Group Purchasing Support Officer

Job title:

Group Purchasing Support Officer

Company

Jotun

Job description

SUMMARY OF THE ROLEGroup Purchasing Support OfficerGroup Purchasing is Jotun’s corporate function responsible for purchasing strategies, guidelines and commercial execution with suppliers on behalf of Jotun’s worldwide network and companies. The Group Purchasing Support Officer will be part of a team responsible for developing and implementing operational purchasing standards and tools to support our local purchasing teams worldwide. Your responsibilities will include driving improvement initiatives and providing support to our local purchasing teams at the factories, as well as to the Group Purchasing department.
The Group Purchasing team in Jotun is made up of 47 committed professionals, 30 of whom are based in Sandefjord, Norway, while the rest are spread across our regional hubs in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai.Main responsibilities:

• Ensure that Group Purchasing policies and procedures, governance principles and best practices for operational purchasing is adhered to in all units in Jotun
• Participate in the development and implementation of standardized procedures, best practices and tools for operational purchasing
• Standardize and optimize the use of Matrix – IFS for purchasing
• Assist in operational purchasing assessments, coach and support local purchasing teams on demand
• Support in a range of category management related tasks
• Assist Group Purchasing in various tasks on demand

Qualifications:

• You should have a relevant Bachelor/Master degree in purchasing, logistics, economics or similar (extensive experience in the field can compensate for education)
• Preferably 3-5 years relevant experience
• Good knowledge in and experience from use of ERP systems (IFS/SAP)
• Good skills in Microsoft applications
• Flexible and possess self-drive for improvement work and finding good solutions
• Good communication skills and English skills, oral and written
• Quick learner and business sense
• Some travelling can be expected

Personal qualities

• Acts on own initiative, makes things happen and accepts responsibility for the results.
• Quickly understands and analysis complex issues and problems, comes up with sound and rational judgements.
• Demonstrates specialist knowledge and expertise in own area, participates in continuous professional development.
• Cooperates well with others, shares knowledge, experience and information, supports others in the pursuit of team goals.
• Follow the policies and processes of the company, execute your job with dedication and determination, and deliver high quality results.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE OFFERWe offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Continuous learning opportunities and training activities through on-the-job training and our in-house learning Jotun Academy.
• Career development opportunities across multiple disciplines and geographies.
• Leaders who focus on engaging and enabling their team, proven by consistently high employee feedback scores.
• A supportive and inclusive company culture where you can be your authentic self.
• A focus on having fun together through team buildings and social activities.

POSITION INFORMATIONCompany: Jotun A/SContract type: RegularTime Type: Full timeCLOSING DATE (dd.mm.yyyy): 31.05.2025WHO WE AREJotun has protected property for almost a century – from iconic buildings to beautiful homes. ​As one of the world’s leading paints and coatings manufacturers, we combine high quality with creativity and innovations.Jotun’s global headquarters is located in Sandefjord, Norway. Here, Jotun Norway has 1000 employees working in state-of-the-art facilities covering services from local factory operations at Vindal to global product development in our new research and development centre at Sandefjord, one of Northern Europe’s largest privately owned R&D centres. The administration centre for Europe and Central Asia is located in Sandefjord, together with our local Norwegian operations.We provide various career opportunities in finance and administration, IT, sales and marketing, supply chain, engineering, technical, and research and development.Jotun is committed to an ambitious growth strategy. We believe that the real value in our companies is our employees, both as individuals and as teams. We focus on providing our employees with meaningful and challenging work, rewarding them through continued learning and development driven by our values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness.Visit our to learn more about life at Jotun.Jotun’s company culture welcomes and values differences in people. Our more than 10,200 employees on all continents represent 90 nationalities, four generations and a diversity of professions, genders, abilities, ethnicities, beliefs, cultures, etc. We are committed to representing the societies we operate in, promoting equality, equity and zero-tolerance for discrimination.If you are applying for a position and require additional support in the interview process, please let us know how we can accommodate this.If you think this role is what you could do next, apply now!

Expected salary

Location

Sandefjord, Vestfold og Telemark

Job date

Thu, 01 May 2025 23:36:34 GMT

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