Operative Purchaser

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name – people committed to providing our customers with lifting equipment and services that lift their businesses. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive.
We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.
One of Konecranes’ core competitive advantages is its highly skilled, motivated and engaged employees. Our three core values - trust in people, total service commitment and sustained profitability - create a joint foundation for all Konecranes employees regardless of our tasks, location or background. They are the backbone of our company and guide our decisions and priorities. Konecranes values are part of our identity and shown in our behaviour - the values guide our leadership, operations and activities.
Now we are looking for an Operative Purchaser to join the Konecranes family.
Are you passionate about purchasing work and want to be involved in developing our future?
Right now we are looking for a committed and driven employee for our operative purchasing.
There you will be part of a team that is responsible for operative purchasing against our suppliers.
This role will be divided between daily purchasing and project purchasing.
The work involves collaborating with internal employees in various departments and externally with our suppliers. The role is placed in Markaryd but you will also collaborate with our unit in Shanghai, China.
Your new challenge:
• You will work with analyzing our needs and place Purchase orders in our ERP (SAP)
• Quotation requests
• Prepare and execute forecasts and delivery plans
• Delivery monitoring
• Daily communication with suppliers
• Update and maintain the Master data
• Be active in the development of routines within the department
• Drive or participate in various improvement and efficiency projects
• Travel nationally and internationally may occur
Your background
• Technical or economic education at least upper secondary level
• Product knowledge and/or experience from similar work is a merit
• Collaborative (teamwork)
• Communicative
• Experience from working in MPS environment (SAP is a merit) and MS Office (Excel)
• Administrative characteristics, meticulous
• Good language skills in English language skills, additional language skills are meritorious
• IT skills in logistics
We offer
In return, we can offer you an exciting and challenging Purchaser position in a positive and flexible international working environment. We are a value-driven company with a long history and a stable financial situation. We work with the whole world as our market and ensure that our orders are managed directly according to the needs of the customers and our high-tech products receive a variety of customer-specific customizations. Here are excellent opportunities for constant skills development and an international career!
Application
Does this sound like your next challenge? Apply via our career site: careers.konecranes.com or direct link: https://careers.konecranes.com/job-invite/39772/
Questions about the job profile are answered by Håkan Arvidsson via email hakan.arvidsson@konecranes.com
We welcome your application today!


Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers. We are truly a global company with 16,900 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. For over 80 years, we have been dedicated to improving the efficiency and performance of businesses in all types of industries. We believe that sustainable growth is a result of a strong responsible performance. Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.