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

Are you ready to lead transformational change in procurement? Join us as a Procurement Excellence Lead and be a driving force in shaping the future of our global procurement organisation. Our Procurement function is on an ambitious journey to become a world-class purchasing organisation, driving efficiency, sustainability, and profitability. With over 800 procurement professionals globally, we offer an environment where you can make a significant impact.

As a Procurement Excellence Lead, you will spearhead initiatives to develop and optimise our core procurement processes and tools. Collaborating across business areas, you will ensure the implementation of efficient, compliant, and forward-looking solutions that align with our strategic vision.

Key Responsibility

• Lead strategic projects as part of our Procurement Excellence program, focusing on developing world-class processes and governance.
• Partner with stakeholders to enhance category management, supplier quality assurance, and supply chain efficiency.
• Prepare high-quality decision materials for senior councils and boards.
• Collaborate with the Global Procurement team to ensure alignment across our matrix organisation.
• Drive digital transformation by implementing innovative tools and solutions.
• Develop and deliver training programs to support process adoption and effectiveness.

Your profile

To fit in this role, you must be highly self-motivated, structured and communicative. When collaborating with stakeholders, you are confident with the ability to build relationships, influence and provide advice to key decision makers. You focus on achieving success in individual and team projects.

• A proven change leader with a Master's degree or equivalent experience.
• At least five years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• Expertise in strategic sourcing, project leadership, and data analytics.
• Exceptional communication skills in Swedish and English, with the ability to influence key stakeholders.

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

Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.

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 (https://www.saab.com).

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