Lead Purchaser

We are now looking for a Lead Purchaser to join our Sourcing team in Wood Products Finland.

Career for a better climate. Every day.

In this role, you are responsible for negotiating local contracts, and frame agreements, handling one-off investments and major repair purchases with negotiations, and delivery of materials and services to meet customer order requirements. You plan and run negotiations within the given framework and according to guidelines for Finnish mills in the Wood Products Division.

You are responsible for keeping negotiated purchases running smoothly by ensuring that it has all of the supplies, and services that it needs. The purchaser is a negotiator who must be a good steward of the company's financial resources. With the target to support daily business, reduce procurement spend, and lower the OWC as well as contribute to the development of the function towards best practices. Leading to the overall target, Source the Best Partners.

You also provide assistance and advice to all department managers regarding purchases and purchase cycles from a commercial point of view and capture cross-mill synergies. In this role, you report to Purchasing Manager. We apply a hybrid way of working and your location would preferably be in one of our Finnish Wood Products mills.

Who we are looking for?

We are looking for a person who holds a college/university degree in a relevant area (engineering/technical or economics/finance). You have 3-5 years’ experience within the field of Purchasing. You communicate fluently in Finnish and English written and spoken.

Additional skills that will help you succeed in this role:  

•    Good communication skills and influencing skills. Ability to negotiate.
•    Solid team player with the ability to work independently and in an international context.
•    Proactive, result-oriented, willing to take initiative and responsibility.
•    Good networking and communication skills with experience acting in matrix organizations.
•    Flexibility and ability to adapt to a changing working environment.
•    Administrative skills and well-structured.
•    Process and applications skills: SAP MM, MS Office, Outlook.

What we offer   
  
By joining us, you will be part of our diverse working culture supporting you to explore new perspectives and develop professionally. You will contribute towards a more sustainable world, as we believe that anything made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. To keep you going safely, we support your physical and mental well-being.  

How can you apply for this role? 

You can only submit your application to us by using our recruitment tool. As we are assessing our candidates on an ongoing basis, we hope to hear from you as soon as possible, latest by 15.12.2023. 

Depending on the role, we might invite you to a video interview and/or aptitude tests. Also, our recruitment process could include pre-employment actions such as background, reference, and health checks as well as a drug test. If you would like to learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career website.   

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Purchasing Manager Andreas Pettersson (andreas.pettersson@storaenso.com).
 

Welcome to work in the renewable materials company! 

We believe diversity strengthens our competitiveness and contributes to better decision-making. Diverse working teams help us to explore different perspectives and challenge our way of thinking. We work actively to increase diversity in the workplace and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Stora Enso is an equal opportunity employer and follows non-discriminatory practices.

The Wood Products division is one of the largest sawn wood producers in Europe and a leading provider of sustainable wood-based solutions for the construction industry globally. The growing Building Solutions business offers building concepts to support low-carbon construction and eco-friendly designs. Stora Enso develops digital tools to simplify the design and construction of building projects with wood. In addition, we offer applications for windows, doors, and packaging industries, as well as pellets for sustainable heating solutions.