About this role
Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. We are now looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.
The Traffic Office is responsible for maintaining and developing Stockholm's public spaces to ensure they are safe, attractive, accessible, and sustainable. Our mission includes everything from managing the existing urban environment to implementing strategic investment projects and planning for tomorrow's growing metropolis. To accomplish our mission, we are about 470 colleagues, primarily located in the newly renovated premises of the Technical Committee House on Kungsholmen. Together, we ensure that Stockholm continues to be a leading city with sustainable transport solutions and vibrant environments, both today and in the future.
Welcome to us
The Street Operations unit is part of the Urban Environment Department, which consists of approximately 100 employees.
The department is responsible for the urban environment on streets, squares, and parks, aiming to create an attractive, safe, and secure environment for our residents.
The Street Operations unit currently manages the office's 14 operational agreements for street cleaning and winter road maintenance for the city's streets, bike paths, sidewalks, and squares. We currently consist of 14 employees who perform important work directly connected to the daily lives of citizens. In the Street Operations unit, we highly value quality, commitment, and collaboration.
We offer
We provide you with a secure workplace where we help and support each other in our daily work and care for a good working environment. You will have opportunities for personal development and participation in decision-making at the workplace.
We have flexible working hours and the option to exchange vacation day allowances for extra time off. Depending on job responsibilities and operational needs, there is the possibility to alternate between office work and working from home two days a week. Workplace environment and health are important to us. We offer wellness compensation, wellness hours, and opportunities to participate in wellness activities. Read more about our benefits here and about the City of Stockholm as an employer here, Stockholm City.
Welcome to grow in a growing city - where your contribution truly makes a difference!
Your role
In the role of Business Manager, you will lead the unit's systematic contract follow-up. You will support your colleagues with a wide variety of contract issues, and when escalation is needed, you will represent the Traffic Office in the unit's contract dialogues with contracted entrepreneurs, with support from the department's lawyer or the City Attorneys. You will play a leading role throughout the lifecycle of the unit's agreements related to street cleaning and winter road maintenance, from procurement to startup, management, and termination of agreements together with your colleagues in the unit.
You will work on interpreting, negotiating, setting requirements, drafting, and developing contracts, with the aim of managing the budget of approximately 400 million SEK annually that the unit has been allocated by our elected politicians in Stockholm City. Furthermore, you will develop routines and working methods and guide your colleagues regarding the application of applicable agreements, decisions based on local conditions, and political governance. You will write service statements and respond to referrals.
Together with colleagues, you will work on operational and contract development across the department through good collaboration both internally and externally with the city's contracting entrepreneurs. You will also drive your own projects within the operational area.
Your competence and experience
To succeed in the role of Business Manager, you need to have:
•   a relevant university degree for the position
•   several years of experience in contract management
•   experience in leading, driving change, and development work
•   work experience in public procurement, e.g., from the client side or as a contractor
•   good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written
It is advantageous if you also have:
•   Knowledge of public law, AFF, construction law AB 04, and ABT 06
•   experience working in or for public administration
•   experience in monitoring through KPIs and data analysis in Excel
To succeed in this role, it is important that you act commercially, drive your work forward by planning and prioritizing effectively. You enjoy leading and taking initiative, starting activities, and achieving results. It is also important that you can handle issues at a detailed level while still considering the bigger picture and the best interests of the organization in your actions and decisions. Your ability to collaborate is high, and you are a relationship-building person.
Other
When you submit your application, you will be asked to answer a number of questions that are crucial for our continued selection process for this position. It is important that you respond as thoroughly as possible to the questions and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV. Only CVs in Swedish are requested.
In this recruitment process, psychological tests will be used, and interviews are scheduled for week 51. We warmly welcome your application