Procurement Manager Nordics

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

At Swedish Match, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. Swedish Match is an affiliate of PMI and have been a leader in the industry for more than 200 years.

With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

In the Nordic region, we are 1,600 employees based in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway working in various functions and teams, and together we are collaborating to deliver a smoke-free Nordics.

Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday, and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation, and create new ways of working.

We are now recruiting for a new Procurement Manager Nordics to join our outstanding Indirect Materials and Services EU Procurement Team, to be based in Stockholm!

Your purpose –

Within this position, you will own the procurement function in the Nordics, acting as a leader and a point of reference. By demonstrating your eye-for-business, you will apply critical thinking to assure, protect margins and deliver value to PMI. By providing strategic mentorship and direction for your team, you will lead and developing an adaptable and agile Procurement organization to deliver an optimum mix 'product availability-quality-service level-price.

Your ‘day to day’ –

• Meet regularly with senior collaborators to play an active role in Business’ strategy definition and to influence key Procurement and market decisions. Develop and maintain and deep understanding of business priorities to translate them into actionable plans.
• Align local sourcing plans with regional plans according to Cluster direction and influence internal partners to deploy global or regional initiatives locally.
• Coordinate and steer critical negotiations to drive business needs and proactively build levers. Anticipate results and align with collaborators on possible outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with budget owners (MD -1) and Finance colleagues during budgeting process, providing market insights, and drive value initiatives that protect local affiliate Margins.
• For non-critical services or goods, accurately balance the usage of customized contractual frameworks versus Purchase Orders to meet Company objectives of speed and time-to-market.
• Encourage a Lean way of working and ensure effective transfer of non-core procurement sourcing processes to SSC (if applicable) or/and effective deployment of Regional/Global Procurement Models.
• Efficiently handle remote teams and optimally leverage Procurement operations centres.
• Review the Affiliate’s business proposals for consistency with laws and company policies. Participate on project teams, ensuring that their decisions and recommendations ensure the legal interests of the company, and implement decisions to achieve objectives on a timely basis.

Who we’re looking for –

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds who bring leadership, innovation, and a growth mindset. You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• A College/University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or a related field.
• Diploma from a recognized Procurement Institute is an asset
• MBA degree or equivalent is a plus.
• Validated experience of Team Leadership and Management, and ownership of Procurement / Supply Chain functional stakeholder relationships.
• Direct experience of Procurement Category Management supporting Marketing, Sales, or Commercial business partners across the Nordic region with evidence of effective relationships and influencing strategy.
• Excellent analytical and Communication skills.
• Project management skills and a solid understanding of financial principles.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills at all levels are essential.
• Great understanding of how matrix organizations work and ability to build networks.

What we offer:

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join Swedish Match and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to do things differently, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Enjoy flexibility of hybrid way of working - split your time between working from our office or the comfort of your home, where it works best for you in line with business needs.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to create a smoke free future.

Closing date for applications - 23rd January 2026. However, depending on response rates and business decisions, please be aware that the posting may be closed earlier.

Due to the global nature of our business, The Talent Acquisition Team at PMI will be grateful for CVs/Resumes to be submitted in English.