Sourcing Manager

Fortum Corporation; Espoo; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working hours

Comprehensive benefits

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Fortum in Espoo, Finland, is seeking a Sourcing Manager to join the Strategic Sourcing team. You will lead IT and indirect sourcing, manage RFx design and supplier negotiations, and drive SRM/CLM activities across supplier networks.

The role emphasizes collaboration with business stakeholders, governance, and ensuring effective information flow for category strategy. A hybrid work model and international exposure are available.

Qualifications

• A relevant university degree.
• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in IT sourcing.
• Strong understanding of the supplier base, products, or services within IT and OT categories.
• Experience in contract negotiations and SRM/CLM processes.
• Knowledge of legal contract terms and relevant regulations in your category area.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Finnish.
• Experience in other Indirect categories is a significant advantage.
• Experience in an international work environment is a plus. Working proficiency in Swedish is also an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for business stakeholders and projects in using market and supplier capabilities effectively and planning sourcing activities accordingly.
• Manage sourcing events across varying complexity levels and categories. Own sourcing planning, RFx design, execution, and business stakeholder communication.
• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract award processes.
• Ensure contract handover to business and S2P for spend channel implementation.
• Ensure compliance with sourcing processes, governance, regulations, and audit trail requirements.
• Actively participate in category teamwork, ensuring the information flow needed for category creation and strategy execution.
• Lead SRM and CLM activities for assigned suppliers in collaboration with procurement and business stakeholders.

Skills

IT sourcing

SRM

CLM

Contract negotiations

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

University degree

Tools

RFx design

Job description

We are looking for a Sourcing Manager to join our Strategic Sourcing team in Espoo, Finland.

You will focus on Indirect and IT categories, working closely with business stakeholders and suppliers across sourcing activities.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to support business stakeholders in leveraging market capabilities and selecting suppliers that best fit business needs and projects, while leading RFx design, execution, and contract negotiations to secure robust sourcing outcomes.

As part of the category team, you will lead SRM processes and contract lifecycle management for assigned suppliers in collaboration with procurement and business stakeholders.

You will also contribute to category team activities, supporting strategy creation and execution, and ensuring effective information flow back to category management.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide support for business stakeholders and projects in using market and supplier capabilities effectively and planning sourcing activities accordingly.
• Manage sourcing events across varying complexity levels and categories. Own sourcing planning, RFx design, execution, and business stakeholder communication.
• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract award processes.
• Ensure contract handover to business and S2P for spend channel implementation.
• Ensure compliance with sourcing processes, governance, regulations, and audit trail requirements.
• Actively participate in category teamwork, ensuring the information flow needed for category creation and strategy execution.
• Lead SRM and CLM activities for assigned suppliers in collaboration with procurement and business stakeholders.

The role level of Sourcing Manager will be aligned based on the scope, complexity of sourcing activities, and responsibilities. This includes factors such as sourcing case complexity, SRM and CLM activities, supplier base, contractual and regulatory requirements, business impact, as well as overall team composition and business needs.

The role includes occasional travel.

About you

We are looking for sourcing professionals who enjoy working closely with stakeholders and suppliers and take ownership of sourcing activities from planning to execution. You are comfortable operating in a dynamic environment and managing different types of sourcing cases with varying levels of complexity.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A relevant university degree.
• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in IT sourcing.
• A strong understanding of the supplier base, products, or services within IT and OT categories.
• Experience in contract negotiations and SRM/CLM processes.
• Knowledge of legal contract terms and relevant regulations in your category area.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Finnish.

Experience in other Indirect categories is a significant advantage.

Experience in an international work environment is a plus. Working proficiency in Swedish is also an advantage.

What we offer

You will join a skilled and versatile Strategic Sourcing team and have the opportunity to contribute to building a renewed, value-driven procurement function.

In this role, you will play a key part in delivering procurement initiatives across categories and businesses, while continuously learning, developing, and making a meaningful impact.

At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself.

We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and a hybrid work model to support your productivity, development, and wellbeing.

We are committed to building diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally. More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.

If you have questions about the position, you can contact the hiring manager:

To be selected for the position, the applicant may need to go through background clearance.

We are Fortum

Fortum is a Nordic energy company. We generate and deliver reliable energy to our customers and the Nordic energy system while helping industries decarbonise their processes and grow.

Our core operations comprise efficient and best-in-class low-carbon power generation, customer services, and heating and cooling.

Fortum’s power generation is already 99% from renewable or nuclear sources, with one of the lowest specific CO₂ emissions in Europe. We are guided by our ambitious SBTi-validated emission reduction targets on our way towards net zero by 2040.

For our approximately 4,500 employees, we are committed to providing a safe and inspiring workplace.

Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.