Strategic Purchaser

We are now looking for a

Strategic Purchaser, Batteries

to join our team working for a better future.

The position is permanent and the preferred location is Helsinki, Vaasa or Turku in Finland.

What you will be doing

The Strategic Purchaser will be responsible for strategic sourcing from your suppliers and responsibility area. You will manage, expand and develop global supplier base to meet the long term business requirements.

You will be accountable of leading the timely introduction to market of new sources or new products in close collaboration with internal stakeholders.

As the Strategic Purchaser, your work will focus on these responsibilities:

• Create and implement supplier strategies and action plans to meet Business Line requirements
• Co-operate with internal stakeholders product team, project management, proposal management and lifecycle management.
• Proactively lead the new supplier or new product introduction, including launch project management activities to support start of production, by collaborating cross-functionally with supplier, product development, procurement, logistics, and supplier quality
• Secure supplier capacity and availability for energy storage demand, taking into consideration cost and technology requirements.  
• Ensure that Quality, Cost, Lead Time, Delivery Reliability and Agreement Coverage targets are met for Wärtsilä Energy Storage global supplier base.  
• Monitor supplier performance with Supplier development function.
• Actively seek supply chain cost reduction opportunities as well as promote supplier or product value analysis/value engineering work
• Ensure compliance to Supply Management processes, procedures, strategies and agreements.

• Develop and implement cost-engineering capability to ensure profound understanding of cost drivers and levers to structurally reduce cost 

• Contribute to long term supplier strategy creation. Search, evaluate and select new suppliers, identify best sources for new technologies
• Develop supplier base and supplier relationship management (especially related to the global battery recycling)

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:

• Experience in Battery industry
• Academic degree (B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent) in Electrical or Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or Economics 
• Minimum 7 years of experience of strategic sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing or procurement with proven track record of results 
• Experience of storage business or renewable energy business, or large scale industry project business preferred
• Knowledge of legal, financial and technology components of Strategic Sourcing.
• Excellent understanding of direct material cost drivers and proven track record of cost reduction strategies implementation 
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentations skills 
• Solution oriented, pro-active, problem solving and result driven attitude to work  
• Self-guided and proactive team player, able to operate under pressure 
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
• Ability to work in fast pace, dynamic and changing environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken English language.

(In this role, some travel is required to meet with our customers around the world. Thus, we hope you to be ready to travel approximately 20%, even though most of the meetings are held virtually.)

Why you and us?

We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership and taking responsibility of our work. We support each other’s growth and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have courage to see opportunities and take initiative.

We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe in that by being your own true self you can accomplish so much more. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition?

We have an amazing team and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future.

Contact & next steps

We hope to hear from you soon, by submitting your application through our careers portal. We aim to keep you updated on the process throughout.

Welcome to join us in shaping the decarbonisation of marine and energy!

Last application date: 23/04/2025 

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

This is Wärtsilä 

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com. 
 

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