Stora Enso is looking for an experienced AI Agent Engineer to join the Supply Chain organization of its Containerboard Business Area. The preferred location is Helsinki, Finland, the position is a one-year temporary assignment with a hybrid arrangement allowing remote work half of the time, and applications close on 27 November 2026. At Youth Works Hub, we went through the vacancy and laid out the technical stack, responsibilities and hiring steps below.
Where and How You Would Work
📍 Preferred location: Helsinki, Finland
🗺️ Other locations that can be considered: Warsaw, Ostrava and other Stora Enso locations
📄 Contract: Temporary assignment for one year
🏡 Working arrangement: Open to hybrid work, with remote work half of the time
🧭 Reports to: Head of Supply Chain Development, BA Containerboard
Building an AI-Enabled Supply Chain
The position is part of Stora Enso's ambition to build an AI-enabled supply chain. In that vision, intelligent agents support decision-making, automate repetitive work, improve customer service and help the company achieve its strategic objectives across five areas:
🗓️ Planning
🧾 Order fulfilment
🚚 Logistics
🏭 Inventory management
🙋 Customer experience
You will play a key role in transforming how the organization works, combining business understanding, data, AI and automation into practical solutions that create measurable value.
More Than Building AI Solutions
As an AI Agent Engineer, you design, develop and continuously improve AI agents and intelligent decision-support solutions that help supply chain professionals make better decisions and execute work more efficiently.
The job sits at the intersection of supply chain, business processes, data, analytics and modern AI technologies. The focus is not only on building AI solutions, but on understanding operational challenges and translating them into secure, scalable and business-relevant AI capabilities.
Success comes from combining technical expertise with business understanding, connecting diverse systems and data sources, and identifying where AI agents can create tangible business value.
Teams You Will Work With
You will collaborate closely with these teams to shape the next generation of AI-enabled ways of working:
🎧 Customer Service
📐 Planning
📈 Sales
🛣️ Logistics
🖥️ IT
📊 Data & Analytics
📲 Digital
Designing and Running AI Agents
⚙️ Design, develop, deploy and maintain AI agents supporting planning, order fulfilment, customer service, sales, logistics and business decision-making
🔎 Identify and prioritize opportunities where AI agents and automation can improve supply chain performance and business outcomes
🔁 Develop autonomous agent workflows that combine AI reasoning, business rules and enterprise data
Human-AI Interfaces and Enterprise Integrations
💬 Build human-AI interfaces, including chat solutions, web applications, approval workflows and ERP-integrated assistants
🔌 Design and implement integrations between AI agents and enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, Data Platforms and Microsoft 365
🧩 Build and maintain semantic data models and knowledge layers enabling AI agents to understand business context
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Keeping AI Reliable and Adopted
🧪 Establish monitoring, testing and performance measurement for AI solutions to ensure reliability, quality and business value
🔭 Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms and models and assess their applicability to business use cases
🗄️ Work closely with data and analytics teams to improve data quality, accessibility and AI readiness
🤝 Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate operational challenges into practical AI solutions
📣 Support change management and adoption of AI-enabled ways of working across the organization
Academic Background and Experience
🎓 Relevant academic background in engineering, computer science, data science, information technology or a related field
💻 Experience in software development, automation, data engineering, analytics and AI
💡 Strong interest in applying AI, AI agents, automation and emerging technologies to solve real business problems
🔗 Understanding of supply chain processes such as planning, customer service, logistics, inventory management or order fulfilment is highly beneficial
The Agent, Low-Code and Interface Stack
🛠️ Hands-on experience building and orchestrating AI agents using tools such as, but not limited to, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Agent Framework, Azure AI Stack or similar
🧱 Hands-on experience with agentic and low-code platforms: Power Platform, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or similar
🪟 Hands-on experience building human-AI interfaces using tools like Copilot Studio, Power Apps and Teams Apps, as well as building modern UI-based web applications using React-based frameworks (Next.JS, FastAPI, NodeJS)
LLMs, APIs, Data Platforms and Governance
🧠 Familiarity with AI and agent technologies, large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI search and embeddings
🌐 Experience with REST APIs, MCP servers, enterprise integrations and business systems such as ERP, CRM and data platforms
❄️ Knowledge of modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Fabric, Databricks or similar technologies
🛡️ Understanding of AI governance, security, identity management and responsible AI principles
Working Style and Language
🎯 Ability to combine technical expertise with business understanding and create practical, value-driven solutions
🗣️ Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
🌱 Curiosity to challenge existing ways of working and continuously explore new opportunities enabled by AI
📋 A structured, proactive and collaborative way of working
🔤 Fluency in English
How Stora Enso Describes Its Culture
Your way of working fits the company's culture when you aim high and move things forward with courage, adapt to changing situations and learn quickly, use data to solve problems and make decisions, and take ownership of your work. Stora Enso sums this up as being:
🚀 Ambitious
🤸 Agile
🧮 Analytical
✅ Accountable
Together, these describe what the company calls achieving together.
