Category Account Manager - Logistics

We are looking for a business driven Strategic Purchaser within category Logistics that have experience of executing and delivering results and enjoys leading and interacting with stakeholders and suppliers.

Your role

You will be responsible for executing cross-functional sourcing projects within the category in order to improve performance, compliance and cost reduction.

In your role you will create and develop commercial relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.

The main tasks are:

* Set, develop and execute category- and sub category strategies
* Perform and lead sourcing projects
* Responsible of Supplier Governance and Contracts driving cost reduction, compliance and performance improvements.
* Lead collaboration and communication with crossfunctional teams
* Lead the ways of working with improvements


Your profile

Required skills:

* Minimum 5 years of experience of Indirect Procurement within category Logistics
* Relevant Bachelor degree in Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent
* Swedish and English, verbal and written
* Excellent collaboration and communication skills
* Business- and performance driven
* A holistic approach focusing on finding solutions in challenging situations.
* Your curious and analytical set of mind enables you to challenge the existing setup.

Desired skills:

* Relevant Master degree in Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent
* Several years of purchasing experience within other categories within Indirect Procurement
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Interest in continues improvements and digitalisation
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Experience of leading commercial teams

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions from military defence to civil security. With operations on every continent, Saab continuously develops, adapts and improves new technology to meet customers' changing needs.

We support all Business Areas in Sweden with their Procurement needs within Indrect material and services. We handle a current total annual spend of ~6 billion SEK giving us a strong customer postion at the market.

The team you will join consists primarly of buyers and experts within areas such as Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Procure to Pay, Legal, Business analysts, PM&T and Business Solution Mangament.

You will work with 41 experienced colleugues, whereas 25 are located in Linköping.

In our team we have an atmosphere characterized by unpretentiousness, we help eachother and share our knowledge with a solution-orientated approach.

Futher more we are in a strong ongoing digitalization journey in a next generation platform (Hansa) enabling efficient ways of working, stakeholder and supplier interaction, master data analysis and factbased decsions.

If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging team setting, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal - to help protect people.

Observe that you can send us your application in either Swedish or English.

Recruiting Manager: Inger Trygg + 46 734 378901 , Director Property & Logistics, Group Procurement