Strategic purchaser

We are looking for an experienced Strategic Purchaser to drive and develop our strategic sourcing at Saab Surveillance. Are you a team player able to evaluate, negotiate and communicate with both internal and external stakeholders in order to develop an effective supplier base, you might be the one we are looking for.



Your role

As a Strategic Purchaser, you will be part of a team driving the strategic agenda in relation to key suppliers and technologies for Saab Surveillance's products. You will have an account responsibility for strategic suppliers, meaning commercial responsibility to secure optimized business solutions for Saab. You will work closely with production, product management, product design and suppliers to align requirements and find opportunities to add value for Saab in terms of quality, cost and technology. You will also be responsible for supplier performance, supporting the organization for escalated issues.

Our Strategic Purchasers have an important role in development projects to drive sourcing activities and commercially sound decisions within each project. Your responsibilities are to focus on long-term cost activities, set up supplier agreements, and continuously govern and improve cooperation with our suppliers.

In this role you might also be assigned to specific projects, such as strategic make-buy decisions or localization of supply chain in strategic countries.



Your profile

We are looking for you who have a strong business understanding and customer focus. You have ability to think and act strategically to reach our targets and are a team player with high interpersonal and communication skills.

Further we believe that you have:

* Ability to develop agreements to support commercial intent
* Legal and commercial experience
* Proven ability in driving effective supplier relations
* Great commitment to support and generate energy into our teams
* Well orientated in management systems, Code of Conduct, ERP systems preferably IFS
* Excellent skills in spoken and written English and Swedish

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.

Business area Surveillance offers world-leading sensor technology in monitoring and decision support to protect against threats. The portfolio covers airborne, ground-based and naval radar, electronic warfare, C4I solutions, aviation systems and cyber security.

Operations are conducted in Sweden, the United States, the UK, Australia, Germany, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Denmark and Finland.

You will be part of a sourcing team committed to improvement and find additional value for Saab. You will be central figure within the organization, working closely with the business units, product development, production and external parties. Strategic Sourcing responsibilities will be within Electronics hardware at BU Surveillance.



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



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.