# Strategic Purchaser

Shape purchasing strategies and supplier partnerships for OT categories and machinery investments. In this position, you combine commercial responsibility with close collaboration across the organization to secure reliable, compliant and competitive solutions. About the job As Strategic Purchaser, you manage purchasing activities for assigned categories in line with procurement guidelines and KPIs. Your scope covers both strategic development and day-to-day purchasing, including regional and local agreements. Job responsibilities Develop category strategies together with Global Category Managers and relevant stakeholders. Lead sourcing activities, from identifying potential suppliers to negotiating agreements. Manage supplier performance across quality, cost and delivery. Maintain accurate purchasing information, contracts, prices and supplier data. Resolve supplier-related issues in collaboration with production, logistics, customers and finance. Contribute to supplier audits and continuous improvement of purchasing processes and tools. Location and flexibility The location for this position is Fagersta and we offer a hybrid solution. Your profile You understand strategic pu

- **Id**: 3752805
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/seco-tools-strategic-purchaser>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fagersta, Sweden
- **Countries**: SE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T15:52:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T05:30:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3563
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery, Precision Engineering

## Company

- **Id**: 1943466
- **Name**: Seco Tools
- **Domain**: secotools.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/secotools>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Sweden** — Iso: SE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T15:52:34Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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