Material planner

Saab is a fantastic company to grow and develop in! As our colleague moves on within the company, we are looking for a proactive and communicative Material Planner who wants to influence the progress of our submarines and surface vessels at Saab's business area Kockums.

Your role

The Material Planner perform planning and follow-up within subproject purchasing in projects to make sure that material is available in time for production. You coordinate, prioritize and communicate material status to your colleagues in both line and project organization. The work is performed in close collaboration with stakeholders like the purchasing organization and product and design.

The main tasks are:

* Ensure material planning based on current delivery plans and available capacity.

* Monitoring of ERP-system with the aim of ensuring that part lists/ BOM (build of material) is released in time for material to be delivered before production activity starts.

* Analyze availability of materials with the aim of ensure trouble-free production and high delivery precision.

* Regularly update current status of ongoing procurements and ongoing deliveries according to information from procurement organization.



Your profile

We are looking for you with a few years' experience of working with purchasing, project planning and/ or logistics. We are looking for you with a proactive mindset, a structured way of working and the ability to handle a constantly changeable work day with many ongoing tasks at the same time.

To thrive and succeed in this role you need to be committed, have a positive attitude and a strong drive to achieve defined goals. You need a good analytical and problem-solving ability and ability to plan and prioritize you work. Since the role include many stakeholders and collaboration with people both internal and external, you need to enjoy the ongoing dialogue and collaboration and have high social skills.



Required skills:

* University degree in logistics / production / purchasing or equivalent.
* Good knowledge of business systems and Windows Office
* Knowledge in logistics and purchasing processes
* Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, verbal and written



Desired skills:

* Good knowledge in Aveva ERM


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

You will be part of a helpful and open team and we offer you an exciting job with challenging and varied assignments in one of our largest projects. We strive to be a good workplace where community, challenges and well-being are highly valued. We are proud to have a work environment where we take into account that we are all different but that we still share the same goal - to protect people. Material planning is a part of the department Supply Chain Sourcing, SCS which is a part of Sourcing & Supply. In addition to this role, the SCS department also project procurement, warehousing operations, technical purchasing, and Material Control & Logistic Development including Order & Expedite function, which works with delivery monitoring and follow-up of order recognition from our suppliers.

Business Area Kockums
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Would you like to know more about the Saab-life and the benefits of joining us? Read our People Philosophy. We know diversity makes us better! As we work for an even gender distribution, we are happy to see female applicants for this position. Sometimes you have to work hard and put in an extra gear, but at Saab we also promote work life balance!

If you are interested in what benefits you can take part of as an employee at Saab in Sweden, you can read more about them here. Last application date is 5th of April, however kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement. Your application may be in Swedish or English.

Questions about the job? Don´t hesitate to contact;
Pär Holgersson, recruiting manager +46 734 18 86 93 or Charlotta Lundblad, HR Specialist Recruitment +46 734 34 12 74.

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.