Sourcing Manager at Vattenfall Power Solutions

Vattenfall AB · plný úvazek

Göteborg, Švédsko

Company Description Business Unit (BU) Vattenfall Power Solutions is a business unit with approximately 700 employees within the Business Area (BA) Vattenfall Generation that provides training for personnel in Swedish nuclear power, delivers nuclear fuel to Vattenfall's nuclear power plants, develops and implements projects and assignments, and provides internal technical specialist services for all of Vattenfall's operations, corporate departments, and stakeholders. This includes activities such as developing and providing training, project management and project support, analysis management and investigations, product development, and nuclear technical safety and dam safety assignments. The focus within the Vattenfall Power Solutions business unit is to develop our capabilities in project management and selected technical key disciplines. We actively work with continuous improvement initiatives and development of our models, where our work and expertise create significant value for Vattenfall and its investments. About the Role Do you want to combine strategic sourcing within consultant staffing with operational development and long-term supplier partnerships? We are seeking two Sourcing Managers for Vattenfall Power Solutions, one positioned on the west coast and one on the east coast. Here you will have a central role in ensuring access to external expertise and contribute to our long-term delivery capability. You will work closely with our technical operations, suppliers, and Vattenfall's procurement organization. Together, you will translate the operations' competence and resource needs into commercially viable, sustainable, and executable sourcing solutions. You follow developments in the consultant market, create structure in complex needs, and develop partnerships with strategically important suppliers. The area is responsible for sourcing, strategic resource staffing, and management of external technical consultants. We are in a development phase where the assignment is growing and new working methods, processes, and collaborations are taking shape. This gives you the opportunity to contribute your experience and help shape the area's continued development. Your Responsibilities As a Sourcing Manager, you will work strategically, tactically, and to some extent operatively. You will, among other things: Analyze the operations' current and future needs for external expertise. Develop sourcing and supplier strategies based on long-term operational needs. Ensure quality of consultant needs together with requesting operations. Communicate needs, forecasts, and strategic direction to relevant suppliers. Monitor and analyze the consultant market and suppliers' capacity and development. Establish and develop relationships with strategically important suppliers. Handle commercial matters concerning agreements, prices, terms, and supplier selection. Collaborate with Vattenfall's procurement function and category managers. Contribute to the development of processes, working methods, and system support within the area. The role has many contact points and gives you the opportunity to build a broad network within technical operations, procurement, and the supplier market. You will have clear individual responsibility and the opportunity to influence solutions that are important for Vattenfall's long-term delivery capability. We know that our employees are key to our success. For us, your development is important, and therefore we will always encourage you to use your knowledge and give you opportunities to develop through new challenges, training, and knowledge transfer. With us, you will have the trust to act with great freedom and personal responsibility, which together with good working conditions and mutual trust provides high flexibility and a good balance between work and private life. Requirements We are looking for someone who combines commercial thinking and strategic perspective with an inclusive and relationship-building approach. You thrive with collaborating across organizational boundaries and can create structure and momentum even when multiple perspectives need to be considered. To succeed in this role, you have: Relevant academic education in engineering or equivalent work experience. Experience in sourcing, supplier management, consultant staffing, or a similar operations-related area. Experience driving complex issues together with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Experience with commercial matters and business-oriented supplier dialogues. Experience independently driving assignments to completion and leading or coordinating others in the work. Good ability to communicate in Swedish and English. Class B driver's license. It is advantageous if you have experience from energy, industrial, or other technology-intensive operations. We would also like to see that you have worked closely with technical consultant suppliers or a procurement function and have experience with formal management responsibility, coordination responsibility, or executive responsibility. As a person, you build trust through professional and clear communication. You create trustful long-term relationships, see the big picture, and can balance different interests. You also feel comfortable making sound business judgments and driving work forward together with others. Additional Information Beyond being part of shaping the future of smart energy society, we offer you a developmental and varied job with many contact points. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in your work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also offer various other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave supplements, and more. Read more about our benefits here. Placement location for the position on the west coast is Gothenburg or Ringhals. Placement location for the position on the east coast is Solna, Uppsala, Gävle, or Forsmark. Travel is a natural part of the position, especially within the geography that the role covers, but we actively work with technical tools to reduce this. For further information about the position, you are welcome to contact recruiting manager Fanny Ladeborn, 070 319 75 74 or [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Åsa Vallin, [email protected]. Trade union representatives for this position are Gustaf Treiber (Akademikerna), Jörgen Von Ubisch (Ledarna), Robert Lönnqvist (SEKO), Jan Stigbert (Unionen). All contact persons can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard 08-739 50 00. Welcome to submit your application no later than September 16, 2026. We do not accept personal letters in your application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.