Global Purchasing Controller

We are looking for a Global Purchasing Controller for a company in Linköping. Start is in February, 8 months limited contract to begin with.

Role Summary

The Global Purchasing Controller provides controlling expertise to ensure correct reporting and support company’s business objectives.

As a member of clients Purchasing Control Team, he/she drives KPI’s, supports business development activities (e.g. business insight, analysis and reports). The Controlling team provide a depth analysis and understanding of purchasing data, results and forecast, organizing follow ups and drive the organization towards the defined measurements & KPI’s in a consistent way aligned with Corporate Standards and definitions.

Key Responsibilities

Acting as Controller for the function, assure definitions and reporting are implemented and well understood within and outside the organization. Facilitate functions reporting, consolidation (according to Purchasing Control Manual and various KPI’s) and analysis of actuals and forecast. Drive the harmonization, reporting and forecasting and continuous improvement of controlling activities to support the company’s operating model and objectives.

Additional Responsibilities (as assigned by manager):

• Prepare and consolidate the function budget, headcount, reporting and finance alignment

• Support Divisions in their reporting and Purchase data management following the global process and Controlling methodology

• Facilitate and assure correct reporting according to function’s organization like Category, Product Area, Program and Indirect

• Support functions strategic initiatives and governance by controlling, analysis, reports and development

• Facilitate strategic meetings & forums

• Drive function standardization, format, communication and channels in close collaboration within Business Office

• Monitor Purchasing systems and support development of functions master data process (supplier creation, price maintenance, category structure etc.)

• Drive the functions ESG scope by defining measurables, monitor, track and report in close collaboration with Process & Procedures

• Proactively develop the Forecast Process and Scenarios, commercial and/or supply capacity, to identify risk and potential

• Supply base controlling, Master Data management, Supply Risk and Capacity Analysis

• Represent and align with functions in the areas of key responsibilities (SIOP, Operations, Finance, Purchasing, IT etc.)

• All and any other task as assigned by direct manager

Education

• Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business administration – Required

Experience

• 3–5 years of relevant experience from a large multinational corporation, preferably within supply chain and controlling

• Systems experience: ERP (preferably SAP), Excel, PowerPoint and other global systems such as PBI, PowerBI

• Strong analytical skills and data visualization, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively across functions

• Excellent communication, leadership, and team-building abilities

• Global Company, Automotive and/or tech industry experience preferred

This role requires fluency in English, both written and spoken.

This is a full-time consultant position in Linköping through Incluso. Start is in February, 8 months limited contract to begin with, with possibility of extension after that. This role is 100% onsite in Linköping.  

Please submit your CV as soon as possible since we will review the applications on an on-going basis.

For more information about this role, please contact Emma Hörnsten  recruiter at Incluso.