Strategic Purchaser

Shape purchasing strategies and supplier partnerships for OT categories and machinery investments. In this position, you combine commercial responsibility with close collaboration across the organization to secure reliable, compliant and competitive solutions.

About the job 

As Strategic Purchaser, you manage purchasing activities for assigned categories in line with procurement guidelines and KPIs. Your scope covers both strategic development and day-to-day purchasing, including regional and local agreements.

Job responsibilities

• Develop category strategies together with Global Category Managers and relevant stakeholders.

• Lead sourcing activities, from identifying potential suppliers to negotiating agreements.

• Manage supplier performance across quality, cost and delivery.

• Maintain accurate purchasing information, contracts, prices and supplier data.

• Resolve supplier-related issues in collaboration with production, logistics, customers and finance.

• Contribute to supplier audits and continuous improvement of purchasing processes and tools.

Location and flexibility

The location for this position is Fagersta and we offer a hybrid solution.

Your profile  

You understand strategic purchasing and know how to turn business needs into effective sourcing activities and supplier agreements. A structured approach helps you balance commercial objectives, compliance and collaboration across different functions.

Your background includes

• Experience of strategic purchasing, sourcing or category management.

• Knowledge of supplier negotiations, contracts and performance management.

• Ability to analyze markets, prices, supplier capacity and historical purchasing data.

• Experience of working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

• Understanding of purchasing policies, processes and authorization frameworks.

Collaboration is central to your work. You communicate clearly, involve the right stakeholders and build constructive relationships with suppliers and colleagues across functions and organizational boundaries.

Our Seco culture  

At Seco, we're united by a spirit of collaboration and a shared curiosity to learn and grow. We take responsibility for our actions, stay focused on our customers, and believe in winning together. For us, it’s also clear that our diversities form an amazing foundation for achieving great results. Curious about our workplace and benefits? Read more on our website. You’re also welcome to visit our LinkedIn or Facebookto get to know us and our products further.

Contact information  

For further information about this position, please contact Malin Jakobsson, hiring manager, malin.jakobsson@secotools.com

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Union contacts – Sweden  

• David Romlin, Unionen, +46 (0)70-608 46 90 

• Jörgen Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-548 10 70

• Benny Christiansen, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-523 50 60 

Recruitment Specialist: Anton Karlsson 

How to apply

Send us your application no later than November 16th, 2026. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0099340.

We aim for an open and fair recruitment process and use different tools to ensure objective assessment. Later in the process, you may be invited to complete a personality and logic test.

For more information about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.

About Us

From our founding in Fagersta Sweden, to today’s global company, our business has always been made to measure, but built on trust.

Combining Cutting-Edge, precision tools with lasting, personal partnerships, we’re a true people company helping our partners discover the future of the manufacturing industry.

We’re proud to make for makers, invent for inventors, and partner with pioneers. Propelling the future forward with our own obsession for innovation. In short – if the right tool for the job exists, we’ll deliver it. If it doesn’t, we’ll create it.

We’re also proud to put sustainability at the heart of everything we do, challenging perceptions of our industry, changing the process of manufacturing, and playing our own small part in shaping a brighter looking future.

To learn more, please visit us at www.secotools.com