About the Role
Do you want to lead the development of tomorrow's procurement quality? We are looking for a committed and development-oriented Section Manager for Supplier Quality Management who wants to lead a skilled team while driving our continued development in procurement quality.
Within BU Gripen we are facing an exciting development journey where focus is gradually shifting from handling deviations when they occur to a greater degree of identifying root causes and working preventively to stop problems from recurring. In this role you get a key part in driving this change and developing working methods, competencies and processes in the area.
As Section Manager for Supplier Quality Management you lead a team responsible for the quality of our supplier base. The team has a central role in handling supplier-related quality deviations and creating conditions for disruption-free production.
You report to the Head of Quality and are part of the quality organization's management team.
Your Responsibilities
•Lead, coach and develop the section's employees and create conditions for an engaged and high-performing team.
•Set direction for the section's development and drive the transition towards more proactive and preventive quality work.
•Ensure the section has effective working methods for handling supplier-related quality deviations, corrective actions and root cause analyses.
•Prioritize, plan and follow up on operations to ensure goals, deliveries and commitments are achieved.
•Build strong collaborations with procurement, engineering/design, production, suppliers and other quality functions.
•Be responsible for the section's staffing through resource planning, recruitment and competence development.
Your Profile
We are looking for a confident and inspiring leader with the ability to create engagement, development and results. You are curious, structured and driven by developing both people and operations. We believe in leadership characterized by trust, clarity and development. You create conditions for people to grow while driving change and improvement in the business.
We see that you have:
•Experience in leadership with personnel responsibility.
•Experience within Supplier Quality, Supplier Quality Assurance or similar quality activities.
•Experience working closely with suppliers and procurement organizations.
•Good knowledge of quality management, deviation handling and improvement work.
•Experience working in a regulated business with high quality requirements.
•Good communication skills in Swedish and English, spoken and written.
Experience from the aviation, defense, automotive or other manufacturing industry is advantageous.
The position requires that you undergo and are approved according to the security protection regulations in force at the time. For positions where Saab has requirements for security classification, this may, where applicable, entail requirements for certain citizenship.
What You Become Part Of
Saab is a leading defense and security company with the purpose of helping nations protect their populations and contributing to the safety of 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 aeronautics, weapons, command and control systems, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden but operates globally, where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities.
