Strategic Buyer to Icomera, Gothenburg

Icomera is the world’s leading provider of wireless Internet connectivity for public transport, committed to promoting green mobility. Serving millions of Wi-Fi users in more than 40 countries worldwide, our award-winning technology makes public transport a better, safer, more attractive option for passengers, supporting our mission to reduce carbon emissions by 3-4 million metric tons over the next 4 years.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Equans, Icomera is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, with offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France and Italy.

We are now looking for a Strategic Buyer to be a part of our Sourcing & Purchasing team located in Gothenburg, Sweden.

What Icomera offers you

• A work environment where we embrace new ideas and dare to try new methods, technologies and ways of doing things. An environment where we take care of each other and have fun working together. An environment where we celebrate our successes, small and big, together as a team.
• Exciting and varying workdays.
• Nice and modern office environment located in Hisings Backa (Exportgatan 1B).
• We value your health and therefore offer a generous Wellness Allowance (friskvårdsbidrag), and flexible working hours.

Responsibilities

As a Strategic Buyer you will be responsible for specific commodity areas, both for direct and indirect purchases. Together with your colleagues you will create and implement strategies for each commodity. This will include business review meetings, agreements, negotiation, quality issues, development etc. Within this role there could also be some Project management tasks, both concerning internal development projects as well as externaI customer projects.

You need to create strong relationships with both internal stakeholders and externaI suppliers, relationships that are based on trust and mutual respect.

We also expect you to be proactive in the sense that you evaluate our existing supplier base and variety of parts together with colleagues in the group. This should lead to lcomera paying the right price for the right parts from the right suppliers. Your stakeholders within lcomera will primarily be Supply Chain, Production, Development and those working in the regions related to specific customer projects.

Our Sourcing & Purchasing department is currently in a development phase as we are improving our processes and getting things sorted. We expect you to be up for this challenge!

Your main tasks are

• Create and implement commodity strategies.
• lnitiate and negotiate Frame Agreements with our suppliers.
• Continuously work with Cost minimization.
• Extract data from SAP for processing in Excel and supply reports to your team when needed, based on that data.
• Keep a close dialogue with your colleagues and support each other when needed.
• Support your colleagues outside the team in the Purchasing processes, to ensure that we handle purchasing in an efficient and correct manner.

You will report to our Head of Global Sourcing and Purchasing, located in the Gothenburg office.

The focus is on the WE, on the team and what they need. Taking responsibility for your work, generates possibilities to grow and have an impact on the role for the future. It is expected that you take on that responsibility and seek advice whenever you get stuck or need support.

We believe you are

A Strategic Buyer with a good eye for details and likes to work in a structured manner. You always do your best and support your colleagues whenever they need it. In a similar way, they will support you.

You need to have excellent communication skills and also be able to stand up for your opinion. You need to be able to challenge different opinions using your knowledge in purchasing while maintaining an open dialogue. Our corporate language is English but our team in Gothenburg speaks both English and Swedish daily.

It is a requirement that you

• Have a post-secondary education within Purchasing or similar, at least a YH but preferably with a bachelor's degree or higher.
• Minimum 5 years of experience from purchasing, min 2 of them within the strategic area.
• A good negotiator, able to see the full picture of the purchase.
• Are familiar with and understand legal writing.
• Have a good understanding of SAP or similar ERP system.
• Have excellent skills in communication and work in an organized way.
• Have good computer skills and are used to Microsoft 365 environment.
• Speak and write fluently in English and Swedish.

It is also desirable if you

• Have a background in indirect purchasing i.e. software, license etc.
• Experience from Telecom or Electronics industry is desirable but not essential.

More about the position and how to apply

This is a full-time position based at our office in Hisings Backa located at Exportgatan 1B. We will be reviewing applicants ongoing and the position might be filled before the last application date. Icomera welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and we value a diverse and inclusive work environment. In this recruitment Icomera cooperate with Jerrie. For general questions about this position please contact recruitment consultant Cecilia Jarlsmark at cecilia.jarlsmark@jerrie.se or +46 723 05 33 43. We welcome your application with CV in either English or Swedish via www.jerrie.se Last day to apply is 2022-03-30.

Apply today and join our team!