Welcome Camilla Liljendahl – NVS´s new Purchasing Coordinator

What´s your role at NVS?

"I will be working as a Purchasing Coordinator and belong to the Department management. I will be working with purchases from KI:s own frame agreements and the national frame agreements, direct awards/procurement, contract follow-up, meet vendors, inform and give advice and support concerning purchase questions, and together with my colleagues at NVS participate in procurement which takes place on the purchase and procurement unit."

What are you most looking forward to with your new job?

"I think it will be very exciting to work with my new colleagues at NVS and to further develop my knowledge within purchasing and procurement."

What is your previous work experience?

"For the last 5 years, I have worked as a Purchaser at The Public Health Agency of Sweden. I have worked with the daily purchase of laboratory products, purchases from own frame agreements and the national frame agreements, direct procurement. I have also worked with the introduction of e-commerce in UBW (Agresso) as well as with contract management and vendor follow-ups. Prior to that, I worked at Södertörn University for 17 years, including 12 years as a Purchasing Coordinator-IT. I was responsible for Wisum and did all the purchases of computers, peripheral equipment, software, mobile phones and office supplies. I also worked on purchases concerning the national frame agreements and direct awards/procurement."

How do you spend your spare time?

"I like to spend time with my family and friends. Enjoy going to the movies, visit museums, go ice skating and skiing in the winter. I love to dance and have attended several courses in Salsa, Rueda and Bachata. Spend the summer in the cottage in the Turku archipelago (Finland) and in my in-laws ' apartment in Torrevieja (Spain)."