Purchasing Strategist

About Wärtsilä
We are a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our mission is to enable sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services.

As a Strategic Purchaser, you will play a key role in shaping the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. With a strong focus on strategic sourcing, you will be responsible for managing and developing the global supplier base to meet the long-term business requirements.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Create and implement supplier strategies and action plans to meet Business Line requirements.
• Co-operate with internal stakeholders product team, project management, proposal management, and lifecycle management.
• Proactively lead the new supplier or new product introduction, including launch project management activities to support start of production, by collaborating cross-functionally with supplier, product development, procurement, logistics, and supplier quality.
• Secure supplier capacity and availability for energy storage demand, taking into consideration cost and technology requirements.
• Ensure that Quality, Cost, Lead Time, Delivery Reliability, and Agreement Coverage targets are met for Wärtsilä Energy Storage global supplier base.
• Monitor supplier performance with Supplier development function.
• Actively seek supply chain cost reduction opportunities as well as promote supplier or product value analysis/value engineering work.
• Ensure compliance with Supply Management processes, procedures, strategies, and agreements.
• Develop and implement cost-engineering capability to ensure profound understanding of cost drivers and levers to structurally reduce cost.
• Contribute to long-term supplier strategy creation. Search, evaluate, and select new suppliers, identify best sources for new technologies.
• Develop supplier base and supplier relationship management.

About You
We are looking for an experienced and energetic person with a strong background in strategic sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, or procurement. Your minimum 7 years of experience should have demonstrated a proven track record of results.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the battery industry, academic degree in Electrical or Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or Economics, and excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.

You will also need to possess solution-oriented, pro-active, problem-solving, and result-driven attitude to work. Additionally, ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships is essential.

We offer an amazing opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and changing environment. If you are self-guided and proactive team player able to operate under pressure, we would like to hear from you.

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