Category Sourcing Officer/Engineer

Sandvik Construction is a business area within the Sandvik Group providing solutions for virtually any construction industry application encompassing such diverse businesses as surface rock quarrying, tunneling, excavation, demolition, road building, recycling and civil engineering. The range of products includes rock tools, drilling rigs, breakers, bulk-materials handling and crushing and screening machinery.

The Sourcing department is responsible for the supply of direct material for Sandvik SRP AB in Svedala and, in some cases, for other buying units around the world. We are now looking for a Category Sourcing Officer/Engineer to manage one of our main material categories.

Key performance areas
As Category Sourcing Officer/Engineer you will manage the assigned suppliers to ensure that sourcing needs are fulfilled and that expenditures with the assigned category/categories add best possible value to the business. Internally you will be actively working with R&D, production and the Product Lines.

Your responsibilities will also include:
? Evaluation, qualification, contracts and management of assigned suppliers
? Preparing and executing commercial negotiations and leading cross functional negotiation teams
? Following developments in the global supply market, continuous benchmarking against assigned category/categories and identifying potential for savings and new suppliers
? Capturing the business needs of the rest of the organization and incorporating these in the Sourcing strategy of the assigned category/categories
? Managing and leading cross functional Sourcing projects

The position involves travelling, up to 30 days annually.

Your profile
We are looking for someone with a degree in the areas of technology, industrial economics or Engineering and at least three years? experience of strategic purchasing. You must have good negotiation, coordination, communication and project management skills, as well as good computer skills, particularly in the use of the MS Office suite. Prior employment with a manufacturing company, preferably internationally, is advantageous, as is experience of managing projects or another leadership position. You must have very good knowledge of English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of other languages is advantageous.

As a person you are motivated and analytical, with good ability to plan, organize and prioritize your work in an efficient manner. You must be able to both see the small problems and act to solve them, but also to have an overall view of the situation. We expect that you are communicative and have strong leadership qualities: you are perceptive and easily create a trusting environment for collaboration, as well as inspire and motivate your co-workers in order to reach the business? goals.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Anna Görtz, recruiting manager, +46 (0)40 409 066
Jan Sander, Human Resources, + 46 (0)40 409 371

Union contacts
Mats Tindberg, Unionen, +46 (0)40 409 220
Riccardo Repetto, Akademikerföreningen (SI), +46 (0)40 409 394
Kent Hellström, Ledarna, +46 (0)40 409 181
Anders Gsaxner, IF Metall, +46 (0)40 409 251

Send your application no later than August 24, 2013. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 320372.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HRdirect, +46 (0)26 261 440.

Recruiter
Anna Persson