Overview
Sourcing Finance Jobs in Borås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden at Camfil Power Systems
Title: Sourcing Finance
Company: Camfil Power Systems
Location: Borås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Position: Sourcing Finance
Reports to: VP Global Supply Chain CPS, Functionally to VP Finance
Location: CPS Global Responsibility – Located at one of CPS main sites, Borås (Sweden) or Laval (Canada)
Camfil is a world leader in air filter technology and was founded 60 years ago with the vision "Clean Air is a Human Right". Today we are almost 6 000 colleagues all over the world, and sustainability is in our DNA as our air filter products protects people's health and save substantial energy. www.camfil.com
We partner with suppliers of materials, products and services with whom we can build mutually beneficial long-term relationships. We will continue to strategically develop both global and local sourcing approaches. Local suppliers may earn the right to become a global supplier, while global suppliers are measured on their ability to leverage global volume with local service to all Camfil sites. The goal is to continuously create more value for Camfil' s business at a lower total cost in a competitive environment.
Responsibility Summary
The Sourcing Finance role provides financial analysis, cost visibility, and business partnering support to strengthen sourcing decisions, procurement performance, and long-term supplier negotiations.
Success requires strong financial acumen, advanced analytical skills, and the ability to turn complex cost, commodity, FX, logistics, and supplier data into actionable insights.
This role will also actively support our global key accounts are continuously improving their cost/price structure, improving our margins indirectly, account wise per KA.
What will you do?
In this role, you will monitor market trends, forecast spending, track savings including purchase price variance, and provide financial insights to optimize sourcing strategies. You will summarize costs and total spending by product type, supplier, region, and component, including direct and indirect supply chain costs.
You will analyze budgeted versus actual costs, identify gaps and leakage, evaluate make-versus-buy scenarios, and track year-over-year savings and inflation impacts by supplier, region, and component.
You will support productivity and cost reduction initiatives by establishing auditable financial baselines, creating material cost forecasts based on commodity trends, and developing cost models for major components used during the bid phase.
You will also analyze FX exposure, logistics costs, duties, freight, payment terms, working capital impacts, and supplier financial health. As a business partner to Category Managers, Supply Chain Managers, and Finance, you will support supplier selection, negotiations, gate reviews, and long-term sourcing decisions.
What we offer
This role offers the opportunity to shape sourcing performance through fact-based financial analysis, cost transparency, and strategic business partnering.
You will work in collaborative finance, sourcing, and supply chain environment with direct influence on cost reduction, working capital, sourcing strategy, and executive decision-making.
What will make you successful?
To succeed, you will need a strong understanding of commodity-driven cost structures, FX impacts, logistics cost drivers, and supply chain finance, with the ability to communicate financial insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
Advanced skills in Excel and PowerBI, experience with large data sets, sensitivity analysis, financial modeling, data analysis tools, and executive-level presentations are essential.
You will also need strong knowledge of sourcing ERP systems, excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
We believe you are a structured, business-oriented finance professional who combines curiosity, accuracy, commercial awareness, and strong cross-functional collaboration.
Your business interest will be valuable improving our global key accounts profitability supporting them ongoing on cost efficiency where applicable.
Qualifications
A bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field is required. Certifications such as SCMP or CPIM are desirable.
You should have 3-5+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, procurement, sourcing finance, operations management, or a related industry environment, ideally in manufacturing.
Strong experience in cost analysis, financial modeling, spend analysis, commodity trends, savings tracking, inflation impacts, FX, logistics costs, supplier financial health, payment terms, and working capital is required.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, data analysis tools, sourcing ERP systems, and executive-level presentation development are expected.
Professional-level English, both verbal and written, is required, along with strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across Finance, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Sales Application, and regional stakeholders.
Diversity and sustainability are two essential focus areas for us at Camfil, and both aspects will be taken into consideration as part of this recruitment.
We look forward to receiving your application, including your cover letter and resume. Selection and interviews will be ongoing, and the position may be filled before the last application date, so send in your application as soon as possible.
