Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils!
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What you will do
- Take care about typical MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) relevant needs e.g. mechanical services, scaffolding, cleaning, insulation, crane work, pipe material, gaskets, spare parts, plant equipment etc.
- Be responsible for independent coordination with the maintenance team
- Ensure strong commercial outcomes: apply sourcing best practices, run competitive events (RFx), challenge specifications, optimize total cost.
- Guide and influence stakeholders in driving sourcing projects
- Create, negotiate and manage contracts
- Identify proactively opportunities to reduce spend
- Analyze and evaluate supplier's performance/ escalations, manage & optimize supply base
- Use Ariba platform to enhance sourcing event execution
- Ensure efficient, effective, compliant Source-to-Contract process implementation in your everyday work.
- Own operational performance: manage intake and pipeline, balance capacity vs. demand, shorten cycle times, and continuously improve SLA adherence, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction
- Accelerate digital & automation adoption: strengthen use of sourcing e-tools, standMRO ardize templates, analytics, identify automation opportunities to improve speed and quality.
Who you are
- You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in (industrial) engineering, (technical) business administration or other relevant professional qualifications in the related area
- You have at least 3 years of work experience in MRO sourcing e.g. as a sourcing specialist related to materials and services in the chemical industry
- You are fluent in English and German and you have experience in working at German market, with German suppliers and German contracts
- experience of e-sourcing tools like SAP 4/Hana, Ariba and SBN is beneficial
- knowledge about legal requirements in German chemical industrial sector is beneficial
- You are proactive, service-oriented person with strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills
- You have a general technical understanding of typical industrial needs
- You show assertiveness against internal stakeholders and suppliers
- You have good collaboration and team-working skills, you have self-management skills and are not afraid to take initiative and challenge the status quo
- You are ready to occasionally travel for business
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in industrial engineering, technical business administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience in MRO sourcing involving materials and services, preferably in the chemical industry
- Fluency in English and German
- Experience working with the German market, German suppliers, and German contracts
- Experience with e-sourcing tools such as SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, and SAP Business Network
- Knowledge of legal requirements in the German chemical industrial sector
- Strong communication, negotiation, influencing, collaboration, and self-management skills
- General technical understanding of typical industrial needs
- Assertiveness with internal stakeholders and suppliers
- Willingness to occasionally travel for business
What We Do
We deliver renewable and responsible solutions and innovate for a future beyond fossils across six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers and UPM Plywood. As the industry leader in responsibility, we are committed to the UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C and the science-based targets to mitigate climate change. We employ 17,200 people worldwide and our annual sales are approximately EUR 11.7 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. UPM Biofore – Beyond fossils. www.upm.com
