Would you like to help drive smart and forward-looking procurement?
Do you have an eye for detail and an interest in sustainable solutions? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Hamar Municipality is now looking for a service-minded and solution-oriented advisor for its procurement department—a key role in supporting the municipality’s growth through effective and forward-looking procurement!

What can we offer you?

You’ll be part of a dynamic and specialized team that works every day to make a difference in the municipality. With procurement totaling several billion kroner over the next four years, you’ll play a central role in securing favorable contracts and sustainable solutions for both Hamar and its partner municipalities. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects across the entire spectrum of our operations, influence how we approach the green transition, innovation, and social responsibility, and help ensure that the people of the Hamar region get the most value for their tax dollars.

Your main responsibilities:

• Conduct procurements in accordance with laws and regulations governing public procurement
• Conduct analyses and help realize benefits
• Process and meeting management
• Mentoring and training tasks
• Development tasks within the procurement area
• Assist with contract management and supplier development
• Digitization tasks within the procurement field

Other tasks within the procurement department and the municipal sector’s scope of work may be required.

Who are you?

You are an independent and meticulous advisor with a well-organized and analytical approach to your tasks. You enjoy collaborating, have a positive attitude, and take the initiative to improve processes. Furthermore, you are comfortable leading processes and meetings. We also value your curiosity about new approaches to work processes, your openness to change, and your solution-oriented mindset when faced with new needs.

Our new consultant has the following qualifications:

• Expertise in procurement and/or purchasing. Relevant education from a college or university. Practical experience may compensate for the educational requirement.
• Strong ICT skills, particularly in Excel, system administration, and user management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Norwegian.
• Experience with relevant platforms, such as KGV/KAV systems and e-commerce from Agresso/Visma, is desirable.
• Experience and expertise in public procurement regulations are desirable.
• Experience in contract management is desirable
• Experience in project and process management is desirable

Personal suitability will be given weight.

Hamar Municipality is one of the largest employers in the inland region. Here, you’ll be part of a large and diverse workforce with a wide range of professions and fields of expertise, offering an exciting work environment and variety in your daily work. We offer a competitive fixed salary, overtime pay, and otherwise fair and flexible working conditions. You’ll also receive an excellent public pension plan through KLP—a plan that lasts a lifetime and includes retirement, disability, and survivor’s benefits. Hamar Municipality is an IA-certified employer.

Interested?

Apply now and become an important part of our procurement department! The deadline is August 16. If you have any questions about the position, feel free to have an informal chat with our consultants at The Assessment Company: Mari Holand at 971 26 957 or Gro-Anett Haugen at 974 08 693. They would like to get in touch with interested candidates as soon as possible, preferably well before the application deadline, and will treat all inquiries confidentially.

In accordance with Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act, a public list of applicants will be made available after the application deadline has passed. If you wish to opt out of being included on the public list of applicants, you must provide a reason. Please note that information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant requests an exemption. In such cases, applicants will be informed prior to publication and will have the opportunity to withdraw their application.

Contact Information

Mari Holand, Consultant AC, 40871750
Gro-Anett Haugen, Partner AC, +47 974 08 693

Work Location

Vangsvegen 51
2317 Hamar

Key Information:

Employer: Hamar Municipality

Reference No.: 5149794434
Full-time
Permanent
Application deadline: August 16, 2026