About this role
We expect you to • Have a University degree in Business or related field or equivalent working experience. • Have experience in IT Strategic Sourcing in a multi-national corporate environment. • Have experience in developing and negotiating complex IT contracts. • Have a clear vision of what you want to deliver. Experience and skills to break it down to short-term and long-term goals. • Have excellent financial and analytical skills. • Have great experience and skills in project management. • Have high communicate skills in English and the ability to interact with stakeholders on different levels of an organization. • Have excellent computer skills in general. Skills in SAP and Ariba are meritorious. You will enjoy working here if you • Are business focused and are driven by value and efficiency • Can create sound relations with suppliers based on mutual respect • Are a self-driven person who likes speed and likes to drive change • Like to work with people from different cultures and different working roles Your day-to-day work • You will lead teams in sourcing projects. Capturing requirements, evaluating suppliers and supplier markets, negotiate agreements and implement new vendors & solutions. • You will handle the supplier relations globally with your suppliers and follow up the suppliers performance. • You will meet internal stakeholders from IT, manufacturing, product development, sales & finance to understand their requirements. • You will meet your colleagues from IT purchasing every day and exchange ideas & issues. • You will develop and implement your category strategy for your area of responsibility. • Every day you will sell your ideas and opportunities. SKF was created 1907 when Sven Wingqvist invented the self-aligning ball bearing. SKF has grown since then by innovations and we are today over 48 000 employees with 140 factories in 32 countries. The growth has been driven by innovations giving our customers added value. Today SKF focuses on digitalization towards our customers but also internally within our own factories. Purchasing within SKF was centralized during 2013/14. We created one team of 450 buyers, serving all factories and units globally. We have created good relations with our internal stakeholders, rolled out standardized purchasing processes, performed global and regional sourcing projects and delivered value to SKF. IT purchasing was not included at that time but has now been moved in to the central purchasing organization.