Category Manager Saab, Purchasing Structures

Are you interested in a new opportunity as a Category Manager and working with Saab's most developed products?

What you will be a part of

Aeronautics is now facing a challenging journey I order to meet our customers' expectations and deliver on our orders. We must carry out high-quality purchasing and delivery to support Aeronautic's production strategy and program

strategy, as well as deliver and support in the supply chain in our customer flows. The challenge ahead for delivery and procurement lies within the source of production, establishing long-term supply chain functions for production in

Linköping as well as Brazil and the upcoming location in Indiana.

Our current category manager for raw materials and mechanics is moving on to other possibilities, we are now looking for the right candidate to fill this service. You will be part of the purchasing and supplier team for aeronautical structures and report to the Head of Purchasing Structures, Oriana Svensson.



Your role

In this role, you will lead a team with full category responsibilities from strategy development to its implementation. Key areas are to maintain and develop the supplier base that supports Saabs current & future business needs, manage risk, cost and demands. Your responsibility is to secure a supplier base with best in class terms and conditions, delivery capabilities meeting Saabs business needs. Successful achievement of implemented strategy that enables correct and

sustainable supplier/partner risk, cost and demand management whilst securing quality and compliance. The work includes everything from setting strategies and targets to actual supplier negotiations and signing of contracts.



Your profile

We see it as a desirable merit that you have experience working as a category manager. You have to travel, so you have to be open to this. You have a valid driver's license (B)

Your skills:

* Adapt abilities and respond to changes

* Analysis

* Business and commercial thinking

* Design strategies and concepts

* Persuade and influence

* Relationships and networks

* fluent English and Swedish, both written and oral

Competence:

* Business understanding

* Change and improve handling capabilities

* Portfolio knowledge

* Financial competence and competence

* Knowledge of local laws and regulations

* Market insight

* Negotiation skills

Personality:

* Service minded

* Good at communication

* Structured

* Open minded

* Flexible

* Team player

Contact inormation: If you have questions regarding the position, contact Oriana Svensson, Recruiting Manager: +46 102161110

This position requires that you will be approved in a security screening in accordance with the Swedish Protective Security Act.


Saab guides innovation forward for the world's leading manufacturers of products used for peacekeeping operations to real combat scenarios - today's missions demand the seamless implementation of strategies. Saab is a global provider of products, services, and support solutions within these areas. Saab has been providing solutions designed to meet needs as, training and command and control systems, to military subsystems, weapons and next-generation aircraft, our solutions improve operational capabilities and reduce the cost of ownership.