Supplier Quality Manager within Gripen

Saab AB; Linköpings kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab AB is seeking a Supplier Quality Manager responsible for ensuring and maintaining high supplier quality within Procurement, Saab Aeronautics. If you have a genuine technical interest and enjoy working in an international environment with our supplier base, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to advanced aerospace programs.

You will investigate and coordinate deviations, create and follow up quality remarks, and develop control plans for Saab’s receiving inspection.

Qualifications

• Collaborative, analytical team player with strong communication skills.
• Fluent Swedish and English; able to identify patterns and drive improvement.
• Pass security vetting; eligible for security clearance if required.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and coordinate deviations and quality issues with suppliers.
• Create control plans for Saab’s receiving inspection.
• Collaborate with Saab’s design engineers, production representatives and quality function.
• Support quality strategies and targets across Saab Supplier Teams.

Skills

Production/Design/Quality/Procurement

Swedish & English communication

Self-driven

Education

Master or Bachelor of Science

Tools

Quality tools

Production processes

Procurement knowledge

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 Supplier Quality Manager responsible to ensure and maintain high supplier quality within Procurement, Saab Aeronautics. If you have a genuine technical interest and enjoy working in an international environment together with our supplier base, we can offer an interesting position.

Your main task is to investigate and coordinate deviations and quality issues to ensure that the supplier base is providing quality products to mainly Gripen, through close collaboration with international suppliers and cross-functional Saab Supplier Teams.

You work closely with the Saab Sourcing and Supply Managers to support strategies and targets concerning quality. Whitin the quality assurance process you receive, validate, create, follow up and analyze quality remarks. You are also responsible for creating control plans for Saab’s receiving inspection. You have a close collaboration and dialogue with Saab’s design engineers, production representatives and quality department who are linked to purchased material and supplier deviations.

You act as an important link between Saab and suppliers with the mission to assure that suppliers deliver products with high quality.

Your profile

To succeed in this role, you are a collaborative and analytical team player with strong communication skills. You can identify patterns, connect details to the bigger picture, and contribute to continuous improvement and business development. You thrive in a process-driven organization, understand the value of well-functioning processes, and take personal responsibility for planning and delivering your work. You feel comfortable working in an international environment and adapt easily to different situations and stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Interest in & experience from production, design, quality or procurement
• Excellent collaboration, analysis and communication skills both in Swedish and English
• Driven and independent in your way of working

Desired Skills

• Master or Bachelor of Science or other technical education
• Knowledge from supplier quality assurance and quality tools
• Knowledge in production processes
• Knowledge in procurement / sourcing / purchasing

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 its 30,000 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.