What Stora Enso Offers
You will be part of shaping the future of supply chain management through AI, data and automation. The work covers business-critical challenges, with direct visibility to leadership and the opportunity to create measurable impact across customer service, planning, logistics, inventory and profitability.
The company offers a collaborative and international working environment where innovation, learning and continuous improvement are encouraged. You will work with modern AI platforms, enterprise data ecosystems and cross-functional experts while helping build the next generation of AI-enabled supply chain capabilities.
Safety, Wellbeing and Employee Benefits
Safety and wellbeing are described as Stora Enso's top priorities. The goal is for everyone to return home healthy every day, which is why the company supports both physical and mental wellbeing. It also offers a wide range of employee benefits.
The Recruitment Process
Applications are submitted through Stora Enso's recruitment system and reviewed during the application period, so the company encourages candidates to apply as soon as possible and no later than the deadline.
Depending on the role, candidates may be invited to complete an aptitude assessment. The recruitment process may also include:
🗂️ Background and reference checks
🩺 A health examination
🔬 A drug test
For questions about the role, you can contact the recruiting manager Andreas Nyqvist or the recruiter Veera Kaislasalo, whose details are in the Link section at the end of this post.
About Stora Enso
Stora Enso is a global leader in renewable materials with a strong focus on packaging. Its purpose is to replace non-renewable materials with renewable solutions. Together with its customers, the company designs and delivers competitive, high-quality packaging materials and solutions made from fresh and recycled fibers, accelerating the transition to a circular bioeconomy.
Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Stora Enso believes that diversity strengthens its competitiveness and leads to better decision-making, as teams of people with different backgrounds can explore a wider range of perspectives and challenge the way the company thinks. It actively works to increase diversity, welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, and is an equal opportunity employer that follows non-discriminatory practices.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to be based in Helsinki for this AI Agent Engineer job?
Helsinki is the preferred location, but Warsaw, Ostrava and other Stora Enso locations can also be considered.
How long is the contract?
The position is a temporary assignment for one year.
Is remote work possible?
Stora Enso is open to a hybrid working arrangement that allows remote work half of the time.
Which part of Stora Enso would I join?
You would join the Supply Chain organization in the Containerboard Business Area. The role reports to the Head of Supply Chain Development, BA Containerboard.
Which AI agent tools should I know?
The vacancy names Microsoft Copilot Studio, Agent Framework and Azure AI Stack or similar for building and orchestrating agents. It also mentions Power Platform, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot or similar as agentic and low-code platforms.
Do I need supply chain experience?
Understanding of supply chain processes such as planning, customer service, logistics, inventory management or order fulfilment is described as highly beneficial.
Which web technologies are mentioned?
The vacancy refers to modern UI-based web applications built with React-based frameworks and lists Next.JS, FastAPI and NodeJS.
What language skills are needed?
Stora Enso lists fluency in English. No other language is mentioned in the vacancy.
Which degree fields are relevant?
A relevant academic background in engineering, computer science, data science, information technology or a related field is listed.
What steps can the hiring process include?
Depending on the role, Stora Enso may invite you to complete an aptitude assessment. The process may also include background and reference checks, a health examination and a drug test.
Does the vacancy state a salary?
No salary figure is given. Stora Enso says it offers a wide range of employee benefits.
Deadline
⏳ 27 November 2026
Link
🖇️ Apply (Stora Enso recruitment system): https://storaenso.wd502.myworkdayjobs.com/Stora_Enso_site_opportunities/job/Helsinki/AI-Agent-Engineer_JR112931-1/apply
📧 Recruiting manager Andreas Nyqvist: andreas.nyqvist@storaenso.com
✉️ Recruiter Veera Kaislasalo: veera.kaislasalo@storaenso.com
