Strategic Purchaser
Seco Tools AktiebolagSammanfattning
In this role as a Strategic Purchaser based in Fagersta, you will manage purchasing activities for OT categories and machinery investments, ensuring alignment with procurement guidelines and KPIs. This position involves both strategic development and daily purchasing tasks, requiring collaboration across various organizational functions to secure competitive supplier partnerships. The role offers a hybrid work solution, allowing for flexibility in your work environment.Jobbet i korthet
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Hybrid work solution for flexibility.Collaborative and inclusive company culture.Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Ansök senast: 2026-11-16
Publicerad: 2026-11-04
Beskrivning
Shape purchasing strategies and supplier partnerships for OT categories and machinery investments. In this position, you combine commercial responsibility with close collaboration across the organization to secure reliable, compliant and competitive solutions.
About the job
As Strategic Purchaser, you manage purchasing activities for assigned categories in line with procurement guidelines and KPIs. Your scope covers both strategic development and day-to-day purchasing, including regional and local agreements.
Job responsibilities
Develop category strategies together with Global Category Managers and relevant stakeholders.
Lead sourcing activities, from identifying potential suppliers to negotiating agreements.
Manage supplier performance across quality, cost and delivery.
Maintain accurate purchasing information, contracts, prices and supplier data.
Resolve supplier-related issues in collaboration with production, logistics, customers and finance.
Contribute to supplier audits and continuous improvement of purchasing processes and tools.
Location and flexibility
The location for this position is Fagersta and we offer a hybrid solution.
Your profile
You understand strategic purchasing and know how to turn business needs into effective sourcing activities and supplier agreements. A structured approach helps you balance commercial objectives, compliance and collaboration across different functions.
Your background includes
Experience of strategic purchasing, sourcing or category management.
Knowledge of supplier negotiations, contracts and performance management.
Ability to analyze markets, prices, supplier capacity and historical purchasing data.
Experience of working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
Understanding of purchasing policies, processes and authorization frameworks.
Collaboration is central to your work. You communicate clearly, involve the right stakeholders and build constructive relationships with suppliers and colleagues across functions and organizational boundaries.
Our Seco culture
At Seco, we're united by a spirit of collaboration and a shared curiosity to learn and grow. We take responsibility for our actions, stay focused on our customers, and believe in winning together. For us, it's also clear that our diversities form an amazing foundation for achieving great results. Curious about our workplace and benefits? Read more on our website. You're also welcome to visit our LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us and our products further.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact Malin Jakobsson, hiring manager, malin.jakobsson@secotools.com
We've already decided on which advertising channels and marketing campaigns we wish to use and respectfully decline any additional contacts in that matter. #LI-DNI
Union contacts - Sweden
David Romlin, Unionen, +46 (0)70-608 46 90
Jörgen Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-548 10 70
Benny Christiansen, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-523 50 60
Recruitment Specialist: Anton Karlsson
How to apply
Send us your application no later than November 16th, 2026. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don't accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0099340.
We aim for an open and fair recruitment process and use different tools to ensure objective assessment. Later in the process, you may be invited to complete a personality and logic test.
For more information about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.
About the job
As Strategic Purchaser, you manage purchasing activities for assigned categories in line with procurement guidelines and KPIs. Your scope covers both strategic development and day-to-day purchasing, including regional and local agreements.
Job responsibilities
Develop category strategies together with Global Category Managers and relevant stakeholders.
Lead sourcing activities, from identifying potential suppliers to negotiating agreements.
Manage supplier performance across quality, cost and delivery.
Maintain accurate purchasing information, contracts, prices and supplier data.
Resolve supplier-related issues in collaboration with production, logistics, customers and finance.
Contribute to supplier audits and continuous improvement of purchasing processes and tools.
Location and flexibility
The location for this position is Fagersta and we offer a hybrid solution.
Your profile
You understand strategic purchasing and know how to turn business needs into effective sourcing activities and supplier agreements. A structured approach helps you balance commercial objectives, compliance and collaboration across different functions.
Your background includes
Experience of strategic purchasing, sourcing or category management.
Knowledge of supplier negotiations, contracts and performance management.
Ability to analyze markets, prices, supplier capacity and historical purchasing data.
Experience of working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
Understanding of purchasing policies, processes and authorization frameworks.
Collaboration is central to your work. You communicate clearly, involve the right stakeholders and build constructive relationships with suppliers and colleagues across functions and organizational boundaries.
Our Seco culture
At Seco, we're united by a spirit of collaboration and a shared curiosity to learn and grow. We take responsibility for our actions, stay focused on our customers, and believe in winning together. For us, it's also clear that our diversities form an amazing foundation for achieving great results. Curious about our workplace and benefits? Read more on our website. You're also welcome to visit our LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us and our products further.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact Malin Jakobsson, hiring manager, malin.jakobsson@secotools.com
We've already decided on which advertising channels and marketing campaigns we wish to use and respectfully decline any additional contacts in that matter. #LI-DNI
Union contacts - Sweden
David Romlin, Unionen, +46 (0)70-608 46 90
Jörgen Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-548 10 70
Benny Christiansen, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-523 50 60
Recruitment Specialist: Anton Karlsson
How to apply
Send us your application no later than November 16th, 2026. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don't accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0099340.
We aim for an open and fair recruitment process and use different tools to ensure objective assessment. Later in the process, you may be invited to complete a personality and logic test.
For more information about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.
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Strategic Purchaser
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