About the company

GKN Aerospace Sweden is part of GKN Aerospace, which manufactures engine components, aircraft structures, cabin windows, wiring harnesses and much more for many of the world's aircraft. The companies in the Aerospace division that work with parts for aircraft engines together form Engines and at the Trollhättan facility, advanced parts for engines for aircraft and space rockets are developed and manufactured. They also work with engine maintenance.

GKN Aerospace has production facilities in Trollhättan, Kongsberg (Norway), Mexico and the USA. They also have an engineering office in Bangalore, India and offices in Stockholm (Public Affairs) and Gothenburg. The head office for Engines is located in Trollhättan.

Job Summary

IPS (Indirect products and services) are now looking to fill a vacant position as a Buyer. The Indirect Purchasing department within GKN has the overall responsibility for purchase of indirect material and services to support the site in Trollhättan and has a yearly spend of around 2 billion SEK with 800 suppliers. The working environment is international, so fluent English written and spoken is required. You will be commercially responsible, which includes for example, negotiations, contract management, supplier relationship management, placing purchase orders and being a part of the global commodity team.

We are looking for someone that are interested in working as a buyer with responsibility to handle ongoing contracts with suppliers and to be responsible for the service level of your suppliers. You will mainly work within the commodity of machine investments.

• Purchase of machine investments and spare parts
• Manage performance of your suppliers including supplier relations
• Participate in planning to secure product availability.
• Monitor deliveries
• Responsible for site procurement change control, export control and ITAR fulfilment
• Managing your suppliers to fulfill their responsibilities according to the contract

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for someone who has a business mindset and is interested in a proactive way of working with a high technical content. We believe a successful candidate will possess the following qualities:

• Target oriented and a proactive way of acting
• Able to work independently, within a team and as a team leader
• Creative both in way of thinking and acting
• A high degree of flexibility to adapt to new situations
• Always a lean and solution oriented approach
• Customer focus and supplier relation skills
• Minimum bachelor degree in engineering and/or economics
• Fluent in swedish and english
• Proficient in MS Office tools and SAP
• Knowledge of aerospace products and technologies is preferable
• 1-3 years’ experience from Commercial assignment

Application procedure

In this recruitment, GKN Aerospace is collaborating with Skill. The position is a consulting assignment where you will initially be employed by Skill with the possibility of moving to GKN.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact the responsible recruiter Jennifer Hult, Jennifer.hult@skill.se