MRO Sourcing Specialist

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils! 

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What you will do 

• Take care about typical MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) relevant needs e.g. mechanical services, scaffolding, cleaning, insulation, crane work, pipe material, gaskets, spare parts, plant equipment etc.
• Be responsible for independent coordination with the maintenance team
• Ensure strong commercial outcomes: apply sourcing best practices, run competitive events (RFx), challenge specifications, optimize total cost.
• Guide and influence stakeholders in driving sourcing projects
• Create, negotiate and manage contracts
• Identify proactively opportunities to reduce spend
• Analyze and evaluate supplier's performance/ escalations, manage & optimize supply base
• Use Ariba platform to enhance sourcing event execution
• Ensure efficient, effective, compliant Source-to-Contract process implementation in your everyday work.
• Own operational performance: manage intake and pipeline, balance capacity vs. demand, shorten cycle times, and continuously improve SLA adherence, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction
• Accelerate digital & automation adoption: strengthen use of sourcing e-tools, standMRO ardize templates, analytics, identify automation opportunities to improve speed and quality.

Who you are 

• You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in (industrial) engineering, (technical) business administration or other relevant professional qualifications in the related area
• You have at least 3 years of work experience in MRO sourcing e.g. as a sourcing specialist related to materials and services in the chemical industry
• You are fluent in English and German and you have experience in working at German market, with German suppliers and German contracts
• experience of e-sourcing tools like SAP 4/Hana, Ariba and SBN is beneficial
• knowledge about legal requirements in German chemical industrial sector is beneficial
• You are proactive, service-oriented person with strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• You have a general technical understanding of typical industrial needs
• You show assertiveness against internal stakeholders and suppliers
• You have good collaboration and team-working skills, you have self-management skills and are not afraid to take initiative and challenge the status quo
• You are ready to occasionally travel for business