Procurement Transformation Project Manager

On behalf of a partner company, Nordic Investin is looking for a Procurement Transformation Project Manager. You create pace through clarity when workstreams, decisions and dependencies must move as one, and you surface risk early.

The partner is strengthening its capability in procurement change from category strategy through supplier transition. You will connect category analysis, sourcing workstreams and tendering while ensuring that negotiation support and implementation receive appropriate discipline. The aim is practical progress that colleagues can use, leaders can evaluate and the organisation can sustain.

Project leadership connects outcomes, plans, risks and decisions. Success is controlled change the organisation can sustain.

You will work across business, technology, suppliers and operations. The partner expects shared priorities, visible decisions and an adaptable delivery model.

This role calls for independent judgement and the ability to raise the quality around you. You are expected to make trade-offs visible, recognise when a decision needs wider expertise and move work forward without creating unnecessary process.

Own the practical direction for procurement change from category strategy through supplier transition.

Translate goals and constraints into a clear approach for category analysis and sourcing workstreams.

Establish useful standards, routines or decision artefacts around tendering.

Coordinate stakeholders and dependencies affecting negotiation support.

Use evidence and measurable outcomes to improve implementation.

Strengthen knowledge sharing and sustainable ownership through benefits tracking.

Relevant experience delivering procurement change from category strategy through supplier transition in a demanding environment.

Strong working knowledge of category analysis and sourcing workstreams.

Practical experience applying tendering and negotiation support.

Ability to assess priorities, risks and trade-offs involving implementation.

Evidence of clear stakeholder communication and dependable end-to-end ownership.

Professional English and the judgement to work with sensitive or business-critical information.

Experience that would add value

Experience from industry professional services and public procurement.

Exposure to benefits tracking in a cross-functional or multi-team environment.

Swedish language skills or experience working across Nordic organisations.

A background that can succeed here

Your background may be consulting, a transformation office or complex delivery. Show how you controlled uncertainty and guided difficult decisions. Direct experience of procurement change from category strategy through supplier transition is valuable, while adjacent experience counts when it shows transferable judgement.

What makes the opportunity interesting

The assignment offers visible responsibility, access to decision makers and room to shape a purposeful delivery model. The focus on procurement change from category strategy through supplier transition gives the opportunity a clear mission and room to influence priorities and success measures.

The exact partner, employment model, compensation, start date and working arrangement will be explained openly during the process. Nordic Investin will make sure you understand the opportunity before asking you to make a decision.

The recruitment conversation

Nordic Investin will focus on decisions you have made: the context, alternatives, result and what you would change today. You will also have room to ask direct questions and test whether the role, mandate and partner environment are right for you.

Apply with your CV or LinkedIn profile and a short note about a relevant programme, project or transformation you helped improve. Nordic Investin welcomes different routes into the profession and assesses evidence, judgement and potential alongside formal titles.