Strategic Purchaser
Strategic Purchaser to join our team working for a better future.
We are now looking for a Strategic Purchaser to join our team working for a better future. The position is permanent, and the preferred locations are Trieste (Italy) and Vaasa, Turku, Helsinki (Finland). Other Wärtsilä hubs in Europe can be considered.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Strategic Purchaser, your work will include acting in a key role in the supplier interface, leading supply management activities and co-creating & implementing category team action plans. You’ll be working as a part of an international Supply Management organization connected to 4-stroke engine sourcing.
As Strategic Purchaser, your work will focus on these responsibilities:
- Contribute to cross-functional Category team strategy creation, action plan and implementation
- Ensuring Quality, Delivery, Lead Time, Cost development and Compliance of materials and services for own area of responsibility
- Managing and developing supplier base, performance, relationships and negotiations
- Supporting supplier and product validation process
- Securing supplier long-term capacity and forecasting
- Work closely together with key internal stakeholders like R&D and Product Management
To be successful in this role, we expect you to have
- MSc or BSc in Economics or Engineering, or qualified by equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of international supply chain processes
- Proven track record in sourcing
- Well-developed and effective negotiation and influencing skills
- Engaging presentation skills
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills who engages and collaborates with others to deliver results
- Self-motivated, driven and reliable to take responsibility for your actions
- Fluency in English, both verbal and written
- Experience in SAP is seen as a benefit
- Knowledge of high precision metalworking technologies and markets is seen as an advantage
- Willingness to travel
In this role, some travel is required to meet with our suppliers and stakeholders around the world. Thus, we hope you to be ready to travel approximately 20% of the time, even though most of the meetings are held virtually.
Why you and us?
We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership and taking responsibility of our work. We support each other’s growth and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have courage to see opportunities and take initiative.
We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe in that by being your own true self you can accomplish so much more. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition?
We have an amazing team and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future.
Contact & next steps
We hope to hear from you soon, by submitting your application through our careers portal. We aim to keep you updated on the process throughout.
For further questions related to this position please reach out to Pietro Zancai, GM Strategic Purchasing, pietro.zancai@wartsila.com or Kari-Pekka Luoma, GM Strategic Purchasing, kari-pekka.luoma@wartsila.com (only for questions from direct job applicants, applications through email will not be recorded or responded to).
Welcome to join us in shaping the decarbonisation of marine and energy!
Last application date: 06/11/2025
At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.
Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.
This is Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.