Head of Business Unit Procurement

Saab AB; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab AB is seeking a strategic Head of BU Procurement to act as the senior representative of Procurement to one of Saab Surveillance’s Business Units. You will translate business strategies into procurement priorities, lead a team of Product Leaders, and collaborate with Category Management and other functions to align supply chains with future needs.

You will influence governance, contribute to long-term sourcing strategies, and ensure market developments are incorporated into procurement

Qualifications

• Significant experience within Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Category Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• Senior leadership experience with responsibility for developing individuals and teams.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Experience in sourcing, supplier management, supply chains, risk management, project management, and business planning.
• Experience working with customer projects, product portfolios, business opportunities, or complex delivery commitments.
• A proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic decision-making.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience from manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, defence, or other complex technology environments is highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as Procurement’s senior strategic representative towards the assigned Business Unit.
• Translate business strategies, growth plans, customer commitments, and product requirements into Procurement priorities and action plans.
• Provide a long-term supply chain perspective to strengthen competitiveness, resilience, and delivery capability.
• Identify and communicate supply chain risks and opportunities while promoting initiatives that improve competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability.
• Lead, develop, and support a team of Procurement Product Leaders.
• As a member of Surveillance Procurement leadership team, contribute to the overall leadership and development of the Procurement function
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture and consistent ways of working across products, projects, and programs.
• Support strategic decision-making and ensure alignment between Procurement capabilities and future business requirements.

Job description

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

As Head of BU Procurement, you will serve as Procurement’s senior strategic representative towards one of Saab Surveillance’s Business Units. Acting as a trusted partner to Business Unit leadership and Product Owners, you will ensure Procurement plays an active role in business planning, governance, and decision-making while providing an independent supply chain and commercial perspective. You will translate business strategies, customer commitments, product roadmaps, and future needs into Procurement priorities and contribute to strategic discussions around industrial footprint, make-or-buy decisions, outsourcing, and long-term supply chain development. You will also ensure market developments, sourcing opportunities, risks, and commercial considerations are taken into account.

A key part of the role is leading and developing a team of Procurement Product Leaders and driving effective collaboration across products, projects, and business opportunities. Working closely with Category Management, Strategic and Operative Purchasing, and other Procurement functions, you will ensure alignment, prioritization, and successful execution across the organization.

This is a unique opportunity to strengthen Procurement’s position as a strategic business partner and influence how supply chains, sourcing strategies, and Procurement capabilities contribute to future business success. As our Business Units go through a period of unprecedented growth, Procurement's ability to ensure our supply chain and suppliers can respond will be critical to meet future growth plans. As Head of Business Unit Procurement you will be instrumental in translating business needs into stable supply chains, working together with the Procurement teams and our Suppliers. You will join a collaborative and business-focused Procurement organization where your leadership will have a direct impact on both customer success and long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Procurement’s senior strategic representative towards the assigned Business Unit.
• Translate business strategies, growth plans, customer commitments, and product requirements into Procurement priorities and action plans.
• Provide a long-term supply chain perspective to strengthen competitiveness, resilience, and delivery capability.
• Identify and communicate supply chain risks and opportunities while promoting initiatives that improve competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability.
• Lead, develop, and support a team of Procurement Product Leaders.
• As a member of Surveillance Procurement leadership team, contribute to the overall leadership and development of the Procurement function
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture and consistent ways of working across products, projects, and programs.
• Support strategic decision-making and ensure alignment between Procurement capabilities and future business requirements.

Your Profile

You are a strategic and commercially minded leader who enjoys working closely with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions that shape future business success. You understand complex business needs and can translate them into clear Procurement priorities while creating alignment across organizational boundaries.

You build trust, challenge constructively, and balance strategic thinking with a strong understanding of operational realities. As a leader, you create direction, develop people, and establish the conditions for both team and business success.

We believe you have:

• Significant experience within Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Category Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• Senior leadership experience with responsibility for developing individuals and teams.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Experience in sourcing, supplier management, supply chains, risk management, project management, and business planning.
• Experience working with customer projects, product portfolios, business opportunities, or complex delivery commitments.
• A proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic decision-making.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience from manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, defence, or other complex technology environments is highly beneficial.

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

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

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