Purchaser for Elkapsling Alby - Sundsvall

Do you enjoy working close to the business, finding smart purchasing solutions, and building long-term relationships? Do you have the ability to see alternatives and opportunities even in complex situations? Then we want you to get in touch with us!

About us

Elkapsling is a successful supplier of cabinets and enclosures to customers in the Nordic region, primarily within the segments of industry, infrastructure, telecommunications, and energy.

The company, founded in 1971, develops, manufactures, and markets cabinets that protect sensitive electrical and electronic equipment.

The business delivers both standard products and customizations through project-unique solutions. Production takes place in our own factory, where salespeople and designers develop concepts, prototypes, and solutions together with the company's customers.

The business currently consists of approximately 90 employees and generates around 200 MSEK with good profitability. Elkapsling has been part of Lagercrantz Group AB since 2012, a technology conglomerate with about 90 businesses that offer value-creating technical solutions, whose stock has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2001.

The role as Purchaser

As a Purchaser, you will primarily support and develop the business's operational capabilities as part of the purchasing department in accordance with the company's overall strategies, goals, and guidelines. In this role, it is particularly important that the company's resources are utilized optimally by maintaining and developing strong relationships with existing as well as new suppliers.

You will work with both operational and tactical purchasing activities by:

· Managing daily purchasing activities, orders, and inquiries, thereby ensuring deliveries of goods and services according to agreements or quotes.

· Driving negotiation and renegotiation of contracts with new and existing suppliers, primarily but not limited to assigned supplier categories.

· Responsible for handling complaints against suppliers and freight forwarders of purchased materials within assigned supplier categories.

· Actively contributing to optimizing inventory levels of purchased materials.

· Responsible for identifying and evaluating new potential suppliers within assigned supplier categories.

· Responsible for evaluating and quality assuring suppliers and ensuring suppliers' compliance with policies and guidelines within assigned supplier categories.

· Responsible for developing and implementing purchasing strategies within assigned supplier categories with the support of the purchasing department.

· Responsible for analyzing costs and market conditions within assigned supplier categories.

· Driving the development of supplier relationships within assigned supplier categories in collaboration with the production, design, and sales departments.

As a Purchaser, you will become a key player in our purchasing department and work closely with the company's other departments – always with the customer's needs and production conditions in focus.

Who we think you are

Structured and analytical with a holistic view. You enjoy communicating, working as a team, and improving – together.

We would like you to have:

· Higher education or equivalent in a relevant field

· Experience in purchasing, administration, or coordinating roles in a production-close environment

· Good analytical ability and experience working with numbers

· Very good communication and collaboration skills in Swedish and English, both spoken and written

· Class B driver's license

Meritous

· Monitor ERP

· Project management

· Technical background

· Reading drawings

· SILF courses

Our way of being

We are proud to be a moderately sized company: large enough to work with exciting customers and big projects, but small enough for everyone to know each other. Here, you quickly see the results of your work with our customers and in the society around you. Our core values are:

🔹 Openness – With us, your voice is heard. We have short decision-making paths and encourage dialogue, engagement, and new ideas. What you contribute is taken seriously and makes a difference.

🔹 Collaboration – We believe in the strength of working together. Regardless of role or department, we help each other, share knowledge, and take joint responsibility for delivering high quality.

🔹 Development – We want you to grow with us. Through continuous skills development, you get the opportunity to both broaden your knowledge and deepen your expertise in what engages you the most.

Practical information

We offer flexible working hours with offices in Alby and Sundsvall. Placement can be in Sundsvall or Alby. If your placement is in Sundsvall, hybrid work means you regularly work on-site in Alby.

Selection and interviews take place on an ongoing basis, so submit your application as soon as possible.