Category Procurement Manager

Saab; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab Surveillance in Gothenburg is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead and develop a team of strategic and operative buyers within a designated procurement category.

You will drive procurement strategies, foster supplier relationships, ensure delivery, quality and cost performance, and collaborate across Saab Surveillance sites to support business objectives.

Qualifications

• Previous managerial experience in procurement or strategic sourcing.
• Ability to lead people and drive business results across categories and sites.
• Strong communication and collaboration across functions.

Responsibilities

• Personnel responsibility for the team assigned.
• Commercial responsibility for all supplier base.
• Quality, delivery and cost performance from the suppliers.
• Establishing relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Agreement coverage, operational development of processes, methods and tools.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic sourcing

Team leadership

Supplier relationship management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Engineering

Logistics

Economics

Job description

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Your role

Take the lead in shaping smarter, more strategic procurement at the forefront of cutting-edge technology!

At Saab Surveillance, our business is expanding – and so is the need for skilled, forward-thinking professionals. We are now looking for a Procurement Manager for one of our teams in Gothenburg. As a Procurement Manager at Saab Surveillance, you are responsible for leading and developing a team of Strategic and Operative Buyers within a designated procurement category and towards a specific site and related business units. The Procurement Manager supports execution of procurement strategies, fosters supplier relationships, and ensures delivery, quality, and cost performance.

Main responsibilities

• Personnel responsibility for the team assigned
• Commercial responsibility for all supplier base
• Quality, delivery and cost performance from the suppliers
• Establishing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Agreement coverage, operational development of processes, methods and tools together with Procurement driver and Process owner
• Securing business compliance towards internal and external business requirement

This role is placed in Kallebäck, Gothenburg.

Your Profile

To be successful in this role, we believe you have extensive experience in procurement, ideally with a background spanning both operational and strategic purchasing. You have a proven ability to lead people and drive business results, while fostering strong collaboration across categories and functions. You are a confident and effective communicator who thrives in a dynamic environment. You are adaptable, proactive, and motivated by driving people, business performance, and organizational change forward. As a collaborative team player, you build strong relationships and work effectively across the organization to achieve shared goals.

Qualifications & Experiences

• Previous managerial experience or extensive experience in strategic sourcing roles.
• Educational background in engineering, logistics, or economics.
• Strong leadership skills with a solution-oriented and proactive approach.
• High engagement and networking skills to establish cross-functional networks across all Saab Surveillance sites.
• Business-driven mindset with the ability to prioritize work effectively.
• Fluency in Swedish and English.

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 part of

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Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 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 defense 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.