Procurement Manager

Mörbylånga kommun · Full-time

Mörbylånga, Sweden

Öland attracts more and more people every year. Unique environments, high quality of life, and proximity to both city and sea make Öland an attractive place to visit and live. Southern Öland is also characterized by strong forward momentum, commitment, and our magnificent World Heritage site. Mörbylånga Municipality is located in the southern part of Öland and consists of approximately 1200 engaged and competent employees driven by making a difference in our society. We are now looking for more employees who want to contribute to Öland continuing to be a fantastic place to live, work, and visit. Do you want to be part of developing the future of public procurement? We are seeking an engaged and experienced Procurement Manager who wants to contribute to developing our procurement work and creating value for our operations. With us, you will have a central role in ensuring business-minded, sustainable, and efficient procurement that contributes to the best possible use of the municipal group's resources. As a Procurement Manager, you work closely with the operations and become an important collaboration partner in matters relating to procurement, purchasing, and development. We are looking for someone who enjoys building relationships, driving change, and creating results together with others. 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES About the Position As a procurement manager, you are an important collaboration partner for the municipality's and companies' operations. With knowledge of public procurement and a solution-oriented approach, you contribute to good business outcomes within the framework of legislation, agreements, and the municipality's objectives. You work both operationally and strategically with purchasing procedures, category management, and development of the municipal group's procurement work. The role involves no personnel responsibility, but you take active leadership by driving development, creating alignment, and collaborating closely with the operations. You contribute to engagement in procurement matters and efficient, sustainable use of the municipality's resources. You are part of a team with procurement managers, purchasing specialists, and e-commerce coordinators/business developers. The Finance Director has overall responsibility, while you independently plan, prioritize, and drive the procurement and purchasing work forward. Job Duties As a Procurement Manager, you will, among other things: • Plan, conduct, and follow up on purchasing procedures • Drive and lead category projects together with operations and companies. • Provide qualified support to operations in procurement and purchasing matters and help them find business-minded and sustainable solutions within the framework of applicable legislation and agreements. • Coordinate and develop procurement processes and working methods. • Contribute to strengthening the organization's strategic procurement work. • Build and maintain good relationships with operations and suppliers. • Monitor the external environment and identify development opportunities within the procurement field. • Ensure that the municipal group's procurement is conducted in accordance with the Public Procurement Act, internal guidelines, and applicable agreements while meeting the operations' needs in the best possible way. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who: • Has post-secondary education in procurement, purchasing, economics, law, or other education that the employer deems equivalent. • Has experience with strategic and operational procurement work. • Has experience conducting purchasing procedures. • Has experience driving projects, development work, or other complex processes. • Has good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish. • Has good knowledge of digital tools and administrative systems. It is meritorious if you: • Have experience from the public sector. • Have knowledge of the Public Procurement Act (LOU). • Have experience with category management or strategic procurement work. • Have worked in a coordinating or leading role. You are confident, clear, and relationship-building with good collaboration skills. You understand both the operations' needs and the regulations surrounding public procurement. With a solution-oriented approach, you help the operations find ways forward that comply with the Public Procurement Act, applicable agreements, and good business practice. We are looking for someone who shares the municipality's values: Curiosity - You listen, ask questions, and strive to understand the operations' needs. Through dialogue and cooperation, you build good relationships and contribute to an environment where people learn from each other and develop together. Creativity - You dare to think new and see opportunities where others see obstacles. With business sense and good knowledge of the regulations, you find solutions that create value for the operations while laws, agreements, and guidelines are followed. Initiative - You take responsibility for moving work forward, identify opportunities for improvement, and turn ideas into action. You work independently, are organized, and have the ability to lead development and change from idea to result. We also believe that you: • are communicative and relationship-building • have good social competence and high collaboration skills • have a coaching and unpretentious approach • have the ability to lead and coordinate without formal personnel responsibility • are confident in making decisions within your area of responsibility • have a good overall perspective and see procurement as a strategic tool for operational development. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability. Salary Form: Monthly salary. Employment Type: Permanent position. Duration: Ongoing. We Offer With us, you get the opportunity to work in an important societal function where your work contributes to creating value for the municipality's residents. You become part of an engaged team with high expertise and close collaboration with the operations. We offer developing work with significant personal responsibility, the opportunity to influence, and good conditions to be part of developing the municipality's procurement work for the future. Mörbylånga Municipality strives for a more balanced gender distribution in our staff groups. This is part of the municipality's overall equality work and something we take into account in the recruitment process. To quality assure the recruitment process at Mörbylånga Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally. We do not accept applications via email or in paper format. We warmly welcome your application! In preparation for the recruitment work, Mörbylånga Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar.