Manager, Purchasing & Logistics Finance

KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry: our job is to make the world’s cities better places to live. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization, which add value to the life cycle of any building.

Do you have a background in strategic analysis, business development or
business/commercial/purchasing finance position in a global company? Are you interested to impact  how KONE Purchasing drives performance?

We are now looking for a

Manager, Purchasing & Logistics Finance

to join the KONE Purchasing & Logistics finance team to provide core insights & foresights and analyses for decision making and help KONE fulfil our performance goals and strategic ambitions.

You will be based in Espoo, Finland and you will operate across all levels of our global organisation as analyst and sparring partner for KONE’s finance community and the business on a variety of strategic and finance driven topics.

Be a value creation driven finance business analyst for management

Reporting to the Director of Purchasing & Logistics Finance, this is a great opportunity to become a part of a dynamic team and being part of KONE’s wider Finance organization. In this role, where you influence decision-making processes to help KONE Purchasing to improve our strategic direction and performance, you will be responsible for:

• Executive level communication: transforming complex data and facts into clear messages to 

• support the ongoing performance dialogue and business outlook

• Forward looking analyses: scenarios, sensitivities, risks and opportunity modelling

• Trusted sparring partner to Purchasing & Logistics

• Support on Mid-term planning, target setting, forecasting support on fixed cost & savings

• Proactively challenges assumptions and scenarios in Purchasing Finance and Purchasing community 

• forums

• Developing performance management on the next level in KONE Purchasing

• A variety of ad hoc tasks and project management assignments spanning from short-term forecast 

• and business impact analysis to larger project assignments within purchasing and finance

• Drive continuous improvement of purchasing analytics, reporting, and forecasting processes

Be a strategic minded problem solver and a strong collaborator with critical thinking ability

You are not only a finance professional — you are a strategic business partner who enjoys understanding operational realities and transforming data into actionable insights:

• You are curious, proactive, and comfortable challenging assumptions through facts and analysis

• Sound finance management background e.g. cost controlling or financial consulting background 

• with a track record based on a Master’s level degree

• You have international experience in a finance business partner, business controller or analyst role in cross-functional environments

• You possess solid financial and business analytical skills in combination with an understanding of the firm’s overall performance, value drivers and KPIs.

• Strong and advanced financial modelling and analytical skills, experience in using advanced 

• analytics tools, spreadsheet modelling. PowerBI and AI skills is a clear plus.

• Experience evaluating business cases, investment decisions, and cost optimization initiatives

• Understanding of procurement processes, sourcing strategies, and supplier management.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• KONE Internal

• You have a strong business mind-set and the ability to link financial analysis with commercial, operational and strategic data to create sound insight

Want to #JoinOurFlow ? 

If you think this could be an inspiring challenge for you, please tell us more about yourself and why you are interested in this specific role and submit your CV and application via our Careers site at the latest, August 4th. 

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/