Sourcing Manager for Vattenfall Power Solutions

Vattenfall AB · plný úvazek

Östhammar, Švédsko

Company Description Business Unit (BU) Vattenfall Power Solutions is a business unit with approximately 700 employees within Business Area (BA) Vattenfall Generation that provides training for personnel in Swedish nuclear power, supplies nuclear fuel to Vattenfall's nuclear power plants, develops and executes 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 key technical disciplines. We actively work on continuous improvement initiatives and development of our models, where our work and expertise create significant value for Vattenfall and its initiatives. About the Role Would you like to combine strategic sourcing within consultant procurement with business development and long-term supplier partnerships? We are recruiting two Sourcing Managers for Vattenfall Power Solutions, one based 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 convert the business's competence and resource needs into commercially viable, sustainable and executable sourcing solutions. You will monitor developments in the consulting market, create structure in complex needs and develop partnerships with strategically important suppliers. The department 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 partnerships are taking shape. This gives you the opportunity to contribute your experience and help shape the department's continued development. Your Responsibilities As a Sourcing Manager, you will work strategically, tactically and to some extent operationally. You will, among other things: Analyze the business's current and future needs for external expertise. Develop sourcing and supplier strategies based on long-term business needs. Assure the quality of consultant needs together with requesting operations. Communicate needs, forecasts and strategic direction to relevant suppliers. Monitor and analyze the consulting market as well as suppliers' capacity and development. Establish and develop relationships with strategically important suppliers. Handle commercial matters regarding contracts, 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 department. The role has many touchpoints and gives you the opportunity to build a broad network within technical operations, procurement and the supplier market. You will have clear personal responsibility and the opportunity to influence solutions that are important for Vattenfall's long-term delivery capacity. We know that our employees are key to our success. For us, your development is important, so we will always encourage you to use your knowledge and give you opportunities to develop through new challenges, training and skills transfer. With us, you will have the confidence to act with great freedom and personal responsibility, which together with good working conditions and mutual trust provides high flexibility and balance between work and personal life. Qualifications We are looking for someone who combines business acumen and strategic thinking with an inclusive and relationship-building approach. You thrive on collaborating across organizational boundaries and can create structure and momentum even when multiple perspectives need to be weighed. To succeed in this role, you have: Relevant academic education in engineering or equivalent work experience. Experience in sourcing, supplier management, consultant procurement or a similar business-related area. Experience driving complex issues together with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Experience with commercial matters and business-like 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 the energy, industrial or other technology-intensive sector. We would also like to see that you have worked closely with technical consultant suppliers or a procurement function and have experience with formal leadership responsibility, coordination responsibility or management responsibility. As a person, you build trust through professional and clear communication. You create trustful long-term relationships, see the bigger picture and can balance different interests. You also feel confident in making business-like assessments and driving work forward together with others. Additional Information Beyond being part of shaping the future of smart energy society, we offer you a developing and varied job with many touchpoints. At Vattenfall, it is important that work and personal life are well balanced, so we offer flexibility in your work and the opportunity to work from home when needed. We also offer a number of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave supplements and more. Read more about our benefits here. The placement location for the position on the west coast is Gothenburg or Ringhals. The placement location for the position on the east coast is Solna, Uppsala, Gävle or Forsmark. Travel is a natural part of the position, particularly within the geography the role is responsible for, but we actively work with technical tools to reduce these. For more 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 main line 08-739 50 00. Welcome to submit your application by September 16, 2026. We do not accept personal letters in applications.