Expert Sourcing Manager

Job ID: 4695

Expert Sourcing Manager (permanent position)

We are looking for a Expert Sourcing Manager with +5 years of experience to become part of our growing and ambitious Sourcing Team. You possess strong commercial acumen, negotiation experience and project management skills, you communicate with impact, and you have a proven track record of delivering commercial value and savings through cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders.

This is an opportunity for you to work with Nordea's existing and future suppliers enabling Nordea to create great customer experiences. Nordea is on an ambitious journey with our Nordic scale strategy as well as our Cost/income ratio target, and there is a high focus on initiatives within all business areas to deliver on this strategy and become the best-performing financial services group in the Nordics.

Sourcing has a key role to play in this exciting and challenging journey, and you will be driving a range of complex and high complex sourcing projects within Technology Sourcing to deliver on Nordic Scale across a range of different commodities. You will be working in a dynamic, fun and fast-paced environment with colleagues across the Nordics.

We invest heavily in training our team as our key focus is on creating innovative, better and more cost effective ways to deliver banking services. This means you’ll have many opportunities to grow and build your career with us.  

About our team

Sourcing is focused on working closely with multiple Business Units to deliver cost savings, process efficiencies and create value whilst ensuring regulatory compliance.

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

Main responsibilities in this role: 

• Responsible for planning and driving sourcing related activities that match Nordea´s objectives as well as leading complex activities that contribute to the maturity journey of specific areas within the unit
• Independently leading a range of high complex and strategic procurement activities in accordance with Nordea Procurement Policy and regulatory requirements
• Developing commercial models and facilitating market research to ensure fact based decision making on assigned projects
• Develop and decide upon recommendations for decision-making by the Steering Committee or other decision mandated entities in Nordea
• Proactively engages with stakeholders to identify upcoming needs and provide early strategic guidance to enable business opportunities, relevant prioritizations and efficient processes
• Owning and aligning negotiation strategies with key stakeholders on assigned projects
• Assume responsibility as a mentor/coach towards other Sourcing colleagues, supporting them in their work and professional development

Who you are

This is the right role for you if:

• We imagine that you enjoy learning and are excited about bringing your ideas to the table. You’re self-driven, dependable, willing to speak up – even when it’s difficult – and committed to empowering others

Your background and skills include: 

• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
• Degree in Law, Business, Economics, Operations, Supply Chain Management or similar
• 5+ year of commercial experience in a multi stakeholder environment
• Proven track record in delivering on delivering savings and value by managing complex sourcing projects and driving commercial negotiations
• Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder management skills, enabling you to develop an effective strategy for completing your tasks and influence suppliers and key stakeholders in the organization
• Experience with international roles or working in an international company with a diverse culture and daily interaction with many different nationalities
• Experience with IT/Cloud – SaaS, PaaS, IaaS/On-prem/AI transaction, contract negotiation

What we offer

People come here when they want to get somewhere. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!