Sourcing Specialist Getinge Disinfection
Getinge AB (publ) · Växjö · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-13
Getinge AB is seeking a **Sourcing Specialist** (junior level) to join its Infection Control team within the Surgical Workflows business area, which designs and develops sterilizers, disinfectors, and operating room equipment. Operating in an international context connected with manufacturing sites in Växjö and Poznań, the role offers a **hybrid work setup** and reports to the Purchasing Director for Infection Control. Key responsibilities include creating and executing commodity strategies, driving cost-saving initiatives, managing supplier performance and partnerships, and supporting R&D during new product development projects through early supplier involvement and onboarding. Daily work also involves collaborating cross-functionally with logistics, procurement, quality, and production to drive synergies between factories and refine sourcing processes. Applicants must have an educational background in sourcing or equivalent experience, combined with hands-on **strategic sourcing experience**. The role requires a solid understanding of business finance and global trade logistics, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and **fluency in both English and Swedish**, spoken and written. A technical background, project management experience, and working knowledge of SAP are considered advantageous.
Company description:
Getinge is a leading global provider of products and systems that contribute to quality enhancement and cost efficiency within healthcare and life sciences. We employ more than 10,000 people, and have operations in more than 40 countries. Saving lives is the greatest job in the world. Everything we do, from architectural planning to the equipment, therapies and solutions aim to secure the safest and most reliable care. As a leading medtech company, we focus every talent and resource towards helping our customers save as many lives as possible.
Job description:
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 emma.paulsson@getinge.com.
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.