Technical Material Buyer

Svenska Cellulosa AktiebolagetSCA is a leading global hygiene and forest products company. The Group develops and produces sustainable personal care, tissue and forest products. Sales are conducted in about 100 countries under many strong brands, including the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and regional brands, such as Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo and Vinda. As Europe’s largest private forest owner, SCA places considerable emphasis on sustainable forest management. The Group has about 44,000 employees. Sales in 2014 amounted to approximately SEK 104bn (EUR 11.4bn). SCA was founded in 1929, has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information, visit www.sca.com.

Overview.
We are looking to hire a Technical Material Buyer to Edet Mill.
The Technical Material Buyer provides direct support to the Sourcing Managers, leads cost out projects across all Hub sites and ensures full compliance to SCA P2P process.



Main Accountabilities & Responsibilities
To execute design to cost opportunities for all hub streams across all Hub sites, ensuring working capital efficiency
To comply with SCA procedures, purchasing policy and financial instructions
To support Hub Sourcing managers  in the execution of tenders, supplier qualification, supplier selection, risk management
To work closely with all stakeholders to drive continuous improvement through cost saving projects, organising trials, implementing supplier changes and tracking savings
To maintain and develop knowledge database, aligning reporting capability across the hub and co-ordination of systems improvements, driving initiatives such as E- procurement
To review and monitor sourcing operational needs when interfacing with suppliers, ensuring effective communication of best practices and supporting roll out of these initiatives (Hub level)
To review and maintain records of approved suppliers in line with SCA risk policy
Ensure that the interests of SCA are managed in a professional and ethical manner throughout all interactions with suppliers, ensuring full compliance with SCA Supplier Standard
To ensure, where appropriate, the integration of common product types across all sites of SCA and ensure a harmonized approach across all hub engineering storerooms
To supply regular updates and KPI’s to Sourcing managers to ensure effective communication of cost saving activities (Actual v’s target)

We are looking for someone with
A minimum 3 years of experience working within a similar role
Either a technical or financial University degree
Experience from working with SAP
Experience from handling negotiations
Ability to understand blueprints
Fluent in English and Swedish, verbal and written
Furthermore, you are driven and you have a convincing and coaching attitude, eager to be a spokesperson for implementing processes and new ways of working.

Additional Information
SCA Obbola AB tillverkar förpackningspapper för konsument- och transportförpackningar, till övervägande del baserat på färsk vedfiber.