Are you passionate about people and working in a multicultural environment? Are you a strategic negotiator, with strong problem-solving capacity? Do you have high collaboration, priority management and listening skills?

Then you may be our new

Senior Specialist, Procurement

Suominen Corporation is looking to hire, for the Cressa plant (Novara, Italy) the Senior Specialist, Procurement, able to guarantee continuity to the production through the availability of all necessary materials and services.

As Senior Specialist, Procurement – directly reporting to the Supply Chain Manager – you will be in charge of ensuring the availability of all direct and indirect supplies required for plant.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will include:

- Managing autonomously contract selection and negotiation with key local suppliers
- Ensuring availability of suppliers for direct and indirect services and related materials for production, in close cooperation with Maintenance department
- Managing autonomously procurement of necessary raw materials to ensure production continuity at the plant
- Collaborating with Raw Material Planner and Supply Chain Manager to align material and service purchase requirements with MRP planning outputs
- Ensuring materials are available as required/scheduled and manage inventory to maintain adequate stock levels
- Creating and managing all purchase orders, purchase requisitions, and related changes
- Driving continuous improvement of the purchasing process within the plant
- Monitoring cost management, on-time deliveries and quality of incoming products




- Guaranteeing correct setup and management of production materials (grades) and related BOMs (Bills of Materials)
- Negotiating the sale of by-products and production waste

To be successful in this role, we would like you to have:

- High school diploma in Finance, Business Administration, or similar
- At least 2 years’ experience in similar roles in manufacturing companies
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Strong teamwork and communication skills
- Problem-solving ability and effective priority management
- Knowledge of SAP and MRP principles

The position will be based in the Cressa plant (Novara, Italy) and will directly report to the Supply Chain Manager, Italy.

We are offering a first 12-month contract, with possibility of stabilization.

Suominenmanufactures nonwovens as roll goods for wipes and other applications. Our vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. The end products made of Suominen’s nonwovens are present in people’s daily life worldwide. Suominen’s net sales in 2024 wereEUR 462.3 millionand we have over 700 professionals working inEuropeand in theAmericas. Suominen’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more at

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