Supplier Performance Manager

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Your Role

If you have a technical interest, enjoy working in an international context, and developing processes and methods to ensure good quality and timely delivery, this is the position for you!

We are looking for a Supplier Performance Manager with the primary task of ensuring good quality and delivery performance from suppliers to Gripen and T-7, through close collaboration with international suppliers and cross-functional teams within Saab. Internally, you will collaborate with strategic and operational buyers to support strategies and goals related to quality, delivery, and business relationships for the suppliers you are responsible for. You will also work with our engineers and quality representatives to ensure a good understanding of the complexity of items and components. All with the aim of creating a disruption-free production within the organization.

Externally, you act as a vital link between Saab and our supplier base. You ensure that suppliers understand technical and general requirements and have the conditions necessary to meet them. Key parts of this work include:

• Systematic problem-solving and root cause investigations to identify and address root causes of deviations.
• Proactive work with suppliers to improve quality and delivery performance, as well as prevent deviations.
• Evaluating suppliers' processes with a focus on planning, production, and risk management to ensure capacity and capability to meet our requirements and expectations.
• Supporting suppliers in identifying risks and improvement potential to enable risk elimination and continuous improvements.

Your Profile

To succeed in this role, it is important that you are a team player with strong collaboration and communication skills. Your passion for technology, quality, and production processes drives you to constantly seek improvements. You have the ability to build and develop long-term relationships with suppliers, create engagement and transparency, and be encouraging, challenging, and persistent in your support of their process development. You are analytical and can identify underlying issues by analyzing deviations and statistics.

You thrive in an international context and are comfortable in both production environments and management contexts. Traveling to suppliers in different countries is a natural part of the job, and the ability to travel is a prerequisite.

Requirements for the Position:

• Interest and experience in production, design, quality, or procurement
• Previous experience in quality or improvement work
• Excellent knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Engineering degree or other technical education
• Experience in supplier development
• Experience in purchasing/tendering
• Experience with quality tools
• Experience in root cause analysis
• Experience with EN9100, ISO 9001, AQAP

The position requires that you undergo and be approved according to the applicable regulations for security protection. For positions where Saab has requirements for security classification, this may entail requirements for certain citizenship.

What You Will Be Part Of

Discover endless opportunities. Take on challenges, create smart innovations, and upgrade your skills. This is a place for clever thinkers, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing their unique perspective. Every contribution counts.

Saab is a leading defense and security company with a mission to help nations protect their populations and contribute to the safety of people and communities. With 26,100 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab develops, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems in aviation, weapons, command and control systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden but has a global presence where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities. Read more about us here.

Please note that we work with ongoing selection and the position may be filled before the application deadline has passed.