For a vibrant Kiruna. One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture and inspire. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important? The purchasing unit currently consists of four people and is a unit within the finance department of the municipal management administration. We are a committed, social and driven team who have fun at work and work together on interesting assignments in an exciting environment in the middle of an ongoing social transformation. The purchasing unit coordinates and carries out procurement of goods, services and contracts for the municipality's operations, often in collaboration with the rest of the municipal group. At the unit, we take joint responsibility for the business and show trust in each other. Together, we have good conditions to succeed in our mission and our development. WORK TASKS As a procurement officer, you will coordinate and plan the work of organization- and group-wide procurements and, on assignment, also in business-specific procurements. The work includes continuous updating in current legislation. The Procurement Officer will be a resource and support to administrations and companies and will be responsible for information and training initiatives for designated authorized purchasers, purchasing coordinators and reference persons. Your duties will include, among others: - Independently plan, project manage and execute procurements - Creating agreements, framework agreements and contracts - Follow-up of concluded contracts - Assisting administrations and companies with legal support linked to procurement - Be involved in developing and streamlining the municipality's procurement activities Together with your colleagues, you will be highly involved in our ongoing development work, which includes developing and introducing a municipality-wide purchasing organization and introducing e-commerce in the Kiruna municipal group. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have a post-secondary education in e.g. economics, law or IT / technology, or a YH education in procurement and purchasing. You may also have acquired the necessary knowledge through relevant professional experience that the employer considers equivalent and suitable for the role. You have a very good command of the Swedish language, both spoken and written, as the work involves many internal and external contacts and being responsible for creating and producing high-quality reports and decision-making documents. The position requires that you have a good command of the various parts of the Office package and have very good knowledge of Excel. It is an advantage if you have good knowledge of LOU and other relevant laws and regulations. We would like to see that you have experience of contract and supplier follow-up and are used to working with support systems for procurement, finance and the Office package. If you have previously worked with procurement in a politically controlled organization, we also see that as an advantage. As a person, you have a trusting manner and an ability to create good, long-term relationships. You are analytical and have the ability to work independently, as analysis, review and follow-up are common elements of the work. The work involves many interfaces where you interact with both internal and external parties, which means that you should also have good collaboration skills. You are communicative and can express yourself pedagogically and well in speech and writing. We attach great importance to personal suitability. A probationary period may be applied. OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words. We offer a pleasant work environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off. We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting advertisers or other sellers of recruitment services.