Head of Category Management

1 day ago


Järfälla Municipality, Sweden SAAB Full time

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

The Head of Category Management is responsible for leading and developing procurement strategies within the selected areas of the business (i.e., categories), as well securing long-term growth through securing supplier capacity. This role requires close collaboration with our BU procurement teams and internal stakeholders to ensure a balanced and efficient supplier portfolio that meets the company's needs in both the short and long term.

Main responsibilities:

  • Support Saab's and/or Saab's business areas long-term growth through securing supplier capacity.
  • Develop and implement category and supplier strategies aligned with company objectives.
  • Collaborate with S&OP and internal stakeholders to ensure procurement strategies support production and development needs ahead.
  • Drive long-term capacity planning and manage supplier relationships at a strategic level.
  • Initiate and lead central procurement projects when required.
  • Develop and negotiate strategic agreements and ensure supplier performance according to contracts when applicable.
  • Conduct supplier analyses and identify opportunities for cost savings, innovation, and risk management.
Your profile

We are looking for a person with strong belief in the competence and commitment from our employees. As a manager, you demonstrate communicative leadership skills in order to create commitment and energy within the organization and your ability to establish a performance-driven culture within your unit will be important.

  • Experience in strategic procurement, supplier management, and category development.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience in market analysis and supplier evaluations.
  • Ability to drive change and foster collaboration across functions.
  • Solid understanding of supply chain, risk management, and business negotiations.
  • Experience working in a complex, international procurement environment is a plus.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around security protection. For positions requiring security clearance, additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be 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 25,500 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.

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