{"data":{"id":162675,"slug":"strategisk-inkopare-till-care-of-sweden-i-tranemo","type":"job","title":"Strategic Procurement Specialist at Care of Sweden in Tranemo","description":"Your future employer\nCare of Sweden is a Swedish supplier of medical technology products used as aids in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, including mattresses, seat cushions, and positioning pillows.\n\"Our customers are municipalities, regions, and private healthcare providers throughout the country. We have also established a strong position in the global market. At Care of Sweden, we strive to eliminate pressure ulcers through our holistic approach. We focus not only on products, but on creating meaningful change. Our goal is to deliver a comprehensive solution for pressure ulcer prevention while sharing knowledge. We believe in working preventatively to reduce suffering and positively impact healthcare economics. Through our international focus, we offer exciting opportunities to influence globally and make a real difference for people around the world.\"\nWhat does the role offer?\nAs a Strategic Procurement Specialist at Care of Sweden, you will have overall responsibility for strategic purchasing within assigned categories and play an important role in developing a more data-driven, structured, and sustainable procurement process. You will ensure the right supplier selection, competitive agreements, and a robust supplier base that supports the company's goals for growth, profitability, quality, and delivery capability.\nThe role is central to building a more structured and business-oriented procurement process together with the rest of the procurement organization and in close collaboration with planning, production, quality, finance, and sales. You will work with both materials and services and will have a clear mandate to drive sourcing initiatives, develop supplier relationships, and contribute to long-term improvements.\nThe role is based in Tranemo and involves close collaboration with both Swedish operations and international suppliers, including connections to the company's production in Latvia. You are expected to be based in Tranemo and be close to the operations.\nYour main responsibilities include:\n\u00b7 Develop and drive purchasing strategies for defined categories based on spend, risk, and business needs.\n\u00b7 Manage supplier portfolio, sourcing, and supplier selection, and lead RFQ and RFI processes.\n\u00b7 Negotiate prices, terms, and framework agreements, and ensure good contract coverage.\n\u00b7 Drive cost optimization and develop cost models and analyses to support business decisions.\n\u00b7 Identify supplier risks and work proactively with alternative suppliers, geographic diversification, and nearshoring.\n\u00b7 Develop long-term supplier relationships and drive improvements in quality, cost, and delivery accuracy.\n\u00b7 Manage strategic purchasing and procurement of both materials and services.\n\u00b7 Collaborate cross-functionally on development and improvement projects.\n\u00b7 Provide fact-based decision support regarding cost changes, pricing, and commercial priorities.\nThe role also involves monitoring suppliers with relevant KPIs, identifying areas for improvement, and contributing to professionalizing procurement work through clearer structure, analysis, and methodology.\nWho are you?\nWe are looking for someone with experience in strategic procurement and sourcing, and who is comfortable driving negotiations and supplier dialogues in an international environment. You have strong commercial understanding and are confident analyzing spend, cost structures, and business data as a basis for well-founded decisions.\nYou have good system experience with ERP and analysis tools and are used to working in a structured manner with supplier evaluation, sourcing, and contract matters. Experience with category management, international suppliers, and change initiatives is particularly valuable.\nAs a person, you are organized, results-oriented, and decisive. You have a clear business focus and are at the same time communicative, collaborative, and skilled at building long-term relationships both internally and externally. You dare to challenge, drive issues forward, and make decisions even when complexity is high.\nYou thrive in a role where you can combine analysis, negotiation, and relationship building with clear responsibility for achieving concrete results.\nIs this your perfect match?