Manager Storage and Material Handling

SAAB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab is seeking a Head of Storage and Material Handling within the Manufacturing organization of the Logistics section. You will lead a team of seven and shape an efficient, compliant warehouse strategy to secure timely supply to production and deliveries to customers.

We value value-driven leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on development of staff. The role involves balancing daily operations with long-term goals and close collaboration with internal and external interfaces.

Qualifications

• Academic degree or relevant working experience.
• Experience leading, developing and challenging teams.
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with daily operations.
• Strong Swedish and English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Empower and lead employees through value-driven leadership.
• Create and ensure fulfilment of strategy for efficient storage and handling.
• Ensure robust processes and drive continuous improvements in the section.
• Drive staff development on individual and team level.
• Coordinate with internal and external interfaces.
• Ensure staff have the correct level of training for tasks.
• Strengthen the team for improved proactivity and precision in deliveries.

Skills

Leadership

Storage & logistics

Staff development

Strategic thinking

Operational management

Problem solving

Change management

Swedish & English

Education

Academic degree or relevant working experience

Job description

Saab is a place where teamwork makes things fly. Literally. Join us and experience our supportive and friendly workplace.

Your role

We are looking for a new Head of Storage and Material Handling for the Manufacturing organization within Production organization of Business area Surveillance. You will play a major role in setting an efficient way of working where continuous improvement is a natural part in every day’s work and you will be part of a team where each member contributes with their individual experiences and skills to create a professional and dynamic environment!

Storage and Material Handling is one out of two sections within the Logistics organization. Main responsibilities is to secure supply to manufacturing timely and in demanded quality, ensure an efficient structure, a clear warehouse strategy and ensure that handling of articles for storage is in compliance with demands. Your responsibility will include a team of 7 employees.

• Empower and lead your employees through value driven leadership
• Create and ensure fulfilment of strategy and improvement for an efficient storage and material handling
• Ensure robust ways of working within the section Storage and Material handling, and drive continuous improvements to ways of working
• Drive staff development on individual and team level
• Communication and cooperation with internal and external interfaces
• Ensure that the staff has the correct level of training for tasks in the assignment.
• Strengthen the team for driving improved proactivity and precision on the deliveries from storage to manufacturing and out deliveries to customers

Your profile

In order to succeed in this role you are preferrably a driven individual with good people skills and with great capability to learn new things. You thrive in balancing work between daily operations management and developing long term strategic goals for the department.

You have documented problem solving and change management skills. As a person, we believe you to be curious, structured and with a deep desire to affect your surroundings in a positive way.

Required skills:

• Academic degree or relevant working experience
• Minimum one year of proven ability and interest in leading, developing and challenging employees and teams
• Good knowledge in staff development on individual and team level
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with operational actions
• Good skills in spoken and written Swedish and English

Desired skills:

• Experience from working with storage matters or material flow is a merit

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.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

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 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 ushere

Regardless of whether you value cutting edge technology, creativity or an innovative environment, everyone at Saab contributes to keeping people and society safe.