Business description

Do you want to become Gällivare municipality's new purchasing controller?
We are looking for a driven and self-driven person who wants to continue to develop Gällivare's work with purchasing analyzes. You will be part of a committed, social and driven team that works with interesting assignments in an exciting environment.

The position is located at the Purchasing Unit, which is a municipality-wide resource with the task of being responsible for the municipality's purchasing and procurement process. Your organizational affiliation is under the Finance Department, which is a department within the Support and Development Administration. The unit consists of three purchasers, a purchasing controller and a unit manager.

Duties

In the role of purchasing controller, you contribute to the purchasing unit conducting qualitative work in procurement and purchasing by providing support to the municipality's operations in close dialogue with your colleagues in the purchasing unit. You will contribute to developing the municipality's work in the procurement area with both procurement and contract monitoring. You will be responsible for the contract management process, which includes planning, follow-up and evaluation as part of identifying development and efficiency potentials. You will also train the organization on procurement-related issues. The work area is still under construction and you will have great opportunities to influence the design of the work.

The role mainly includes tasks such as:

• Support the work with data and decision-making basis to conduct a qualitative procurement and purchasing work.
• Responsible for producing, analyzing and presenting statistics for control, follow-up, planning and decisions.
• Develop the work with internal controls linked to the area.
• Administer and be responsible for our contract catalog.
• Be a support to the organization in procurement and purchasing related issues on contracts, direct procurement and orders.
• Support and be part of the future planned implementation of e-commerce in Gällivare municipality.

Together with your colleagues, you will be highly involved in our development work, which is currently focused on continuing to develop and train the municipality-wide ordering organization and to introduce e-commerce in Gällivare municipality. If time permits, you will be given the opportunity to handle your own procurements.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have post-secondary education relevant to the area, preferably in economics, law, purchasing or other background that the employer considers appropriate. It is an advantage if you have experience of similar tasks in purchasing / procurement or other financial management. We would like you to have experience with procurement and financial support systems. As a person, you have good communication skills and find it easy to build trust. Furthermore, you are a self-starter with initiative and you enjoy planning and structuring your work. You can easily express yourself in Swedish in speech and writing and have good knowledge and experience of the Office package. Great importance is attached to personal suitability. Within the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of one of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

Other

We would like to receive a CV with your application. Original documents will be provided upon request. Interviews may take place on a rolling basis.

Gällivare municipality offers you:

• Fresh care benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret/Free swimming
• Fresh care hour
• Take part of the workplace's Trivselpeng
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association)
• The opportunity to exchange vacation days for days off

Working hours/Duration

Full-time, permanent position. Probationary period may apply.

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting - please state salary requirements in the application.

Access / Application

Access: According to agreement.

Last date for applications: 2025-08-17

Information

Christian Sundvall, Head of Unit, 072-5329716, christian.sundvall@gallivare.se

Union representatives

Vision,

SACO

Welcome with your application!