Buyer – Procurement Operations, Indirect at Essity

Overview
Are you ready to join a global leader in the health and hygiene industry with a mission to improve people’s lives and well-being? Now, more than ever, Essity is making an impact as we provide products used in hygiene and healthcare. At Essity we are pleased to announce a full-time career opportunity for a Buyer with indirect procurement experience. Whether you are looking to make a change, or advance your career, find your path with Essity and join our amazing global team.

About the role
In this role you will:

• Be responsible for buying services across our main office locations for one or two of our main Categories (Professional Services, FM, IT, HR, Marketing)
• Execute procurement tasks according to the global strategy while ensuring high quality projects and services.
• Oversee the supplier base within your Category and lead negotiations across locations, using appropriate e-sourcing tools and techniques.
• Execute and implement procurement strategy in area of responsibility.
• Identify and execute saving initiatives and execute RFQ´s directly in Ariba.
• Ensure usage of preferred supplier contracts in order to maximize results and to comply with the procurement strategy.
• Gather and analyse spend and price data, identifying opportunities for negotiations based on company and market data.
• Close cooperation and alignment with operational and global procurement teams, to ensure implementation and deployment of programs and initiatives around the globe.

Located just a couple of minutes from Mölndal train station in Gothenburg, Essity offers you to be part of an international business setting with over 1 000 employees and many contacts across different functions, units and countries. Flexibility is important to us, which is why we believe in a hybrid workplace philosophy. Our office environment is modern with a very special culture focusing on collaboration, innovation, well-being and care, development and commitment. We offer inhouse training facilities, a healthy canteen, social events and many other employee benefits.

Who you are
At Essity we put great value in your personal competences. To be successful in the Buyer role, you need to possess excellent communication skills, conduct yourself in a professional manner, and act with a high sense of collaboration. Interacting with stakeholders at all organizational levels, you are skilled at building lasting relationships and interacting with team members across the globe. You are an independent self-starter who takes ownership of your tasks and is motivated by delivering high service levels and exceptional results. You have a solution-oriented approach and are highly proactive in your daily work. You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and complex matrix organization with evolving priorities. You are highly analytical, and you can think strategically and see the bigger picture.

What you need

• University-/BA-/BS-College degree within relevant field (Business, Economics)
• At least 2 years of experience in procurement with demonstrated strategic sourcing competence.
• Experience with indirect services (IT, HR, FM)
• Experience in supporting multi-functional projects in an international work environment with remote locations.
• Competence of working strategically, adequate track record is preferred.
• Good knowledge of contract law
• Strong negotiation skills and assertiveness
• Fluency in English (written and oral) is a must, second language is preferred.
• Strong computer skills (MS Office, Ariba, SAP, Power BI)

Application
Interested? If you are up for the challenge and think this sounds like you, apply online today! Kindly note that due to GDPR we will not accept applications via mail.

As we will be making ongoing selections, interviews might start before the application deadline. Please use the link to apply via our career site. We may conduct background checks in the final stages of the recruitment process to verify your qualifications and fit for the role

Application End Date:
16 okt. 2024
Job Requisition ID:
Essity247081