Global Supply Chain Manager (647768)

Why is Ericsson a good place to work?


Ericsson enables communications service providers to capture the full value of connectivity. The company’s portfolio spans Networks, Digital Services, Managed Services, and Emerging Business and is designed to help our customers go digital, increase efficiency, find new revenue streams, and create new user experiences. Ericsson’s investments in innovation have delivered the benefits of telephony and mobile broadband to billions of people around the world ensuring our solutions – and our customers – are at the forefront of innovation. We support networks that connect more than 2.5 billion subscribers. With over 100,000 employees and customers in 180 countries, we combine global scale with technology and service leadership. 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic is carried over an Ericsson network. And, our Technology for Good and Connect to Learn programs include creating technology that makes it easier to save lives, feed societies, bring technology to emerging markets and connectivity to remote areas, and grow businesses and prosperity.


At Ericsson, we give our employees the freedom to think big and navigate their career, on a global scale. We create technology that helps others, from helping people enjoy their favourite content to helping people recover from natural disasters by enabling better communications between rescue workers. Your ideas and innovations can turn into achievements that impact society and change the world, creating new connections, new possibilities, and new capabilities. We find that Ericsson is at its best when we bring together the diverse skills of our people. Working across business areas, across cultures, across geographical borders, across technical disciplines. More often than not, across ground-breaking solutions. Next generation technology can be staggeringly complex. But the simpler it is to use; the more people benefit from it. Join us and help build technology that makes it simple to connect with information, business, societies, and each other.

Our Exciting Opportunity
Would you like to make a difference and ensure an outstanding level of service for our customers?
We are now looking for a Global Supply Chain Manager who will look at product life cycle and product phase-out to balance cost-efficiency and customer requirements! Control end to end delivery to support customer and build an efficient supply chain
You will work closely with partners cross functionally, by leading changes for supply chain future.
This position will be based Sweden reporting to the Head of Microwave Operation.
Take the challenge and join our team!

You will
Create an effective partnership with markets, sites and supply product manager
Focus on product phase-out ensuring an inventory optimization aligned with standard methodologies. Minimize obsolete stock by proactively communicate and influence relevant partners.
Ensure a seamless implementation of product change in coordination with the different stakeholders, minimizing unnecessary cost and delays.
Suggest improvement areas and secure implementation of activities contributing to supply chain development, supply chain performance and cost avoidance activities


To be successful in the role you must have
University degree in Engineering / Business or equivalent working experience
Demonstrated competence in supply planning area
Relevant expertise from supply, logistics and/or production
Supply Chain and Supply Process Knowledge
Excellent data analytical capabilities
Outstanding communication skills
Passion about delivering a high customer-value product
Interest in continues improvements within the value chain and our ongoing development projects
Confidence and ability to work independently, but with a lot of interactions
Competence to influence across organizations, leading change, originating ideas, gaining dedication
A proactive leadership style in which you can influence a wide range of partners
Proficiency in English, both written and spoken


What´s in it for you?
Here at Ericsson, our culture is built on over a century of courageous decisions. With us, you will no longer be dreaming of what the future holds – you will be redefining it. You won’t develop for the status quo, but will build what replaces it. Joining us is a way to move your career in any direction you want; with hundreds of career opportunities in locations all over the world, in a place where co-creation and collaboration are embedded into the walls. You will find yourself in a speak-up environment where empathy and humanness serve as cornerstones for how we work, and where work-life balance is a priority. Welcome to an inclusive, global company where your opportunity to make an impact is endless.

What happens once you apply?
To prepare yourself for next steps, please explore here: https://www.ericsson.com/en/careers/job-opportunities/hiring-process
Recruiter: Niclas Persson, niclas.persson@ericsson.com.
Please note that we can not accept any applications through email.
Do you believe that an organization fostering an environment of cooperation and collaboration to execute with speed creates better business value? Do you value a culture of humanness, where fact based decisions are important and our people are encouraged to speak up? Do you believe that diverse, inclusive teams drive performance and innovation? At Ericsson, we do.
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