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Your Role

We are currently looking for an Operational Buyer for the Supply Support section within the Component Maintenance & Test Equipment department. The department's mission is to provide apparatus and system maintenance as well as spare parts to our customers who operate aircraft within the Gripen platform and the T7 Red Hawk trainer jet. We also maintain various ground support equipment and pilot equipment for our customers. The operations are conducted in Linköping (Tannefors and Malmslätt) as well as in Arboga.

In your role as a Buyer, you have operational purchasing responsibility to ensure the delivery of planned needs to our production, characterized by a strong focus on delivery.

Your main tasks will include:

• Purchasing spare parts, repairs, and services based on planned needs for aircraft components.
• Order placement and delivery monitoring.
• Processing sales orders.
• Obtaining cost calculations.
• Flow optimization.
• Reviewing cost analyses from suppliers.

The position is located in Malmslätt, Linköping.

Your Profile

To thrive with us, you are a solution-oriented team player who can act in the moment while keeping focus on the goal. You see change as something positive and have a good understanding of purchasing in a production environment. You work independently, handle both standard and customer-specific purchases, and collaborate smoothly across different functions to achieve common goals.

You need to have the following qualifications:

• Experience working with operational purchasing.
• Relevant post-secondary education.
• Good proficiency in English and Swedish, both spoken and written.
• Good skills in MS Office, especially Excel.

If you also have experience in one or more of the following areas, it is considered an asset:

• Experience in purchasing within the aviation maintenance industry, defense industry, pharmaceutical industry, or other highly regulated operations.
• Experience and/or interest in export control.
• Experience working with business systems from IFS.

The position requires you to undergo and be approved according to the security clearance regulations in effect at the time. For positions where Saab has requirements for security classification, this may, in some cases, entail citizenship requirements.

What You Will Be 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 the purpose of helping nations protect their populations and contribute to safety for people and societies. With 28,000 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab develops, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems within aerospace, weapons, command and control systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab has its headquarters in Sweden but a global presence where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities. Read more about us here (#).

Due to the upcoming holiday season, you can expect feedback on your application after the summer. If you find the position interesting, you are warmly welcome to submit your application today!