Strategic Buyer

We are looking for a result driven and technical skilled Strategic Buyer who wants to be part of a dynamic procurement team working with submarines and surface ships!


Your role

As strategic buyer you execute the sourcing strategy within the applicable project, negotiates and establishes agreements with suppliers according to Category Strategy and project technical, budget and timing requirements. You monitor the order fulfilment and intervenes with the supplier when applicable during the course of progress.

The main tasks are:

* Contribute in Category Management process in liaison with Category Manager
* Perform Procure process in alignment with set Category Strategy
* Establish contracts with Suppliers, maintain and administrate contract documentation in relevant systems
* Monitor Contract / Purchase Order fulfilment and expedite when required
* Manage changes within Contract / Purchase Order in accordance with relevant change management process
* Be focus point for all commercial aspects related to the Contract / PO
* Monitor and manage supplier risks.
* Monitor and develop supplier performance (QDC) in line with established goals and requirements.
* Communicate supplier agreements internally and secure that established agreements are used.
* Be an escalation point for Buyers on relevant matters
* Responsible for analyzing, reporting and take actions on KPIs



The role include some business travels.


Your profile

We are looking for a service minded person who has a strong drive to finish tasks and have the ability to motivate and have a positive impact on others to do the same. To be successful in this role you need to be able to handle a high work flow and also manage a high degree of freedom. Since the role include many interfaces, you need enjoy working with others.

Required skills:

* Ability to work independently in the following areas: market analysis, procurement, negotiation, agreement management, business assessment, cost- and risk analysis.
* Ability to effectively solve problems in cooperation with stakeholders
* Ability to apply an overall perspective (QDC), good commercial judgement and to carry out long-term development of strategic business relationships.
* High capacity to acquire, apply and share knowledge.
* Knowledge about strategic procurement, purchasing- and project management.
* Management ability, aptitude for building networks and very good cooperation and communication skills
* Team working ability and capacity to drive a working process forward.
* Fluent in written and oral Swedish and professional business English
* Excellent knowledge of working with Office programs



Desired skills

* Experience from procurement within electrical component industry and/or other relevant industry close to electrical. Knowledge about supplier markets, suppliers, products, requirements, business intelligence
* Project management


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 team organized under Sourcing & Supply, the team consists of Category managers, Strategic Buyers and SQE located in Malmö and in Karlskrona with an even spread in age and gender. A day for the Strategic Buyer is typically category activities together with category manager and procurement activities where the buyer shall lead and drive the progress together with engineers and project. You will take part of leading the supplier base management, procurement and supply processes.


Business Area Kockums
Inside our leading naval factory



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 21th of March, 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;
Jesper Appelberg, recruiting manager +46 734 34 16 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.