\nThis role is for you if you want significant strategic responsibility while working close to operations in an entrepreneurial-driven company with clear ambitions. At Care of Sweden, medical technology expertise, international growth, and a strong societal purpose come together. Here you get short decision-making paths and great opportunity to influence how procurement and supplier collaborations develop.\nYou will work on issues that impact the company's profitability, delivery capability, and development. An important part is contributing to a more sustainable and resilient supplier base, where quality, risk, cost, delivery capability, and responsible supplier choices are weighed together in long-term decisions.\nWe warmly welcome your application\nDoes the position sound interesting?\nWelcome to apply via effektiv.se. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. The application deadline is September 13, 2026. If you want to know more about the position, feel free to contact Mikael Svensson at mikael.svensson@effektiv.se or Jens Lindroth at jens@effektiv.se\nAbout Team Effektiv\nSince 2013, Effektiv has helped candidates and companies find the right fit through sustainable recruitment and a top-class recruitment experience, confirmed by the awards Recruitment Company of the Year and Career Company of the Year.\nWith roots in the team spirit of sports, Effektiv's work is characterized by the core values Happy, Exploratory, Long-term, and Driven (GOLD), with the goal of winning gold together with candidates, consultants, and customers. Every day.\nThis is a direct recruitment, which means that Effektiv is responsible for the recruitment process and you will be employed directly by the client company.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Strategisk Ink\u00f6pare till Care of Sweden i Tranemo","description_original":"Din framtida arbetsgivare\nCare of Sweden \u00e4r en svensk leverant\u00f6r av medicintekniska produkter som anv\u00e4nds som hj\u00e4lpmedel vid f\u00f6rebyggande och behandling av trycks\u00e5r; d\u00e4ribland madrasser, sittdynor och positioneringskuddar.\n\u201dV\u00e5ra kunder \u00e4r kommuner, regioner och privata v\u00e5rdgivare \u00f6ver hela landet. Vi har \u00e4ven skapat oss en stark position p\u00e5 v\u00e4rldsmarknaden. P\u00e5 Care of Sweden str\u00e4var vi efter att eliminera trycks\u00e5r genom v\u00e5rt holistiska syns\u00e4tt. Vi fokuserar inte bara p\u00e5 produkter, utan p\u00e5 att skapa en meningsfull f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring. V\u00e5rt m\u00e5l \u00e4r att leverera en helhetsl\u00f6sning f\u00f6r trycks\u00e5rsprevention och samtidigt sprida kunskap. Vi tror p\u00e5 att arbeta f\u00f6rebyggande f\u00f6r att minska lidande och p\u00e5verka h\u00e4lsoekonomin positivt. Genom v\u00e5rt internationella fokus erbjuder vi sp\u00e4nnande m\u00f6jligheter att vara med och p\u00e5verka globalt och g\u00f6ra verklig skillnad f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskor runt om i v\u00e4rlden.\u201d\nVad erbjuder rollen?\nSom Strategisk ink\u00f6pare p\u00e5 Care of Sweden f\u00e5r du ett \u00f6vergripande ansvar f\u00f6r strategiskt ink\u00f6p inom tilldelade kategorier och en viktig roll i att utveckla ett mer datadrivet, strukturerat och h\u00e5llbart ink\u00f6psarbete. Du s\u00e4kerst\u00e4ller r\u00e4tt leverant\u00f6rsval, konkurrenskraftiga avtal och en robust leverant\u00f6rsbas som st\u00f6djer bolagets m\u00e5l f\u00f6r tillv\u00e4xt, l\u00f6nsamhet, kvalitet och leveransf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga.\nRollen \u00e4r central i att bygga ett mer strukturerat och aff\u00e4rsm\u00e4ssigt ink\u00f6psarbete tillsammans med \u00f6vriga ink\u00f6psorganisationen och i n\u00e4ra samarbete med planering, produktion, kvalitet, ekonomi och s\u00e4lj. Du arbetar med b\u00e5de material och tj\u00e4nster och f\u00e5r ett tydligt mandat att driva sourcinginitiativ, utveckla leverant\u00f6rsrelationer och bidra till l\u00e5ngsiktiga f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringar.\nRollen \u00e4r placerad i Tranemo och inneb\u00e4r ett n\u00e4ra samarbete med b\u00e5de den svenska verksamheten och internationella leverant\u00f6rer, inklusive koppling till bolagets produktion i Lettland. Du f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas utg\u00e5 fr\u00e5n Tranemo och vara n\u00e4ra verksamheten.\nDina huvudsakliga arbetsuppgifter inneb\u00e4r bland annat att:\n\u00b7 Utveckla och driva ink\u00f6psstrategier f\u00f6r definierade kategorier utifr\u00e5n spend, risk och aff\u00e4rsbehov.