Public procurement officer/buyer.

After completing the programme, students should have knowledge of 1. Concepts, methods and tools in process management and organisational change 2. The procurement process from analysis, planning and management to follow-up 3. The role, structure and strategic importance of the purchasing organisation 4. Category management 5. Supplier performance 6. The Public Procurement Act (LOU), LOV, LUF and other laws and regulations governing public purchasing, as well as contract management 7. Public administration in municipalities, central government and the EU, and how political decisions affect procurement work 8. Sustainable procurement, quality and environmental assurance, social conditions in procurement work 9. GDPR, how to handle the release of official documents and how to create secure case management 10. Business systems and other software in the field 11. Communication and management processes and social interaction 12. The psychology, technique and rhetoric of negotiation 13. English business communication 14. Financing, costing, accounting, taxation 15. Methods and tools for planning and managing projects 16. Current research and development in the field After completing the programme, students should have the skills to 1. Draw up tender documents, requirement specifications and requirements analysis 2. Analyse and evaluate tenders or quotations 3. Draw up, interpret and analyse laws, contracts and other legal documents governing procurement 4. Budget, calculate and assess financial key ratios, liquidity and capital tie-up aspects 5. Analyse strategies for cost efficiency 6. Apply digital calculation models and IT systems 7. Plan, carry out and evaluate negotiations 8. Plan, carry out and evaluate purchasing and procurement projects 9. Make business assessments linked to requirements for sustainability, environmental, ethical and social criteria 10. Evaluate and analyse supplier performance 11. Communicate orally and in writing with different target groups in Swedish and English 12. Carry out change, development and quality work 13. Lead, work in teams and contribute to the team's shared results 14. Lead projects in a methodical and results-oriented way, critically review and evaluate, and analyse projects and results After completing the programme, students should have the competence to 1. Independently carry out purchasing and procurement at strategic, tactical and operational level 2. Independently, based on strategic analysis, take responsibility for the procurement of goods and services in a businesslike, cost-effective and sustainable way 3. Independently carry out an optimal procurement within the framework of applicable laws and contracts 4. Be responsible for coordinating and developing a purchasing organisation 5. Lead the development of the procurement process from a sustainability perspective 6. Based on current research, methods and development in the industry, analyse, lead and develop purchasing and procurement processes 7. Be responsible for coordinating projects related to purchasing and procurement 8. Be responsible for internal and external communication in connection with purchasing and procurement 9. Monitor, assess and analyse changes in the outside world that may affect the procurement field or the professional role 10. Assess, analyse, investigate and present proposed measures and solutions based on theoretical knowledge of the procurement field.