Purchasing Engineer

Time for a new challenge?
Do you like working in an international environment, in a leading engineering company with a large variety of tasks and with great development opportunities - then this could be something for you?


Job description:
Valmet is looking for a fixed term Purchasing Engineer who can coordinate and execute procurement work for Valmet Global Spares Center, ensuring there is a competent, competitive and timely supplier base. With location in Sundsvall or Karlstad you will serve Valmet Service Business line and work in close cooperation with suppliers and several functions such as Services Operations, Valmet global sourcing team, Sales, Engineering, Quality, Logistics among others.
Maintaining and developing existing and new supplier relationships is an important part of your daily work and you will be responsible for availability, supplier capacity, delivery follow-up and handling existing contract negotiations. The role also includes monitoring price developments and driving purchasing projects. As Valmet is an international organization with global partners and suppliers, there are trips in the service.


Key responsibilities with the role include:
· Execute procurement assignments for named categories/suppliers
· Follow-up purchase orders for cost, quality and delivery time
· Responsible for price agreement and item maintenance in our ERP system and related systems
· Plan and execute annual price negotiations with defined suppliers
· Define supply strategies and action plans together with procurement team members
· Define and ensure implementation of long-term cost savings
· Develop the existing supplier base in cooperation with Category Management function based on general supplier requirements such as on-time delivery, quality, lead-times, innovation and cost
· Responsible for supplier relationship management
· Support sales and cost-estimation functions in sales projects with cost-data and sourcing activities
· Ensure implementation of defined strategies with the selected vendors
· Be updated in terms of technological development in the industry
· Responsible to actively seek and evaluate new suppliers
· Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to Valmet policy


Requirements:
To be successful in the position you need to be result oriented and business driven. You have previously worked with purchasing and possesses technical know-how. We also value experience from the industry where you worked in technology, sales, projects or operations.
As the role includes different types of negotiation, previous experiences of leading negotiation are valuable.
You have relevant education, preferably engineering or commercial university degrees. You will also be skilled in business analytics in order to run with swift and fact-based decisions.
Your personal characteristics include strong communication and intercultural negotiation skills. You have an open and cooperative attitude as well as genuine driving force and desire to make good results for and success within Valmet. Your English is fluent, both speech and written. System knowledge such as MS office and ERP (Infor LN in Valmet) comes from daily analysis and usage of the same.


We Offer:
Valmet offer you a fast-paced workplace with an international touch and good personal development opportunities.
You will have an important role in the local procurement department but will also be a member of Valmet global procurement community with colleagues around the world. The team closest to you is a bunch of wonderful colleagues where everyone works together to create the best conditions for doing a good job. As an employee at Valmet, you have access to many benefits such as training during working hours, wellness compensation, rental of cottages and apartments and skills development.
Did we catch your interest?
You´re more than welcome with your application as soon as possible, since the selection will be done continuously, but no later than August 15th, 2021
Notice: It’s a fixed term job until the 31st of august 2022.


Additional information:
For further information about the position please contact Patrik Strömberg, Senior Procurement Manager, Global Spares Center, +46 70 2538902, Patrik.stromberg@valmet.com
For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Beatrice Lampinen, HR Generalist, +46 76 6398188, Beatrice.lampinen@valmet.com
When everything works together
Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 17,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.
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