Category Sourcing Manager Electronics & Electromechanics

At Polarium Sourcing is a key contributor to our success. We are now hiring a Category Sourcing Manager Electronics & Electromechanics to our HQ in Stockholm. Come join our team and get the opportunity to engineer the future!

About the job

As Category Sourcing Manager you will be responsible for strategic sourcing activities and maximizing the potential supplier values in your category Electronics & Electromechanics. You will build up and maintain supplier relationships and performance according to business strategy of the sourcing category.

You will

• Ensure that the category sourcing and contract(s) meet the business requirements through the execution of the strategic sourcing process.
• Evaluate, negotiate, and maintain the sourcing parameters.
• Drive cost cut and TCO activities in cooperation with stakeholders to optimize and safeguard the best offer.
• Manage the supplier selection process with a cross functional mindset.
• Manage contracts and agreements.
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and QBR (Quarterly Business Review) process.
• Secure quality in Master data and maintain correct sourcing parameters in the system.

• Pro-active work to limit deviations according to the signed agreement and improve initial conditions.

You have

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in strategic sourcing, knowledge of the category management concept
• High level of commercial awareness

• Proven track record in the manufacturing industry, preferably from a PCBA business (EMS).
• A solid economical knowledge and understand company relations and transactions.

• Good knowledge of various Manufacturing Processes and ERP systems

Maybe you also have

• Strong interpersonal, communication and partner leadership skills.
• A genuine technical interest
• Excellent English-speaking skills, additional languages will be considered an advantage.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a challenging position in an open, friendly, international environment where we help each other to develop and create value, as We Are One. Your work and mind-set will have a true impact on Polarium’s future success, and we encourage you to Take Charge.

Every day we encourage you to excel, as We think big for a smarter and more sustainable future – let’s do it together!

We offer

• Generous bonus system
• Maximized wellness contribution
• Exercise with our own Wellness Manager during working hours
• Five extra flexibility days
• Pension and health insurance

Energize your career

We believe an inclusive work environment is what will boost our employees’ success. An open mindset is what charges our innovation and creativity. We believe that there’s always one more thing to learn, one new thing to invent, and one more product to develop to make energy systems around the world greener and more efficient. Come join our team and get the opportunity to engineer the future!

Plug into Polarium

We’ve enabled endless energy since 2015.

Our frontier tech in energy storage systems has reached all over the world and transformed the renewable energy industry. We’re one of Europe’s fastest growing companies with 750+ employees located in over 4 continents and counting. Our valuable diversity, creativity and top-class engineering is the code we use to unlock the most complex sustainability problems in energy.

We are a Swedish company dedicated to providing the best-performing, safe, and sustainable energy storage solutions built on lithium-ion technology. Today, our market-leading solutions are in use on all continents and in all climate zones. We ensure that the flow of energy never stops, while enabling our customers to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint. 

Do you share our vision for a smart and sustainable future? Join our team!