Senior Strategic Buyer

We are looking for a Strategic Buyer for a company in Gothenburg. Start is in January 2026, 6 months limited contract to begin with.The purchasing team is a small team with very close collaboration with their business teams. They work with broad and varied portfolios and often handled cases outside of their normal scope. Also as a Senior Buyer you need to be prepared to work very hands on, and also support in more tactical and operational tasks.Activies include• Proactive communication with relevant stakeholders and analysis of spend data, to identify business needs and plan relevant sourcing and negotiation activities accordingly.• Perform relevant sourcing projects and contract negotiations to achive cost reduction targets, anchoring with all relevant stakeholders (Business, legal, finance, etc).• Govern and follow-up contracts and suppliers, monitoring performance, and mitigating risks.• Ensure purchasing involvement and that sourcing, agreements, and purchase requests are handled in compliance with policies, directives, and processes.• Prepare and present decision material, and secure appropriate documentation is in place for future track reckord.• Review incoming purchase request to make sure they have been managed appropriately.• Develop, document, and communicate the way of working in the category, such as buying guides, templates, etc, to enable efficient and qualitative sourcing and purchase operations.• Contribute to general development and continuous improvement of the Procurement function and way of working, incl development of new tools, general templates and processes.Role requirements• Minimum 3-5 years in similar role.• Industry expertise (supplier market in relevant categories).• Contracts review experience (legal training and many years of contract negotiations required) .• Advanced negotiations.• Project Management and presentation to senior management.• Very strong collaboration and communications skills.• Driving towards results / Very result oriented.• Strong communications, presentation & influencing skills.• Problem solving, Analytical skills, and Solution orientation.• Advanced user in PPT & Excel.• Experience of SAP Fiori for procurement is a plus.This role requires fluency in English, both written and spoken.This is a full-time consultant position in Gothenburg through Incluso. Start is in January 2026 , 6 months limited contract to begin with.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.