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Senior Strategic Purchaser
Being part of our senior strategic sourcing team, you will be a key enabler for integrating Sales, Project Management and Suppliers in customer tenders to achieve competitive businesses and customer satisfaction.
Your role
As Senior strategic purchaser within Procurement at Business Area Surveillance at Saab, you will be part of our strategic team and work closely with Sales Management and bid-teams to flow down customer requirements into Supplier contracts.
You will act as lead in the Programs for large sourcing cases for complex systems for Saabs major projects within the Business Unit Surface Sensor Solutions and/or Airborne Early Warning and be commercial responsible for supplier contracts, compliance towards these contracts as well as maintaining Supplier Relationship Management with the most strategic suppliers.
You will manage large spend towards complex system suppliers and secure transparency between customer and supplier commitments through the execution of BU projects.
Your profile
You are a business-driven senior strategic purchaser with >5 years of experience from strategic procurement. Besides being passionate about doing business and negotiate global contracts with suppliers, you are skilled in developing relationships with suppliers and internal interfaces and have an analytical eye in combination with strategic thinking.
We work close together in our teams. It is important that you are a team player, are flexible and have the right attitude.
Required Skills
Strong business acumen
Strong analytical skills, ability to plan, organize, and implement multiple tasks.
Knowledge and application of supplier contract strategy, negotiations, contractual terms, and contract administration.
Excellent Communication and Influencing skills
Proven Project Management capability with demonstrated results.
Stakeholder Management Qualifications
Master's Degree in Business, Engineering or related field.
Experience from tech-industries is a merit.
We encourage applicants with the right mindset and attitude to apply for this role.
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 high technology company operating worldwide. Business Area (BA) Business area Surveillance offers world-leading technology for monitoring and decision support to protect against threats. The portfolio covers radar systems, electronic warfare, combat systems as well as safety and security solutions.
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 23,000 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