Sourcing Manager for Vattenfall Power Solutions

Vattenfall AB · Vollzeit

Varberg, Schweden

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 executes projects and assignments, and provides internal technical specialist services for all of Vattenfall's operations, corporate staff, and stakeholders. This includes activities such as development and provision of training programs, project management and project support, analysis management and investigations, product development, and nuclear technical safety and dam safety assignments. The focus within Vattenfall Power Solutions is to develop our capabilities in project management and selected key technical 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 initiatives. About the Role Do you want to combine strategic sourcing within consultant procurement with business development and long-term supplier partnerships? We are seeking 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 capability. You will work closely with our technical operations, suppliers, and Vattenfall's procurement organization. Together, you will translate the business's competence and resource needs into commercially sound, sustainable, and feasible sourcing solutions. You will monitor developments in the consultant 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 working methods, processes, and partnerships are taking shape. This gives you the opportunity to contribute your experience and help shape the continued development of the department. 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. Quality assure consultant needs together with requesting business units. 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 relating to 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 department. 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 personal responsibility and the opportunity to influence solutions that are important for Vattenfall's long-term delivery capability. We know that our employees are the key to our success. For us, your development is important, which is why 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 personal 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 this role, you have: Relevant academic education in engineering or equivalent work experience. Experience in sourcing, supplier management, consultant procurement, or a similar operations-related field. 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. Strong ability to communicate in both Swedish and English. Class B driver's license. It is advantageous if you have experience from energy, industry, or other technology-intensive operations. We would also like to see experience working with technical consultant suppliers or a procurement function, as well as experience with formal management responsibility, coordination responsibility, or supervisory responsibility. As a person, you build trust through professional and clear communication. You create trustworthy long-term relationships, see the big picture, and can balance different interests. You are also comfortable making business-oriented decisions and driving work forward together with others. Additional Information In addition to being part of shaping the future smart energy society, we offer you a developing and varied job with many contact points. At Vattenfall, it is important that work and personal life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home when needed. We also have 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. Work location for the west coast position is Gothenburg or Ringhals. Work location for the east coast position is Solna, Uppsala, Gävle, or Forsmark. Travel is a natural part of the role, especially within the geography that the role is responsible for, but we actively work with technical tools to minimize this. 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 switchboard 08-739 50 00. Welcome to submit your application by September 16, 2026. We do not accept personal letters in applications. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.