Global Procurement Director

2 days ago


Oslo, Oslo County, Norway Arbeidsplassen Full time
About Our Culture

We value innovation, teamwork, and customer satisfaction above all else. We strive to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to take ownership of their work and contribute to the company's success.

We believe in fostering a culture of continuous learning, creativity, and growth. Our employees are encouraged to explore new ideas, share knowledge, and collaborate across departments to drive innovation and excellence.

Key Responsibilities
  • Evaluate, select, and manage vendor partnerships in strategic initiatives
  • Work closely with our engineering and design teams on new product development projects to define, plan, and execute sourcing strategies
  • Be a key contributor to connect the dots between internal ideas and requirements and potential external partners that can help complete the picture
  • Take responsibility for strategic, tactical, and operational initiatives and tasks within your own scope
  • Assess and understand vendors' technology roadmaps
  • Drive the source to contract process, including orchestrating cross-functional supplier qualification
  • Negotiate best-in-class terms and conditions, including managing discussions on IP, patents, etc., in close collaboration with our legal department
  • Contribute to build and develop processes, tools, and ways of working
  • Execute sourcing decisions, risk assessment/mitigation, and alternate technical solution development
Requirements
  • You bring a blend of commercial acumen with engineering problem-solving
  • Curious about new technologies and enjoy diving into new areas
  • Approach complex problems with an analytic and pragmatic approach, working comfortably with concepts and not fully detailed specs
  • Hands-on experience within sourcing and product/concept development
  • Experience in contract negotiations
  • Higher education, preferably with a technical degree
  • Good communication skills; comfortable managing stakeholders, enjoy building and maintaining business relationships and working effectively with a range of colleagues from suppliers to R&D engineers, legal and supply chain


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