Strategic Purchaser

Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we – Wärtsilians - put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality.

We want to transition the world towards a decarbonised and sustainable future.  By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of.  Want to join the ride?

 

Wärtsilä Indirect Procurement is a global support function in Wärtsilä serving all employees, functions, and businesses in their indirect purchasing needs. We are looking for a Strategic Purchaser in a one-year temporary position in Vaasa, Finland.

 

In the position as Strategic Purchaser you will work closely with different stakeholders and suppliers, maintaining and creating valuable relationships and networks, you will lead and participate in contract and price negotiations and support in sourcing related matters. You will also work closely with your own team and organization to develop the services IP provides. To succeed as a Strategic Purchaser, you identify yourself as a social and energetic person with team player skills and a “Doer” attitude.

 

Main responsibilities:

 

• Lead and support in contract and price negotiations, conduct tendering processes
• Report savings, create supplier evaluations and analyze supplier performance
• Identify and execute synergy opportunities and innovations
• Be responsible for content in Wärtsilä internal web shop (WeBuy)
• Manage key supplier relationships
• Increase the awareness of the purchasing processes and policies within various stakeholder group
• Coordinate and support creation of needed guidelines and policies for categories and ensure that all relevant information is available for end users by communicating, training, and supporting end users
• Contribute to achieve Indirect Purchasing KPI targets, such as savings and purchase order coverage
• In co-operation with your team develop, execute strategic purchasing, and action plans for the region

 

Qualifications:

 

• Education: M.Sc or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience
• Experience in contract negotiations and sourcing activities
• Understanding of supply agreements and/or contractual content
• Good presentation, communication, and negotiation skills
• Good Office tools skills, especially excel
• Knowledge and skills in data analysis, Total Cost of Ownership, savings calculations etc.
• Experience in SAP, knowledge in IP tools is a plus (Coupa, Power BI, SRM)
• Fluent written and spoken English and Finnish

 

We offer:

 

Welcome to a dynamic team, where you have the possibility to work both independently and in close co-operation with great colleagues. We want to be the best at what we do and therefore we continuously develop our expertise and way of working. The variety of tasks and projects offer you possibilities to challenge yourself and work with diverse groups of people. If you are looking for static and boring, this is not the job for you. Location for this position is Vaasa.

 

Contact & next steps:

 

Does this sound like the job for you? If yes, we hope to hear from you before the application deadline 31st of December 2023, by submitting your application through our Careers portal. Please note, that we will start the interviews already during the application period, and therefore we are encouraging you to apply the soonest.

 

For questions regarding the positions, please contact:

 

Noora Tikka,

Regional Manager IP Finland,

noora.tikka@wartsila.com

 

Last application date: 31/12/2023 

 

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

 

This is Wärtsilä 

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 17,000 professionals, in more than 200 locations in 68 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.