Program Purchasing Manager

The electrification of cars, trucks and busses is one of the most extensive and disruptive industry transformations ever.
Northvolt leads this change and aims to become the leading battery partner for the European industries and set new benchmarks for sustainability and CO2 footprint.
As Northvolt is growing very fast in multiple European locations, each current and future production site is its own Program.
As a Program Purchasing Manager you will get the opportunity to steer one of the Programs from Equipment Purchasing perspective.
You will together with Equipment Category Teams set the awarding and contracting strategies for equipment vendors and jointly execute them.
You will create and own Dashboards to cover full Equipment Purchasing Scope from Cost and Delivery perspectives.
You will moderate Value Engineering and Cost Down discussion with the vendors to reach desired cost targets.
You will act as an agile single point of contact to dedicated Expansion Team from the initial Setup Stage till end of Program Execution.
You will regularly report to company top management and stakeholders in Steering Committee meetings.
We believe you have great analytical skills, procurement, project management or management consultancy experience.
You are skilled at building relationships. are very skilled in presenting and communication skills.
You are an inspiring person that loves to be hands on and sense to details.
You will be part of Northvolt Supply Chain and work very closely with Expansion, Blueprtint & R&D teams.
The role reports to Senior Director Purchasing Equipment and Indirect.
Your challenge, if you join us
You will setup a toolkit for Program Purchasing Management, incl. Trackers, Dashboards, Management Reports & Summaries
Together with other Program Purchasing Managers you will search for synergies and standardisation within all Programs
You will manage the Program Tasks from procurement perspective and deliver according to Program Milestones
You will execute special projects within Equipment Purchasing Department
You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Europe and clearly see the results of your daily work
We are looking for a curious life-long learner, able to think few steps ahead, who takes ownership, goes extra mile, never give up and is eager to collaborate.
You will divide your time between our offices in Stockholm, Västerås and Site location.
Apply with CV in English and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.
Full time employment, fixed salary.
Planned starting date is asap.
Skills & Requirements
Education/Experience
A degree in Engineering, MSc or MBA/Relevant University Degree
Working experience in procurement, senior project management function or in management consultancy.
Negotiation experience from both commercial (contracts, business awarding) and technical fields
Advanced skills in analytics, pivot tables is a clear plus
Very good team player, able to influence and convince other team members and project stakeholders

Specific Skills/Abilities
Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
Highly organized and result-driven
Exceptionally good analytical, and negotiation skills
Can do attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit
Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor
Willingness to travel for EU and oversea business trips. (up to 25% of time)

Potential evolution for this role is a Senior Manager role