Strategic Buyer/Procurement Officer.

Professional roles Professional role 1: Strategic buyer Professional role 2: Procurement officer Professional role 3: Business developer After completing the programme, the student should have knowledge of/in 1. Concepts, methods and tools in process management and business development 2. The customers' role and requirements in the company's value chain 3. The Lean philosophy and its application in purchasing 4. The role, structure and strategic importance of the purchasing organisation 5. Supply Chain Management 6. The Public Procurement Act (Lagen om offentlig upphandling) and other laws 7. ERP systems and other software in the purchasing field 8. The acquisition process and its management 9. Business communication in English 10. The psychology, technique and rhetoric of negotiation 11. Sustainable purchasing, quality and environmental assurance 12. Category management 13. Strategic supplier work 14. Communication and management processes and social interaction in the workplace 15. The impact of purchasing on production economics 16. Research and development in the field 17. Financial accounting, taxation, financing 18. IT support and advanced Excel 19. Methods and tools for planning and managing purchasing and procurement projects 20. Contract management After completing the programme, the student should have the skills to 1. Draw up tender documents and requirement specifications 2. Analyse and evaluate tenders or quotations 3. Budget and calculate costs 4. Assess financial key ratios, liquidity and capital tie-up aspects 5. Apply computerised costing models and IT systems for purchasing 6. Apply flow and process optimisation in areas related to purchasing 7. Identify, map, analyse and evaluate supply structures 8. Plan, carry out and evaluate interest-based negotiations 9. Plan and carry out sustainable purchases or procurements 10. Draw up, interpret and analyse agreements, contracts and other legal documents 11. Communicate assignments and projects in Swedish and English 12. Formulate and analyse strategies for cost efficiency 13. Plan, carry out and evaluate purchasing and procurement projects 14. Communicate orally and in writing with internal and external stakeholders 15. Lead individuals and teams 16. Carry out strategic analysis and assess the maturity of the purchasing organisation After completing the programme, the student should have the competence to 1. Independently, based on strategic analysis, take responsibility for purchasing goods and services in a businesslike, cost-efficient and environmentally conscious way 2. Take responsibility for coordinating and developing a purchasing organisation 3. Lead the development of the purchasing process from a sustainability perspective 4. Carry out an optimal procurement process based on the Public Procurement Act (Lagen om offentlig upphandling) 5. Analyse, lead and develop purchasing and procurement processes based on current research, methods and developments in the industry 6. Take responsibility for coordinating projects related to purchasing and procurement 7. Take responsibility for internal and external communication in connection with purchasing and procurement 8. Handle legal aspects in connection with purchasing goods and services