Job Description In today’s challenging market conditions, Vattenfall’s ability to optimize their value proposition is more crucial than ever. Vattenfall’s procurement teams add significant value by leveraging market intelligence, fostering innovation through cross-functional collaboration, and implementing sustainable and ethical procurement practices. Additionally, focusing on digitalization, risk management, and stakeholder engagement ensures alignment with broader business objectives, driving competitive advantage and long-term organizational growth As a Swedish speaking Tactical Buyer

your focus will lie on the sourcing of materials, goods and services for our Wind Business Area and all Indirect materials, goods and services for the entire Vattenfall Group. You are working closely together with both the procurement colleagues in your team and your business stakeholders. purchase by approaching the market for competitive quotes and select the offer with the best total-value proposition. The purchase needs will cover both project-based demand as well as demands from running operations and production sites. In this role your main stakeholders are are Business requisitioners within our Business Area Wind, as well as those within the various Staff Functions (SF), such as Facility Management, SF Corporate Security, People and Culture, and IT. What will you do as Tactical Buyer: You are responsible for buying all materials, goods and services through a competitive process, ensuring Vattenfall receives the best value for money. You spar with the requestor within the business units about their direct-, and indirect material and services requirements and together you develop the necessary tender documentation. You investigate the relevant markets for potential suppliers, ensuring there is a selection of potential sources to fulfill the demands of the businesses. You act as Point of Contact for relevant requestors in Business Area’s (BA’s) as well as Group Staff Functions (SF’s). You will work closely with all the requestors as a trusted partner to fulfill their wider sourcing needs; understanding and anticipating their requirements and converting these to procurement goals and activities; lead and participate in (sourcing) projects where relevant. You will ensure compliance throughout the entire process and seek for continues improvements. Your key activities are: You independently carry out RFQ (Requests For Quotation) and RFP (Request For Proposal) procedures. You conduct market research, hold negotiations and run tenders. You evaluate quotations, select and negotiate the conditions. With the support of our Legal department you draw up and ensure contracts are signed and in accordance with Vattenfall regulations. You will work in close collaboration with your colleagues and support each other not only in peaktimes. You are empowered to build trust and empowerment through strong commitment and stakeholder engagement. You will work on across teams initiatives to help grow the indirect team

Location

Amsterdam

Qualifications Who are you? Our ideal candidates have already proven themselves in a procurement position as a tactical buyer. For this role, we want you to bring: Fluent inSwedish, both spoken and written Completion of MBO-4 with a Nevi education or similar, preferably in a Technical or business administration area or similar. Team player and “learning animal” Personal traits: humble, energetic, empathic, responsive, committed to tasks, professional communication skills, good self-presentation, result driven with very efficient time management skills and prioritization of task. Good understanding of people and culture in working across multiple business functions Interest in technology, innovation, sustainability and digitalization Strong English language capabilities, spoken and written. SAP Knowledge (MM module) or willingness to learn

Additional Information Our offer

The height of your salary is based on your education and relevant work experience. The salary for this position ranges from € 3.750,- to €5.000,-. In addition to your salary, we offer a comprehensive secondary benefits package, the most important components of which are: End of year bonus of 4.5% of your annual salary and a profit sharing of up to 3.5% of your annual salary based on the results of Vattenfall Netherlands. NS Business card for commuting or a travel allowance of €0.23per km up to a maximum of 50 km one way. 25 vacation days, 2.5 vitality days, and for a 40-hour contract: 13 ADV (reduction of working hours) days. Choice budget, which allows you to purchase or sell extra vacation days, buy a e-bicycle, or simply receive it as addition pay. Education budget, because we believe it isimportant that you can continue to develop yourself. At Vattenfall, there is a close team culture while also providing ample room for individual initiative. At our company, hybrid working is the norm, meaning you will work at the office at least 50% of the time. Most of your colleagues prefer to work the remaining 50% of their time from home, but the choice is entirely yours. At Vattenfall, we highly value a good work-life balance and continuously seek ways in which we can contribute to this as an employer.

More Information

We welcome your application in English, no later than, 24 June 2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Joany van Megen via email: joany.vanmegen@vattenfall.com. At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Company Description Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

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