Requistion ID : 77437

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

Bringing out the best in people

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

Sourcing Lead

Do you want to work with sourcing in early stages of product-development projects in the morning, and following up suppliers in the afternoon? We can offer you a broad role with a company that makes a real difference for those who need its products and services.

As a Sourcing Lead you will work with the whole spectrum of procurement and be responsible for one or more purchasing categories. You will play an important role in our cross-functional product development projects where you will manage and be responsible for sourcing.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic procurement responsibility for one or more purchasing categories within direct materials.

• Develop current suppliers in accordance with established purchase-related goals, be in charge of price negotiations, conduct ongoing evaluation of suppliers, manage bids, and prepare and update agreements.

• Manage the establishment of new suppliers in early stages of product-development projects and be responsible for sourcing and establishing the production of new articles.

• Manage technical sourcing and supplier-related quality assurance involving investigation of claims, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and validation procedures for suppliers.

We think you are a positive, proactive and driven team player. You are open for challenges and enjoy working together with highly skilled and committed colleagues where every day makes a difference.

Background/Qualifications:

• Higher education in engineering or economics and business.

• Thorough knowledge of procurement and several years’ experience of an equivalent role as Sourcing Lead.

• Experience in managing sourcing in early stages of product-development projects where you are accustomed to being responsible for negotiations with suppliers.

• Procurement experience from suppliers in Europe and Nordics.

• Technical knowledge and interest is required in order to be suited to the position.

Since the position involves international contacts, we assume that you have good written and oral communication skills in Swedish and English.

Please note that we will review applications continuously, so be sure to submit your CV as soon as possible.

We look forward for your application.