About Us
SVAB is an innovative company with strong growth both in Sweden and internationally. Our drive and focus is to make the integration between humans and construction machinery simpler, more ergonomic, and efficient, thereby making work life and earth-moving work easier and more profitable for entrepreneurs and machine operators. We do this by developing and offering the market's best control systems, control levers, and hydraulics. We develop our functions and products in close collaboration with world-leading manufacturers of both machines and equipment. We have approximately 85 employees and currently generate around 180 million SEK in revenue.
What We Are Looking For
We are currently in an exciting expansion phase and are seeking a Strategic Purchaser.
About the Position
As a Strategic Purchaser, you will be part of the purchasing department responsible for SVAB's total purchasing volume. You will join a team working to develop strategies, negotiate, and develop agreements with existing and new suppliers within your own categories. You will work closely with the business, with profitability clearly in focus. You will also participate in projects as the purchasing department's representative.
What We Offer
• Become part of a proactive, innovative team you can trust
• A role with significant development opportunities in a growing company
• High personal responsibility with room to influence and develop your role
• A workplace in beautiful new facilities with pleasant colleagues
What You Will Work With
• Negotiate agreements and prices with both new and existing suppliers
• Develop and improve our suppliers and supplier base
• Analyze and categorize product range and supplier base
• Source new suppliers
• Represent the purchasing department in projects
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to convert requirements and needs into profitable solutions
As an employee, you will also participate in our Business Development (VU), and your contribution to our development is important.
Who We Are Seeking
Your Personality
• Unpretentious and flexible
• Positive attitude and solution-oriented
• Result-driven, proactive, and able to make rational assessments in complex contexts
• Excellent communication skills and ability to create good relationships, comfortable with interfaces at different levels
• Analytical and technically knowledgeable, with genuine interest in forward-looking and business-oriented purchasing work
• Structured and able to constantly find improvements in both work methods and price rationalizations
• Comfortable with English in both speech and writing
Your Background and Experience
• Negotiation experience
• Work experience from similar positions
• Well-versed in Office package and has worked in MPS and business systems, preferably Monitor
• Relevant technical background
• Project management experience
• Academic education in economics or technology is meritorious
Additional Information About the Position
Location: Åsbro
Full-time position with fixed monthly salary
Start: Immediately, considering potential notice period
Interviews conducted on an ongoing basis, so submit your application as soon as possible
Application deadline: 2025-11-30
Questions? Contact Markus Helgesson, Production Manager,
[email protected], 070-945 40 44