Purchasing Manager

Helsingin kaupunki; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Helsingin kaupunki seeks a senior procurement leader to oversee strategic planning and guide a professional team within the City environment sector. The role focuses on turning procurement into a strategic leadership tool, expanding market knowledge and supplier collaboration, and managing large-scale procurements across construction, infrastructure, services, ICT, and consulting.

Public-sector appointment includes a six-month probation, with pay governed by city scales.

Qualifications

• Higher university degree
• Broad procurement expertise
• Public procurement environment knowledge
• Leadership of a expert organization
• Ability to manage large, complex projects
• Strong Finnish and good Swedish

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement services for the City environment sector, overseeing strategic planning and a professional team.
• Develop procurement as a strategic leadership tool, strengthen market knowledge and supplier collaboration, and manage large-scale procurements across construction, infrastructure, services, ICT, and consulting.

Skills

Broad procurement expertise

Leadership

Project management

Finnish

Swedish

Education

Higher university degree

Public procurement environment knowledge

Job description

Lead procurement services for the City environment sector, overseeing strategic planning and a professional team. Develop procurement as a strategic leadership tool, strengthen market knowledge and supplier collaboration, and manage large-scale procurements across construction, infrastructure, services, ICT, and consulting.

Public sector appointment with six-month probation and pay governed by city scales; applications are public.

• Higher university degree
• Broad procurement expertise
• Public procurement environment knowledge
• Leadership of a expert organization
• Ability to manage large, complex projects
• Strong Finnish and good Swedish