Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realise amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.
Your role
Are you a self-driven, relationship building and analytical Strategic Purchaser with several years of experience from strategic sourcing? Then you could be what we are looking for to strengthen our growing Procurement organization. We can offer you a challenging and exciting position as a Category Account Manager within one of our categories across Saab Surveillance’s four sites in Gothenburg, Huskvarna, Järfälla and Arboga.
The category team is led by a Category Procurement Manager and consists of five people. As a Category Account Manager, you will work closely with both strategic and operational procurement, contributing to the overall performance and development of the category. You will have a key role in driving long-term improvements, managing supplier relationships, and supporting various business projects with procurement expertise.
Your responsibilities will include, among other things:
- Analyzing the category in detail to develop long-term, cross-project/program/product strategies, aligned with Group Procurement to achieve synergies.
- Monitoring trends across the value chain, providing business intelligence, and evaluating both new and existing suppliers.
- Collaborating with Category Managers across Saab’s Business Areas, developing tools and templates, and coordinating cross-functional cooperation with internal stakeholders.
- Reporting on category KPIs and contributing to their development.
- Representing procurement in product development and other projects to ensure supplier aspects are considered in areas such as requirements, make/buy decisions, and procurement strategies.
- Performing risk assessments and mitigations on category level to ensure performance, supply security, and business continuity.
- Developing a demand forecast for the category based on project and program requirements.
Your profile
To thrive in this position, we believe you have several years of experience working as a Strategic Purchaser or Category Account Manager, with strong knowledge and contacts within the Electronic Components supplier market. Ideally, you have gained this experience in a technically driven organization, though this is not a requirement.
You are an excellent communicator, both in writing and speaking, with a structured approach to your work. You have the ability to focus on details while maintaining a clear view of the bigger picture. You are a proven team leader with a natural ability to see and act on co-relations within Saab supply chain and your category. You demonstrate strong business acumen and always act as an ambassador for Saab.
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
Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.
Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 25,500 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here
Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.