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Bid and Cost Leader for Gripen Support and Maintenance
SAAB ABÖstergötlands län, Linköping
20 days left
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Do you want to make a real impact?
Here, you contribute to creating safety for people and communities. What you do matters.
Your Role
We are looking for a bid and cost leader who can prepare cost estimates and quotation materials for ongoing and new contracts regarding support and maintenance for Gripen. You will work closely with the operationally responsible departments and, together with other campaign roles in the sales team, represent the support and maintenance organization in sales campaigns for Gripen. You will also contribute to continuously developing the organization's cost estimation work and collaboration.
Your role includes holding and participating in various regular meetings/forums with designated contact persons within the organizations linked to support and maintenance.
The position can, depending on your background and interests, be combined with other roles within the marketing organization. Thus, there are good opportunities if you want to develop within various marketing or contract roles. You will be able to participate in shaping the business, winning contracts, building and managing large support agreements and commitments.
Your Profile
We are looking for someone with a mix of cost estimation experience, business acumen, and interest in our operations and customer relationships. You demonstrate engagement and initiative to create structures and routines. You are attracted to working in a role where you can be the spider in the web and create a broad network of contacts.
We are looking for someone who
- Has experience in driving and leading work, for example through project management, and enjoys taking responsibility all the way from idea to implementation
- Has excellent knowledge of Excel
- Is communicative and has an easy time collaborating with different functions and stakeholders
- Works carefully, structured, and proactively, and has the ability to both dive into details and lift your gaze to the bigger picture.
Desirable - or areas you are curious to develop in
- Sales and product management processes
- Building and/or operating support and maintenance solutions for complex military solutions
The position requires you to undergo and be approved according to the applicable security protection regulations at any given time. For positions where Saab has requirements for security classification placement, this may, in some cases, entail requirements for certain citizenship.
What you will be a part of
Discover endless possibilities. 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 are working with ongoing selection and the position may be filled before the application deadline has expired.
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