Strategic Purchaser

Join the purchasing team and assure the supply of products for our customers.


Your role

We are now looking for two new team members. You will either be a member of the procurement team responsible for Systems and Electronics or Mechanical Components and act as a Strategic Purchaser within the category. The role will give you opportunities to build an extensive network, both internally and externally Saab AB.

Tasks will include:

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Managing your own supplier base.
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Establish and continuously develop strategies for your supplier base.
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Be responsible for negotiating, actively managing and further developing our supplier agreements.
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Supporting the Business Units projects and programs with commercial responsibility and to continuously evaluate the market competitiveness of the current supplier portfolio.
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Drive cross-functional teams focusing on effectiveness and cost savings.
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Issue RFQ´s, evaluate quotations, negotiate price and terms.
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Assure that the Saab purchasing strategy, purchasing policy and procedures are fulfilled.



Your profile

To thrive in this role, you are a business oriented person with great communication skills. You are used to efficiently collaborating with team members as well as other stakeholders. You are structured and have an analytical mindset enabling you to adapt to circumstances.

Required skills:

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University degree in Engineering or Economics.
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Experience from strategic purchasing.
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Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, verbal and written.
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Good knowledge of MS Office



Desired skills:

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Experience from procurement from some of the abovementioned categories.
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Experience with IFS.
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Experience from the defense industry.



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

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 18,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world.

At business area Dynamics, all employees share the same mission: to create conditions for a safe society. Whether it's missile systems, underwater technology, camouflage solutions, support weapons, training systems or field hospitals, you are part of this mission. We work in close cooperation in developing, manufacturing and maintaining our world-leading products, systems and solutions for customers worldwide. Our operations are conducted in several locations in Sweden and internationally.

We are currently fifty colleagues in the procurement department located in Karlskoga, who handles a wide field of technology for Ground Combat and Missiles products.

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. Do you want to get to know our business and our people a little bit better? Here you can find some stories told by our employees.

Contact information:

Per Karlsson, Manager Mechanical Components Department
per.e.karlsson@saabgroup.com

Elizabeth Pettersson, Manager System and Electronics Department
elizabeth.pettersson@saabgroup.com

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement. We welcome your application in both English and Swedish.


If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a learning culture, 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 keep people and society safe.