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!  Learn more about us as a workplace [upm.com/careers](http://upm.com/careers) **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