\n\u00b7 Ansvara f\u00f6r leverant\u00f6rsportf\u00f6lj, sourcing och leverant\u00f6rsval samt leda RFQ- och RFI-processer.\n\u00b7 F\u00f6rhandla priser, villkor och ramavtal samt s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla god avtalst\u00e4ckning.\n\u00b7 Driva kostnadsoptimering och ta fram kostnadsmodeller och analyser som st\u00f6d f\u00f6r aff\u00e4rsbeslut.\n\u00b7 Identifiera leverant\u00f6rsrisker och arbeta proaktivt med exempelvis alternativa leverant\u00f6rer, geografisk spridning och nearshoring.\n\u00b7 Utveckla l\u00e5ngsiktiga leverant\u00f6rsrelationer och driva f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringar inom kvalitet, kostnad och leveransprecision.\n\u00b7 Ansvara f\u00f6r strategiskt ink\u00f6p och upphandling av b\u00e5de material och tj\u00e4nster.\n\u00b7 Samarbeta tv\u00e4rfunktionellt i utvecklings- och f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringsprojekt.\n\u00b7 Bidra med faktabaserade beslutsunderlag kring kostnadsf\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar, priss\u00e4ttning och kommersiella prioriteringar.\nRollen inneb\u00e4r ocks\u00e5 att f\u00f6lja upp leverant\u00f6rer med relevanta KPI, identifiera f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringsomr\u00e5den och bidra till att professionalisera ink\u00f6psarbetet genom tydligare struktur, analys och arbetss\u00e4tt.\nVem \u00e4r du?\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som har erfarenhet av strategiskt ink\u00f6p och sourcing samt vana att driva f\u00f6rhandlingar och leverant\u00f6rsdialoger i en internationell milj\u00f6. Du har stark kommersiell f\u00f6rst\u00e5else och \u00e4r trygg i att analysera spend, kostnadsstrukturer och aff\u00e4rsdata som underlag f\u00f6r v\u00e4lgrundade beslut.\nDu har god systemvana inom ERP och analysverktyg och \u00e4r van att arbeta strukturerat med leverant\u00f6rsbed\u00f6mning, sourcing och avtalsfr\u00e5gor. Erfarenhet av category management, internationella leverant\u00f6rer och f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringsarbete \u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt v\u00e4rdefullt.\nSom person \u00e4r du strukturerad, resultatinriktad och beslutskraftig. Du har ett tydligt aff\u00e4rsfokus och \u00e4r samtidigt kommunikativ, samarbetsorienterad och skicklig p\u00e5 att bygga l\u00e5ngsiktiga relationer b\u00e5de internt och externt. Du v\u00e5gar utmana, driva fr\u00e5gor fram\u00e5t och fatta beslut \u00e4ven n\u00e4r komplexiteten \u00e4r h\u00f6g.\nDu trivs i en roll d\u00e4r du f\u00e5r kombinera analys, f\u00f6rhandling och relationsbyggande med ett tydligt ansvar f\u00f6r att skapa konkreta resultat.\n\u00c4r detta din perfekta match?\nDet h\u00e4r \u00e4r rollen f\u00f6r dig som vill ha ett stort strategiskt ansvar och samtidigt arbeta n\u00e4ra verksamheten i ett entrepren\u00f6rsdrivet bolag med tydliga ambitioner. P\u00e5 Care of Sweden m\u00f6ts medicinteknisk kompetens, internationell tillv\u00e4xt och ett starkt samh\u00e4llsnyttigt syfte. H\u00e4r f\u00e5r du korta beslutsv\u00e4gar och stor m\u00f6jlighet att p\u00e5verka hur ink\u00f6p och leverant\u00f6rssamarbeten utvecklas.\nDu f\u00e5r arbeta med fr\u00e5gor som p\u00e5verkar bolagets l\u00f6nsamhet, leveransf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och utveckling. En viktig del \u00e4r att bidra till en mer h\u00e5llbar och motst\u00e5ndskraftig leverant\u00f6rsbas, d\u00e4r kvalitet, risk, kostnad, leveransf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och ansvarsfulla leverant\u00f6rsval v\u00e4gs samman i l\u00e5ngsiktiga beslut.\nVarmt v\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan\nL\u00e5ter tj\u00e4nsten intressant?\nV\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan via effektiv.se. Intervjuer kommer att ske l\u00f6pande. Sista ans\u00f6kningsdatum \u00e4r 13 september 2026. Vill du veta mer om tj\u00e4nsten kontakta g\u00e4rna Mikael Svensson p\u00e5 mikael.svensson@effektiv.se eller Jens Lindroth p\u00e5 jens@effektiv.se\nOm Team Effektiv\nSedan 2013 har Effektiv hj\u00e4lpt kandidater och f\u00f6retag att hitta r\u00e4tt genom h\u00e5llbara rekryteringar och en rekryteringsupplevelse i toppklass, n\u00e5got som bekr\u00e4ftas av utm\u00e4rkelserna \u00c5rets Rekryteringsf\u00f6retag och \u00c5rets Karri\u00e4rf\u00f6retag.\nMed r\u00f6tterna i idrottens laganda genomsyras Effektivs arbete av v\u00e4rdeorden Glada, Utforskande, L\u00e5ngsiktiga och Driftiga (GULD), med m\u00e5let att ta guld tillsammans med kandidater, konsulter och kunder. 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