Project Purchasing Manager

Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Gnosjö
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Thule Group is a global world leading company of products for sports and outdoor activities. We make it easy for people to bring the things they care for, easily, securely and in style, when living an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified. we design, manufacture and sell products within the four product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks, roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling, water and winter sports equipment, as well as roof top tents for mounting on cars), Active with Kids (bike trailers, strollers and child bike seats), RV Products (awnings, bike racks and tents for motorhomes and caravans) and Packs, Bags & Luggage (everyday backpacks, hiking bike packs travel luggage and camera bags).

Thule Group has about 2,600 employees at 9 production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Group's products are sold in 140 markets and in 2020, sales amounted to SEK 7.8 billion.

www.thulegroup.com



The Procurement organization is a global function and collaborates across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

To handle the continued strong push for driving product development, it is now time to hire a Project Purchasing Manager for the team. Focus will be to address the challenges associated with the ambitious plans to expand the product portfolio. Also, working with the Asian and American project purchasing teams in driving the project purchasing agenda cross Thule Group is equally prioritized.

You will report to the VP, Global Procurement. The location will be in Hillerstorp, Sweden.

You will have staff of six (6) direct reports (5 Project purchasers and 1 Prototype purchaser) and one (1) dotted line reporting to project purchaser in Americas.

Your main responsibilities
The position will mainly center around two main tasks. Driving, managing and realizing the full potential of the project purchasing team and also being operationally a big part of the team delivering hands-on purchasing projects. This means balancing leading a team of highly qualified purchasers at the same time as being an integral part of the same team. Among many responsibilities, these are included:

- Represent the purchasing organization in development projects and take full sourcing responsibility for all purchasing related issues
- Assure that purchased components and/or materials in new development projects are delivered on time, to the agreed quality and within the targeted cost and aligned with the category sourcing strategies
- Develop the sourcing deliverables in the Thule Project System as well as developing internal best practice tool box for project purchasing
- Develop the prototype purchasing function/process in cooperation with the prototype department
- Work with the development projects to drive a standardization work in order to be able to reduce cost and increase flexibility long term

Your profile and skills
To succeed in this role we believe you have solid experience from hands-on tactical sourcing as well as experience of managing a team of sourcing specialists with a high drive. Using the drive and energy of the team and focusing this in the right direction will be a key success factor.

Project management skills and experience from working with cross-functional teams is a must and experience from an international business environment is a strong merit. We would like to see som experience in ERP systems (INFOR M3 preferable)

When it comes to personal attributes, we believe you have a structured approach, high integrity, as well as a driving and selling personality. You are likely a strong communicator and decision maker with good leadership capabilities and negotiation skills. To feel at home at Thule, an active lifestyle with an interest in Thule's products is a bonus.

We believe in strong team work both within your own team but also across teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another. Within Thule Group you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.

On a practical note, you will need the ability to travel 20-30 days per year. A higher education, preferably within business economics/engineering/logistics is required.

Your application
In this recruitment we work together with EFFSO, please apply through their website https://www.effso.se/lediga_jobb/1547-project-purchasing-manager/ We process applications continuously, but the position may be filled before the deadline. Last day for applications is 2021-05-23.

For specific questions regarding the position and the recruitment process contact Johan Emthén at EFFSO: johan.emthen@effso.se or at 0708-53 63 43

We are looking forward to your application!

Varaktighet, arbetstid
100% Tillsvidareanställning

Publiceringsdatum
2021-05-07

Ersättning
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Företag
Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp

Arbetsgivarens referens
Arbetsgivarens referens för detta jobb är "2021/75".

Omfattning
Detta är ett heltidsjobb.

Arbetsgivare
Thule Sweden AB (org.nr 556076-3970)

Arbetsplats
Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp

Jobbnummer
5735906

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