Strategic Purchaser Training and Simulation

To meet today's needs and future expansion, we are now looking for an experienced strategic purchaser to lead category management and represent procurement in projects.



Your role

We are looking for a person with several years of experience in strategic procurement. You will work with business development, agreements and represent procurement within projects.

In your role you will be responsible for amongst other things:

* To participate as procurement representative in product development and other projects/processes in order to secure that procurement and supplier aspects are carefully considered in areas such as requirements definition and make/buy decisions.
* To negotiate and conclude supplier agreements.
* Be the prime commercial contact towards the suppliers within assigned project.
* To define and revaluate supplier strategies.
* To monitor and develop supplier performance in line with established goals and requirements.
* To monitor and manage supplier risks.
* Actively monitor the supplier market and evaluate new potential suppliers and the competitiveness of the existing suppliers.
* Manage and develop agreements and relation with suppliers in order to secure the commitment to current and future programs.
* Communicate supplier agreements internally and secure that established agreements are used.



Your profile

To succeed in this role you are proactive and take full responsibility for allocated tasks. You can easily create trust within the organization and your supplier base and have the ability to work independently.

Required skills:

* Bachelor degree in Engineering or similar
* Experience as a strategic purchaser
* Experience in agreement management
* Good communication skills in English and/or Swedish, verbal and written
* Strong technical interest
* Business minded
* Structured in your work



We put a lot of emphasis on who you are as a person and how we think that you would fit, perform and thrive in our organization. We will look for strengths within result focus, teamwork, communication skills, personal leadership, business acumen and the ability to create engagement.



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 collaborate within a cross-functional organization of experienced engineers, project managers and professionals in an environment that fosters career development and personal growth. You will be part of the Procurement team within Saab Training & Simulation. Today we are a team of 15 employees within procurement department. Saab Training & Simulation develops and manufactures training systems mainly for military users. Training and Simulation is part of the Business Area Dynamics and is based in Huskvarna.



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Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement. We look forward to your application!



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.