Sandvik’s Parts & Services Division is making a difference through service and digital expertise. With safety and productivity in mind, we work closely with our customers to keep their equipment running. To ensure high quality and minimize unplanned downtime, we proudly offer around-the-clock services, qualified engineers and genuine components and parts on demand. With strong commitment, we deliver solutions that ensure safer, more efficient and more productive operations.
Do you want to be a future Sourcing professional in an international team that values transparency, a proactive mindset and an organized work style? If your answer is yes, you might be the person that we are looking for! We are currently looking for a
SOURCING SPECIALIST to be employed by Sandvik. The position is permanent and full-time and located in Sandvik’s Tampere site which is a global technology and manufacturing center for drilling equipment. In Parts & Services the work is global. The recruitment process is handled by Staffpoint and the employment contract will be signed directly with Sandvik.
As a Sourcing Specialist you will support sourcing processes and contract management and be responsible for the day-to-day operational sourcing activities, i.e. price list updates. You will be delivering value through analytical and commercial leadership in sourcing and procurement of transactional suppliers. The position will provide timely and effective sourcing support and mentoring to stakeholders and taking the responsibility for the overall outcomes.
Areas of responsibility
- Ensure that the operational sourcing tasks are performed in a timely manner.
- Support in multiple and simultaneous transactional supplier management, ensuring key stakeholder involvement in the determination of requirements, review of proposals and negotiations.
- Support the successful delivery of sourcing project outcomes through use of rigorous and systematic processes and timely project completion: analysis, quote comparison, price list management.
- Support peers, providing guidance on all matters within the operational sourcing process and day-to-day operational activities.
- Act as a process leader for operational sourcing process improvement, while effectively managing stakeholders and building strong team relationships and trust with internal customers.
- Develop processes and analysis techniques, while ensuring support in procurement decisions of key users and stakeholders.
- Conduct and implement contract management for assigned contracts.
Your profile
- We are looking for someone with a commercial mindset, understanding of sourcing processes and the ability to see the big picture yet focus on the detail. You demonstrate leadership in your own responsibility area and support the strategic team to become outcome focused.
- Minimum 2 years of experience or studies in a related field (e.g. supply chain, finance, management) or demonstrated strategic sourcing experience is desirable.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), PowerBI and basic knowledge of contracts or contract law.
- You have strong social and communication skills both in English and Finnish. Previous experience in an international environment is an advantage since you will be collaborating closely with our global teams and other international stakeholders.
- You perform well under pressure and respond quickly to requests whilst achieving effective results professionally and honestly.
However, we do want to highlight that we are not expecting you to know everything, the most important is that you are motivated and keen to grow into a Sourcing professional with us!
What we offer to you?
We offer you an interesting role in an international business environment, extraordinary products, great colleagues, and opportunities for your professional development. For example, depending on your own motivation, you can evolve from a specialist to a manager. We want to add value to your development by offering an opportunity to work in a team who embraces Sandvik core values of Customer Focus, Innovation, Passion to Win and Fair Play. At Sandvik, we encourage an inclusive working environment and strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and thereby, our customers. Remote work is possible in the role however, occasional presence might be required in our Division’s headquarters in Tampere as well as occasional traveling.
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Want to join our team?
You will be employed directly to Sandvik. Submit your application and CV in English along with your salary request at www.staffpoint.fi by June 30th 2022. However, we will start screening the applications and interviewing already during the application period. In case you have questions related to this position please contact Tiia Sjöstedt, P&S Sourcing Category Manager Europe, at +358 50 4109850 between June 20th and 23th (Mon-Thu) between 3pm-6pm (EET).
For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Natasha Madlala by email natasha.madlala@staffpoint.fi or phone +35844 420 4228. Please note, that we do not accept applications via email due to GDPR regulations.
Job ID: R0038386
