Strategic Sourcing Leader

3 days ago


Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland Cargotec Full time

About the Opportunity:

Cargotec, a leading provider of on-road load handling equipment, intelligent services, and digitally connected solutions, seeks a Strategic Sourcing Leader to join its Sourcing team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in driving business growth and improving efficiency through effective category management.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of relevant global industrial experience, with a minimum of 5 years in senior sourcing roles, including category management in an international and multi-site company. You will have excellent knowledge of sourcing methods, including category and supplier relationship management, RFx execution, contract negotiation, analytical skills, and legal/contractual knowledge in areas such as service level agreements and intellectual property.

You will work closely with senior-level roles internally within Cargotec and externally with different suppliers to build long-term relationships and drive business growth.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement global category strategies that drive high performance and continuous improvement.
  • Lead the development and implementation of category plans to minimize total acquisition cost while maximizing sustainable and operational performance across Cargotec.
  • Manage all global category-level sourcing activities and secure demanding and complex multi-tier sourcing arrangements, promoting Supplier Relationship Management and early supplier involvement.
  • Take cross-functional leadership and participation in service development, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), early supplier involvement, and selection with technology development and business process and system implementation.
  • Define and reach targets for Quality, Delivery, Cost, Innovation in the category.
  • Identify, implement, and monitor cost-saving & compliance actions to meet year-on-year productivity & compliance targets for the category.
  • Develop open book costings, budgets, and service/raw material forecasting for the category.
  • Identify and develop new service/manufacturing partners within right-cost countries to support current and future needs of the business.
  • Market intelligence: Analyze and evaluate market and supplier/competitor trends to ensure that sourcing is based on best-practice intelligence, market benchmarks.

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