Sourcing Specialist Getinge Disinfection
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026. Getinge scores A on the Alion truth index.
With a passion for life
Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers - and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.
Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.
Do you have a technical interest combined with high ambitions for good quality and would like to join sourcing that makes a difference? We are now expanding our team with a Jr Sourcing Specialist. If you are up for challenging the status quo, join our team and make your mark on the MedTech future with us!
About this opportunity
In our Surgical Workflows/Infection Control business area, we design and develop sterilizers, disinfectors, and operating room equipment used in hospitals around the world. Our tools are crucial for infection control, and we take great pride in delivering world class equipment to our customers and patients.
The Sourcing department is responsible for delivering commercial advantage to the organizations by managing supplier base to generate cost improvements, securing resilience to the supply chain and maintain defined level of logistic and quality performance. The team is distributed across our Infection control manufacturing sites in Växjö, Sweden and Poznań, Poland.
This is an international role, with daily contacts mainly in the Sourcing community, but you will also have frequent interactions with R&D, logistics, procurement, quality and production.
You will report to the Purchasing Director for Infection Control. The position offers a hybrid setup.
What you will do
In this role, your primary responsibility will be to:
- Create and implement strategy to commodity assigned
- Initiate and manage cost savings to improve factory financial results
- Work with suppliers to develop mutual partnership and improve their performance KPI’s
- Support R&D during NPD projects including early supplier involvement, and to select and onboard new suppliers
- Cooperate across business areas to drive synergies between factories
- Identify potential improvements in processes and define adjustments to ways of working when needed
You will bring
To be successful in this position, we believe that you have the following qualifications.
- Educational background within sourcing or equivalent experience.
- Experience in strategic sourcing
- Good understanding of financial aspects of business and logistic implication in global trade
- Fluency in Microsoft Office package is required, SAP knowledge is an additional benefit.
- Technical background is beneficial to better understand our products.
- Experience from Project Management is beneficial.
- Fluency in English and Swedish, orally and written.
We believe that you are a person with good communication and withhold a positive mindset. You are clear in your communication and feel comfortable in presenting your ideas to an audience. As a person you take responsibility for you work and delivery and encourage your teammates to do the same, you lead an act by example.
At Getinge we see ourselves as proactive and self-driven in learning and contributing to the continued development of our products and our organization's capabilities. We are Team Players, Forward Thinkers and Game Changers.
Why join Getinge
Getinge offers a job in a safe and informal work environment, where we appreciate close team collaboration. We keep an open dialogue between leaders and employees, as well as between teams. We are focused on developing people, and together we will create a plan for learning and competence development when you start your career with us.
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including wellness allowances, generous family benefits and joint company activities. Everything to ensure we support your well-being and goals.
Application
Applications will be reviewed continually, and we therefore recommend sending us your application as soon as possible, but no later than 2026-11-10.
We kindly ask you to submit your application in our recruitment system by clicking the “apply now” button. We do not accept applications via e-mail.
If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Talent Manager Emma Paulsson at [email protected].
We look forward to receiving your application. We hope you will join us on our journey to become the world’s most desired MedTech company.
About us
With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.
Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.