MRO Sourcing Specialist

upm; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UPM in Poland is seeking a Sourcing Specialist focused on MRO to support maintenance and plant services. You will coordinate with the maintenance team, apply sourcing best practices, run RFx events, negotiate contracts, and drive cost reductions.

Fluency in English and German is required; SAP Ariba experience is beneficial. A technical degree with 3+ years in industrial MRO sourcing is preferred, with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in (industrial) engineering, (technical) business administration or related qualifications.
• Fluent in English and German, with experience in working with German suppliers and contracts.
• At least 3 years of work experience in MRO sourcing or materials/services in a chemical/industrial context.
• Proactive, communicative, assertive and able to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with maintenance team to address typical MRO needs (mechanical services, scaffolding, cleaning, insulation, crane work, pipe material, gaskets, spare parts).
• Apply sourcing best practices, run RFx events, challenge specifications, and optimize total cost.
• Create, negotiate and manage contracts; identify opportunities to reduce spend.
• Analyze supplier performance and manage the supply base; utilize Ariba for sourcing activities.
• Ensure compliant Source-to-Contract processes and drive continuous improvement.

Job description

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values - trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils!

Learn more about us as a workplace upm.com/careers

What you will do

• Take care about typical MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) relevant needs e.g. mechanical services, scaffolding, cleaning, insulation, crane work, pipe material, gaskets, spare parts, plant equipment etc.
• Be responsible for independent coordination with the maintenance team
• Ensure strong commercial outcomes: apply sourcing best practices, run competitive events (RFx), challenge specifications, optimize total cost.
• Guide and influence stakeholders in driving sourcing projects
• Create, negotiate and manage contracts
• Identify proactively opportunities to reduce spend
• Analyze and evaluate supplier's performance/ escalations, manage & optimize supply base
• Use Ariba platform to enhance sourcing event execution
• Ensure efficient, effective, compliant Source-to-Contract process implementation in your everyday work.
• Own operational performance: manage intake and pipeline, balance capacity vs. demand, shorten cycle times, and continuously improve SLA adherence, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction
• Accelerate digital & automation adoption: strengthen use of sourcing e-tools, standMRO ardize templates, analytics, identify automation opportunities to improve speed and quality.

Who you are

• You have a Bachelor's/Master's degree in (industrial) engineering, (technical) business administration or other relevant professional qualifications in the related area
• You have at least 3 years of work experience in MRO sourcing e.g. as a sourcing specialist related to materials and services in the chemical industry
• You are fluent in English and German and you have experience in working at German market, with German suppliers and German contracts
• experience of e-sourcing tools like SAP 4/Hana, Ariba and SBN is beneficial
• knowledge about legal requirements in German chemical industrial sector is beneficial
• You are proactive, service-oriented person with strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• You have a general technical understanding of typical industrial needs
• You show assertiveness against internal stakeholders and suppliers
• You have good collaboration and team-working skills, you have self-management skills and are not afraid to take initiative and challenge the status quo
• You are ready to occasionally travel for business