Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst

You may know SKF as the world leading supplier of products and solutions in the rolling bearing business. In addition, we are one of the leading players in seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training. The inherent skills and competence of our, around 48.600 employees, help us to fulfill our objective of creating more intelligent, sustainable and innovative customer solutions. SKF is a truly global company with presence in more than 130 countries, serving an extensive range of industries and customers worldwide.

SKF Group Purchasing plays a vital role to the success of SKF by providing our businesses with a world-class global supplier base. We are a global community collaborating across borders on both a strategic and operational level. As a professional partner to SKF businesses, we participate throughout the complete value chain of sales, product development, sourcing and aftermarket processes. We contribute to the bottom line result of SKF and deliver value by using a category driven purchasing and a business oriented approach. Our multifaceted expertise secures SKF with a top performing purchasing organization.

To strengthen our Purchasing Project Management Office, we are looking for a

Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst

In this role you will be part of a team supporting Purchasing Project Leaders to manage and realize their Strategic Sourcing projects. This includes all relevant Purchasing functions, geographical and organizational areas.


Key Responsibilities

+ Be an active member of Strategic Sourcing projects supporting with
advanced purchasing analytics
+ Build up the baseline and business case for a project in a data capture sheet
and ensure measurements of the project KPI?s
+ Collect and analyze the SKF needs and demands within a specific category
+ Execute Requests for Information (RFI), Quotation (RFQ), Proposals (RFP),
Solutions (RFS) including related evaluation of replies
+ Perform and provide support on cost modeling
+ Support in making pricing trend analysis (e.g. trends and category outlooks)
+ Assist in tender and contract negotiations
+ Contribute to the development of strategic scenarios and run workshops


Job requirements

+ University degree in Engineering, Business Administration
or any other equivalent degree/working experience
+ Excellent project management skills (preferably GPM/Prince2 certification)
+ Lead/drive and support change initiatives and challenge existing ways of working
+ Good business experience in strategic purchasing processes with
focus on Tendering management
+ Experience in Purchasing Risk management
+ Excellent analytical and cost modeling skills (TCO, should cost)
+ Entrepreneurship and leadership skills
+ Excellent in communication, networking and forming strong partnerships
+ Fluent in written and spoken English
+ Affinity to understand and work with IT systems
+ Ability to work in a remote and international environment
+ Willingness for international travels


Additional information

The position is based in Gothenburg and reports to Stephan Koerner, Manager Purchasing PMO & Strategic Projects.
For questions regarding the position, please contact stephan.koerner@skf.com.
Information and questions regarding the recruitment process please contact Anita Florén, Recruitment Specialist at SKF Group Recruitment Center, phone number +46 31 337 3481 or anita.floren@skf.com