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Työnimike: Category Manager & Lead Buyer for IT

Työnkuvaus:
Sourcing & Logistics contributes to Stora Enso's transformation and profitable growth by leveraging supplier competence and partnerships for innovation, customer value creation and new technical solutions. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sourcing and Logistics Partner today and tomorrow, creating value for Stora Enso by effectively and efficiently meeting the business needs for Sourced Products, Services and Logistics.

Stora Enso Sourcing and Logistics is looking for a Category Manager in the IT Team

Stora Enso Sourcing and Logistics is a centre-led organization mirroring the overall company structure, and recognizes both corporate and local needs. The organization is guided by clear strategies focusing on being a forerunner in global responsibility, sourcing demanded quality at lowest possible cost, driving innovations supporting our overall ambitions and working with suppliers with a clear drive for continuous improvements.

Description
The primary responsibility of this position is to run procurement of external services with a focus on assigned subcategories in IT. You are responsible for developing Category Strategies and Procurement plans for assigned sub categories. You execute Procurement plans and RfPs (request for proposal) for assigned projects in close cooperation with your stakeholders in offices and sites and your focus will be on lowering the cost for the required quality and services.

You negotiate contracts within given framework and according to policies and guidelines. You are responsible for developing and adjusting the supplier base in the category, select and prequalify suppliers in category and especially from Sustainability point of view. You will run supplier development for contracted suppliers with focus to make best use of existing agreements and drive continuous improvement. The position includes maintaining a large database of vendors and contacts within the category as well as to log purchases into the purchasing system for proper governance, tracking and classification. As a Category Manager you are also functioning as a Supplier Account Manager (SAM) for assigned suppliers.

You will report directly to SVP Sourcing Group Functions and Professional Services.
Qualifications

Competencies and experience
 Relevant University degree in relevant area (engineering/technical or economics/finance).
 At least a couple of years working experience in international procurement and experience in Category Management, Strategic Purchasing of IT and Digitalization.
 Very strong communication skills as well as solid experience in English. Finnish and/or Swedish is good but not mandatory.
 Good understanding of strategic sourcing practices and contract law.
 Demonstrated ability to negotiate complex agreements with suppliers in different countries.
 Very good team working, experience from multicultural, remote people management and strong influencing skills.
 Highly structured and systematic, works proactively and result-oriented as well as willing and able to take initiative.
 Solid financial understanding TCO (total cost of ownership) with the ability to perform both on a strategic planning level as well as in executing the defined long term plans successfully.
 Stora Enso's value of "Do What's Right" must be strongly reflected in high personal integrity and accountability.

Personal skills:
 Visible: Is visible through contacts and travel to our sourcing and business units as well as suppliers. Can both help to solve day to day issues as well as making steps to reach bigger picture.
 Courageous: Dares to challenge existing ways of working when opportunities for improvements exist. Pragmatic to make things work in reality.
 Clear: Easily communicates in all types of situations and makes people feel listened to. Builds trust and openness by understanding current business and best practice.

The position requires travelling.
Location:
Helsinki, Finland or Tallinn, Estonia or Ostrava, Czech Republic

Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper globally. Our customers include packaging producers, brand owners, paper and board producers, publishers, retailers, print houses, converters, and joinery and construction companies. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in over 30 countries. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy and Nasdaq Stockholm AB.

More information:Patrik Stenman, SVP Sourcing Group Functions and Professional Services, +46 70 5930011Last Application Day:2019-08-03

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jobCategoriesCodes_0: http://data.europa.eu/esco/isco/C1324

positionTypeCode: directhire

contractTypeCodes_0: fulltime

Työnantajan nimi: Stora Enso Oyj

source: TIVA