Global Purchasing Performance Controller

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Electrolux is a successful international company, leader in the home and professional appliances markets with its headquarters in Stockholm.By creating desirable solutions and great experiences that enrich people's daily lives and the health of our planet, we want to be a driving force in delivering enjoyable and sustainable living. We go to work every day determined to shape living for the better.
For that, we employ great people from a wide variety of backgrounds – not just because it's the right thing to do, but also because we believe that diverse perspectives make our business stronger and more innovative. If you share our values, come find your place in our global community. Meet us on @lifeatelectrolux and career.electroluxgroup.com to learn more.
You will be based in Stockholm in a modern office setting in our multinational and diverse HQ.
Global Purchasing is a fundamental contributor for the achievement of the company objectives and is part of the Global Purchasing organization. We approximately control a value of roughly 62 BnSEK.
In our competitive world we build on long-term relationships with our suppliers, the best value for money, the most meaningful innovation and excellent quality with respect for our values. Our mission is to support the company in delivering on-time with the perfect quality at the right cost, so that as a company we can live up to the expectations of our customers and end consumers.
In global Purchasing we are about 525 colleagues of different nationalities operate both at global and regional level in an international and dynamic environment where we collaborate within a panel of international suppliers engaging them with with with our internal business partners like, Manufacturing, R&D, Engineering, Marketing, HR, Finance etc.
We rely on building a strong cross-functional cooperation with all internal business partners. We are experts in supplier relationship, stakeholder engagement and process execution. Supplier relationships are value – not price – driven, investing time with preferred suppliers. We know all our stakeholder needs, establish long-term, value driven relationships and earning a seat at the table with our key stakeholders. The value based sourcing process is a process covering strategic sourcing, supplier relationship and procure-to-pay. It is a circular process allowing for value capture over time evin if purchasing is involved late in the sourcing process. We focus on innovation, quality and development of, long-term relationships with our strategic suppliers. Sustainability and continuous improvement are the elements that are underpinning our relationships.
With the value-based-sourcing initiative we drive, through the involvement of key suppliers in the development stage, globally harmonized technical and commercial solutions. By co-designing suppliers' production process and the component, we want to guarantee the best-in-class quality, cost, and flexibility for our customers globally.
As we operate in an international and competitive environment, Purchasing is sometimes quite challenging. We rely on our well-developedped social skills and good set of technical or financial attributes to get us through the day..
We are offering a long-term, full-time position as Global Purchasing Performance Controller at our headquarters in Stockholm. This role will be part of the Group Purchasing Finance and report to the Global DM purchasing controlling manager.
Tasks:
· Plan & actively Drive the performance reviews cycles under guidance of the Global DM Purchasing Manager as well as actively drive our transformation projects to ensure that global purchasing targets are met.
· Prepare and analyse global purchasing comprehensive Balanced Score card and run the periodic performance reviews
· With an eye for detail coordinate, validate, secure the quality of purchasing data
· Actively run the transformation projects with group purchasing finance
· Ad-hoc analyses as needed
Key operational responsibilities:
· Project Management of the key initiatives with key role in coordinating deliverables from different stakeholders and secure the data quality on right time and that project objectives are delivered as per agreed time plan
· Plan and drive the performance reviews held internally and other stakeholders. Assure that data and analytical requirements of these reviews are met in due time
· Ad-hoc analysis as required
Main stakeholders:
· PL Purchasing organization
· Global purchasing controlling
· Operations controlling
· Group Operations Finance
Reporting to: Manage Direct Materials, Global Purchasing
Qualifications:
· Financial, economics or engineering education – 5-7 years minimum experience in a finance position. (Preferably in a plant/operation and on a global level in purchasing function), a proven track record with good level of experience is a must
· Exposure to high commodity spend and large magnitude of data managing capability is a must as well as track record of running finance projects
· Prior purchasing controlling knowledge is highly desirable
· Exposure to digitalization of systems and knowledge of power BI or equivalent tools will be highly appreciated
· Good understanding of Direct Material (transaction) flow within a plant / company
· Self-starter who can work effectively with minimal supervision
· Capable of setting priorities, meeting deadlines with strong initiative and decision making, problem solving and analytical skils, with attention to details and accuracy
· Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, multicultural environment and comfortable with remote leadership and matrix organisation
· Excellent communication skills and Reporting/Synthesis capability
· Fluent English (spoken as well as written), any other language is an advantage
At Electrolux, we take responsibility for our development in a supportive environment where we embrace our differences and learn from each other. In a truly multicultural setting, we shape living for the better and create remarkable experiences for employees and consumers, all around the globe.
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Electrolux is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years.