Defence Business Project Manager – Planning and project office.

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

Do you want to be a part of a dedicated team working with customized defence projects on complete truck systems? Do you want to act in an environment where the customer's requests always are in focus? Are you stimulated by leading projects with an “end to end” responsibility? Then this position may be something for you!     

The defence projects are initiated by Sales and Marketing based on specific customer requests and run in accordance to “Process for Defence Project”.

Our project portfolio includes tender and order projects to several defence forces globally. An increased demand for “on” and “off road” defence vehicles are resulting in a capacity reinforcement for those types of projects.

The project teams has a composition of employees where different genders, ages, backgrounds and experiences contribute to a positive group dynamic and where knowledge sharing and willingness to cooperate is a matter of course.

The Planning and Project Office section also includes S-order Project Management which leads civilian development projects and the planning group S-order Planning and Co-ordination.

Work assignments

With commitment, you lead the project team. You continuously support and coach the project members to achieve agreed deliveries and goals. You have the customer in focus and are passionate about cross-functional collaboration and can thereby ensure that the project deliver the right activities on time, at the right quality and cost.

Continuous improvement work is a natural part of our business, and with a proactive approach, you and your teams identify risks early and act on them.

The organization's most important resource is the individuals. Through a close collaboration with each team member, you together create a prerequisite for an interesting and challenging journey. An important success factor is that you master the ability to achieve a good team spirit and thereby create high-performing teams.

Profile

- You have good knowledge of the defence industry in general.

- Proven record of project management assignments towards defence customers globally. 

- Familiar with methods/ processes and standards such as Process for Defence Project, STANAG, AQAP, ISO, etc.

You like to act in a changing environment where the customer is in focus. In a natural way, you engage your surroundings. With a positive, clear and engaging leadership, you guide the teams towards set goals and deliveries. You have the ability to drive projects with determination and clarity towards a demanding and often change-prone customer.

You are a good listener and team player, unpretentious, flexible and structured. It is important that you can communicate well in both Swedish and English and also be stimulated by working with many different things at the same time.

You like to challenge and streamline existing working methods and processes.

Your educational background is a University or Master of Science degree and you have managerial and / or senior project management experience.

For more information

Please contact Magnus Thörnqvist, Head of Planning and project office, 08-553 862 72.

We are interviewing continuously so if this sounds interesting and you have the right profile don’t hesitate to apply as soon as possible

 


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.