Next challenge as Purchasing Commodity Manager? – Cab Electronics, SCE

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

Scania Purchasing is responsible for the purchase of products and services to all of Scania units worldwide. The current group manager will leave her position and hence we are seeking a successor.

Are you prepared for a new leadership challenge? Are you well aware of the leadership target we are striving to achieve at Scania, and do you have a great interest in both execute and develop your leadership skills further? Then you might be our next Commodity Group Manager!

We expect that you believe in yourself and your ability to become a successful leader. Our expectations is that you will come with energy and hopefully dare to challenge our way of working, both in dialogue with your manager as well as with your colleagues.

We also expect that you are thrilled and eager to learn from your colleagues to make sure that we ensure an open climate and always have the drive to create the very best outcome for both our employees as well as leaders within Purchasing.

Main mission
As a Manager you will be responsible to lead a team of around seven co-workers with the main task to manage supplier relations, enable sourcing strategies, secure suppliers capacity and reaching competitive cost levels related to our purchased parts. 

You will work in cooperation with Scania’s development department, production units and purchasing quality departments as well as other purchasing teams within Scania and the Traton group. You will be a part of the Management team of Commodity as well as our department Cab and Electronics management team.

Currently there is a strong focus on Product Cost Optimisation activities in order to meet the cost target of our vehicles. Your team play an important role in driving these activities together with our cross functions.

Your profile
You’re looking for an environment to grow where you need to take own initiatives and have the maturity and ability to handle multiple open cases and we believe that you during your career achieved very good result from your skills and abilities in how you act as a leader.  You like to work in a multi-cultural environment with high ambitions. Probably you have experience to develop people and teams and like to see them succeed. You share a mindset of collaboration.

You need to have a commercial understanding with good experience of business to business negotiations as it’s an important part of our job. The work includes a lot of interactions in different levels with our cross functions and it is therefore important that you also are capable to manage communication in an international company.

A previous experience from Management and Purchasing is of course an important advantage.

Who we are 
We are a group that consist four Commodity managers, one controller and me. All dedicated to what we do! Together we have a fantastic mix of backgrounds, experiences and competences and we work closely together as a team. The cooperation and the different perspectives helps us in solving problems and continuously develop with the challenges we have ahead of us. 

We are encouraged by creating a modern, open workplace where people are involved, engaged and connected. We stand for an anti-silo culture where everyone is important and can contribute. This is how we believe we are the best purchasing organization in the industry!

Me as a manager 
My name is Gustav Teng and I have a professional background both from market and purchasing. The last ten year I spent in purchasing where I have had  several manager positions. As a manager I am highly motivated to create dynamic and cooperative environment where I find diversity of our team to be the best of our assets. This lies in line very much with my own background and personality and inspires me daily. I like to work closely with my management team and our organisation.  I encourage open discussions with different perspectives where we can develop our ideas and visions into something we can really live and peruse.

Questions?
Please contact Gustav Teng, Director Purchasing Cab and Electronics, +46 8 553 522 31 or Ylva Ledin, HR Business Partner, +46 8 553 506 53.

Application
Your application should include a covering letter and CV. Apply via our website: Scania.com, no later than 2021-05-28.


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.