Procurement Department Director

At Saab, we constantly look ahead and push boundaries for what is considered technically possible. We collaborate with colleagues around the world who all share our challenge - to make the world a safer place.

Your role

As the Director of the department for Propulsion and Non-metallic components you demonstrate a very high level of business acumen and accountability for delivering according to your commitments. The position is based in Karlskoga, Sweden but travel is required.

You are a highly skilled leader with proven track record regarding both What and How, and have the ability, commitment and aspiration to take on bigger and more complex challenges within Saab. You have documented experience from doing business and negotiations in an international environment.

You have experience from leading operations with profit/loss responsibility and/or experience from execution as a programme/project manager.

More specifically, the role includes:

* Overall responsibility for the department's procurement performance including supplier assessment, negotiations and pushing the suppliers' performance
* Strategic and financial planning as well as forecasting
* Responsibility for implementation of procurement strategies
* Competence development and resource planning

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

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, we expect you to demonstrate a very strong drive, collaboration skills, professionalism, commitment and ability to motivate and enthusiasm your employees.

More specific you:

* Have experience from international business negotiations and/or programme/project execution
* Deliver on promises
* Have the ability to create and implement strategies
* Have experience from financial management and control
* Execute leadership in an inclusive manner and promote diversity
* Have a high degree of personal maturity with good judgement and high ethics
* Have a proven track-record regarding both What and How
* Have a Master of Science degree or an adequate academic education as well as professional experience
* Have excellent skills in both spoken and written Swedish and English.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

What you will be a part of

Dynamics - a workplace for more than 2200 employees all ​around the world.

We offer a market-leading product portfolio comprising of ground combat weapons, missile systems, torpedoes, training systems and signature management systems for armed forces around the world as well ​as unmanned underwater vehicles for the offshore industry​.

You will be a part of a growing and expanding procurement function within BA Dynamics. We have a lot of opportunities to continue to further develop and grow the operation. The organization has many interfaces - both internal contacts within Dynamics and Saab but also external contacts with both Swedish and international suppliers and various stakeholders.

​If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging setting, Saab may well have the 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.

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