Nordic Procurement Leader

Nordic Procurement Leader

Based in Vantaa, Finland · Nordic remit covering Norway, Denmark and Finland

Full-time, Permanent

About Selecta

Selecta is Europe's leading provider of self-serve coffee and food solutions for workplaces. Operating in 16 countries and serving millions of moments of refreshment every day, we combine world-class products with technology-driven service to create better workdays for our customers.

In the Nordic (Finland, Denmark, Norway) region we are proud to be a trusted partner to thousands of businesses. We are now hiring a Nordic Procurement Leader to lead all procurement activities in the region.

The Role

This role owns the supplier and sourcing strategy of the region (contracts, supplier selection, rebates).

The role reports to the Region Lead Nordics, with a strong functional partnership to the Selecta Group CPO on supplier and sourcing strategy alignment.

This is a critical Extended Regional Leadership Team role responsible for converting commercial strategy into delivered Gross Margin and EBITDA through procurement leverage, supplier partnerships, logistics optimization, inventory control.

The Nordic Procurement Leader is accountable for maximizing value creation across the business. This includes ownership of procurement strategy, supplier performance and supply chain execution to deliver measurable EBITDA growth.

The Role is responsible for

•Driving gross margin expansion through procurement leverage and supplier income

•Driving efficiency and optimized costs by procurement being part of the business decision making in all direct and indirect spending.

•Ensuring product availability

•Optimizing working capital, inventory, and supply chain cost-to-serve together with supply chain and finance

•Building strategic supplier partnerships and commercial trading models

This role is a primary driver of Selecta’s margin expansion agenda and plays a central role in achieving long-term EBITDA growth targets.

Your Responsibilities

1.Procurement & Supplier Strategy

•Own Nordic procurement strategy across coffee, cold drinks, snacks, fresh food, consumables, machines, spare parts, and indirect spend.

•Develop long-term supplier strategies aligned to margin growth and consumer demand

•Lead supplier negotiations, trading agreements, and rebate structures (SPI/PPI)

2.Margin Expansion & Supplier Value Creation

•Deliver gross margin improvement

•Maximize supplier income streams (SPI, PPI, rebates, marketing contributions)

3.Transformation & Leadership

•Drive supplier consolidation and simplification agenda

•Strengthen organizational capability

•Shape the case for telemetry and data-led replenishment

KPIs include:

•Gross margin % improvement

•EBITDA contribution from procurement levers

•Payment Terms improvement

•Like-for-like revenue support via availability

•Procurement & supply chain transformation milestones

•Systems adoption (forecasting, planning tools)

•Supplier consolidation progress

Your Profile

What You Bring / Requirements

•Senior procurement leadership experience in FMCG, food service, vending, retail, or logistics environments

•Proven track record delivering measurable margin improvement and cost optimization

•Experience managing complex supplier ecosystems and commercial negotiations

•Experience operating in multi-site, high-volume, route-based businesses (preferred)

•Strong commercial acumen with direct linkage between supply chain levers and P&L outcomes

•Comfortable operating across countries through clear functional accountability and structured forums, without relying on matrix or dotted-line authority.

•Experience in transformation-led or performance-driven environments (PE-backed desirable)

•Familiarity with vending, coffee systems, or unattended retail models

Core Skills & Leadership Capability

•Executive-level procurement and supply chain leadership

•Strong commercial and financial acumen

•Data-driven decision-making using analytics and KPIs

•Supplier negotiation and strategic partnership management

•Transformation leadership across systems and processes

•Strong cross-functional collaboration (Commercial, Finance, Operations, Technology)

•Ability to simplify complex supply networks and drive operational clarity

•Strong problem-solving and structured decision-making

Leadership Expectations

•Visible Executive leader operating across suppliers, depots, and commercial teams

•Drives accountability, performance discipline, and commercial rigor

•Balances strategic transformation with operational execution

•Builds a high-performance, commercially focused supply chain culture

•Works in close partnership with Commercial, Service, HR, Finance, and Technology leadership

•Leads through clarity, structure, and measurable outcomes

•Member of the Extended Regional Leadership Team

What We Offer

•Competitive base salary with performance bonus

•Comprehensive occupational health care

•Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

•A leadership role with real autonomy and measurable impact

•Strong peer network across the Nordics and broader European Selecta organization

•A culture where professionalism and passion go hand in hand

Ready to lead Selecta the next growth chapter of Selecta Nordic Region?

Apply by sending your CV and a brief cover letter to us. We review applications on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early.

For questions about the role, please contact Market Leader Finland, Nelli Neilimo-Leskinen tel. 040 923 26 54 on 5 June and 10 June from 8:00 to 9:00.

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