Sourcing Manager for Vattenfall Power Solutions

Vattenfall AB · plný úvazek

Solna, Švédsko

Company Description Business Unit (BU) Vattenfall Power Solutions is a business unit with approximately 700 employees within Business Area (BA) Vattenfall Generation that trains 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 to all of Vattenfall's operations, corporate staff, and stakeholders. This includes activities such as developing and providing training, project management and project support, analysis leadership 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 Would you like to combine strategic sourcing within consultant procurement with operations 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 contributing to our long-term delivery capacity. 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 feasible sourcing solutions. You will follow developments in the consultant market, create structure in complex needs, and develop collaborations with strategically important suppliers. The area is responsible for sourcing, strategic resource procurement, and management of external technical consultants. We are in a development phase where the assignment is growing and new ways of working, 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. Among other things, you will: Analyze the operations' current and future needs for external expertise. Develop sourcing and supplier strategies based on long-term operational needs. Quality assure consultant needs together with requesting operations. Communicate needs, forecasts, and strategic direction to relevant suppliers. Monitor and analyze the consultant market as well as suppliers' capacity and development. Establish and develop relationships with strategically important suppliers. Handle commercial matters concerning agreements, pricing, terms, and supplier selection. Collaborate with Vattenfall's procurement function and category managers. Contribute to the development of processes, ways of working, 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 responsibility and the opportunity to influence solutions that are important for Vattenfall's long-term delivery capacity. We know that our employees are the key to our success. Your development is important to us, and we will always encourage you to use your knowledge and provide opportunities for development through new challenges, training, and knowledge transfer. With us, you get the trust to act with great freedom and responsibility, which together with good working conditions and mutual trust creates high flexibility and a good balance between work and private life. Requirements We are looking for someone who combines business acumen and strategic thinking with an inclusive and relationship-building approach. You thrive with collaboration across organizational boundaries and can create structure and momentum even when multiple perspectives need to be balanced. To succeed in the role, you have: Relevant academic education in engineering or equivalent work experience. Experience in sourcing, supplier management, consultant procurement, or a similar operations-related area. Experience managing 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. Strong ability to communicate in Swedish and English. Class B driver's license. It is meritorious if you have experience from energy, industry, or other technology-intensive operations. We also welcome experience working closely with technical consultant suppliers or a procurement function, as well as experience with formal leadership responsibility, coordination responsibility, or management responsibility. As a person, you build trust through professional and clear communication. You create trustworthy long-term relationships, see the bigger picture, and can balance different interests. You are also confident in making business decisions and driving work forward together with others. Additional Information Beyond being part of shaping the future smart energy society, we offer you a developmental and varied job with many contact points. At Vattenfall, we believe 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 when 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 the role is responsible for, but we actively work with technical tools to minimize this. For further information about the position, please 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 applications.