Head of Procurement Excellence & Strategy

Part of the global bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials and wooden construction, and one of the largest private forest owners in the world. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. We employ approximately 19,000 people.

Career for a better climate. Every day

We are seeking a senior procurement transformation leader to support in propelling our Procurement function in a new strategic era, digitally enabled, and responsible enterprise capability.

This role owns strategy, execution, performance, ESG, and risk integration-designing the future-state Procurement model and personally driving its implementation across processes, technology, data, governance, and ways of working. This is a hands-on leadership role for a builder who combines strategic clarity with execution discipline, able to deliver predictable outcomes, responsible value, and enterprise resilience in complex global environments. The role reports to the CPO.

Why This Role Matters

Procurement is evolving from a transactional function into an enterprise system that orchestrates cost, performance, ESG outcomes, and risk.

The Global Head of Procurement Excellence & Strategy will lead this shift end-to-end, ensuring Procurement is seamless for the business, compliant by design, digitally advanced, and resilient to disruption.