(Senior) Sourcing Manager

Fortum; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 613,800 - 837,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Fortum is seeking a (Senior) Sourcing Manager for their Strategic Sourcing team in Solna, Sweden. The position focuses on direct categories with three openings, emphasizing stakeholder collaboration and supplier management.

Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree, 3-9+ years of sourcing experience, and fluency in English and Swedish. The role involves managing sourcing activities, leading contract negotiations, and ensuring compliance, all within a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• 3-9+ years of experience in sourcing.
• Strong understanding of supplier base and direct sourcing categories.
• Experience in contract negotiations and SRM/CLM processes.
• Fluency in English and Swedish required, Finnish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support business stakeholders in sourcing activities.
• Manage sourcing events and supplier evaluations.
• Lead contract negotiations and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate in category teams to execute strategies.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiations

Sourcing activities

Supplier evaluations

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

We are looking for (Senior) Sourcing Managers to join our Strategic Sourcing team in Solna, Sweden.

In this position you’ll focus on direct categories. There are 3 openings for this position focusing on different categories: 1 opening for Civil Works and technical categories such as Mechanical equipment and related services; 2 openings for Automation and Electrification, Technical consulting and Production materials and services.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to support business stakeholders to use market capabilities and suppliers best fitting the business needs and projects, lead RFx design, delivery, and contract negotiations for assigned sourcing events 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 be an important part of category teams, supporting in strategy creation and securing strategy execution and information flow back to category management.

Main responsibilities

• Provide support for business stakeholders and projects in using market and supplier capabilities effectively and in planning the 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 hand over for business and S2P for spend channel implementation.
• Ensure compliance with sourcing processes, governance, regulations and audit trail.
• Actively participate in category teamwork, ensuring information flow needed for category creation and strategy execution.
• Lead SRM and CLM activities for assigned suppliers in collaboration with procurement and business stakeholders.

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, managing different types of sourcing cases with varying levels of complexity.

• Relevant degree.
• At least 3-9+ years of experience in sourcing.
• Strong understanding of supplier base, technologies, or services within direct sourcing categories.
• Experience in contract negotiations and SRM / CLM processes.
• Knowledge of legal contract terms and relevant regulations in own category area.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The role requires willingness to travel.
• We work in a hybrid model and expect you to be present at the office two days per week.
• Experience from an international work environment is a plus.
• Fluency in English and Swedish is required, and Finnish is considered a plus.

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

We offer you

You will join a skilled and versatile Strategic Sourcing team. You will have an opportunity to participate in building a renewed, value‑driven procurement function at Fortum. You will have an opportunity to participate in cross‑category and cross‑business procurement activities. We offer an international and collaborative working environment with good opportunities to continuously develop, learn and make an impact.

Furthermore, 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.