Senior Sourcing Manager

Do you have energy, a strong business mind-set and drive to make a difference? Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in an environment with many different challenges within Strategic Sourcing? Then you might be our new Senior Sourcing Manager working in a global context.

You will be part of Ikano Bank, where we create possibilities for a better living by providing banking and financial services. We do it with different perspectives, natural curiosity and long-term focus. A unique chance for greater responsibility and future opportunities. Let’s achieve great things together.

Create finance solutions for a better living

As Sourcing Manager you will work close together with key internal stakeholders, other Sourcing Managers and suppliers. You will work with sourcing projects. It is important to stay agile and flexible so we can direct focus towards our biggest opportunities and challenges, wherever they may be. Key focus will be to service the business and our stakeholders in getting the services and products they need, for a competitive price. And further to enable measurable cost saving, as our most important KPI.

With the right mindset, drive, initiative and commitment the position will offer rapid growth, great responsibility and opportunity to develop.

The position is based within the Sourcing department at the Ikano headquarter in Hyllie, Malmö. From there we support Ikano Bank in all its markets – all Nordic countries, Germany and UK. We aim to work on sourcing projects that covers all markets, to consolidate and simplify our supplier base, but individual characteristic in the individual markets means we also work on local sourcing projects. Some traveling may be required.

Sourcing is a central department in Ikano, with dedicated professionals working with category management, sourcing projects, contract management and supplier management.

Key responsibilities

• Leading our effort to reduce Ikano Bank´s spend on global and regional level by professionalize sourcing, increase business value and challenge demand
• Arrange, review and lead sourcing negotiations
• Negotiate contracts incl. applicable changes for IT/Digital-outsourcing arrangement and other Indirect Material sourcing contracts
• Represent Ikano’s interests and interface directly with supplier in contract negotiations
• Identify, drive and structure areas and transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective
• Interpret contracts and specifications and explain contract terms to co-workers
• Communicate, coordinate, consult and liaise with stakeholders to achieve effective contractual management of rights and obligations;
• Act as Sourcing escalation point for potential contractual disputes e.g. for the outsourcing arrangement and in relation to license verification/audit matters;
• Support and enforce the sourcing process, commercial and contractual awareness throughout the organization.
• Develop and maintain long range Sourcing plans together with Category development
• Provide reporting, insights, innovation and recommendation to internal stakeholders and management
• Building bridges and ensure alignment between business and Sourcing-ensure early engagement
• Work on continuous improvements for the Sourcing function
• We measure the Spend/Risk (as we are a bank with rigorous regulations) /Dependency and Value

We offer you

Operating at the centre of events, you will have an active role in various decision forums, represent us to external partners and create a great foundation for further development.

This position is more than what meets the eye. You will get the chance to push boundaries and influence your daily work. All as part of a caring and open culture where we live our values, work hard, have fun and operate with a long-term perspective. Because here opportunities arise and growth follows.



Are you the one for Ikano?


Required skills and qualifications:

• University or bachelor´s degree in preferably legal or other relevant training, with strong business administration experience
• Ability to build relationships, trust, confidence and buy-in throughout the organization to execute sourcing strategy and projects
• Strong written and verbal competence, listening, interpersonal, consensus building and facilitation skills
• Extensive experience in tough and difficult negotiations
• Ability to understand supplier market dynamics and key indicators and how to leverage opportunities
• Financial acumen, ability to apply a broad understanding of financial management principals and other quantitative information to ensure decisions are fiscally responsible and based on budget
• Result oriented
• Ability to work under pressure
• Persistence and diligence to details

Join us now – together we will find a better way

Please submit your application with CV and cover letter via the link below prior to 2020-11-30. Please note that we are unable to accept applications via mail. More information can be given by Åsa Stoije

About us

Ikano Bank offers simple and attractive savings and loan products for consumers, sales support services for retailers, and leasing and factoring solutions for corporate customers. Ikano Bank has a presence in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK, Poland, Germany and Austria. Ikano Bank is part of Ikano Group, who is an international group of companies operating in the areas of banking, insurance, residential and retail. At Ikano, our vision is to create possibilities for better living. We do this by working together to create simple and meaningful solutions based on fair terms that bring value to our customers. Ikano Group was established in 1988 and is owned by the Kamprad family. Find out more about us on www.ikanogroup.com