier relationships, aligning procurement activities with business needs.
• Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a solution-oriented mindset, enabling creative approaches and influential communication at all organizational levels.
• High cross-functional collaboration abilities and teamwork skills, effectively navigating and coordinating diverse team dynamics.
• Strong soft skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions, effective communication, and robust relationship-building.
• Impactful executive functioning abilities and autonomous work ethic, maintaining efficient performance in challenging situations and building consensus in decision-making.

Minimum/ Desirable Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in procurement, or related business or operations function.
• Experience leading collaboration with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Language skills: English is mandatory, Swedish / Finish recommended.

Additional information:

• Travel required (20%)
• Flexible hybrid model (3 days office)

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