Step into the role

As an Operational Purchaser at MilDef, you will play an important role in securing material availability, supplier follow-up, and accurate purchasing processes. In a time of significant rearmament and increasing demand within the defence sector, your work will help ensure that production, logistics, and business needs are supported by reliable deliveries, strong supplier collaboration, and efficient ways of working.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and prepare purchase orders based on business needs and supplier quotations.

• Follow up with suppliers on order confirmations, delivery status, and deviations.

• Resolve discrepancies, delays, and supplier-related quality issues.

• Maintain accurate supplier and order data in the ERP system.

• Support supplier performance reviews, price monitoring, and corrective actions.

• Coordinate with production, engineering, logistics, finance, sales, and quality.

• Provide documentation and reports for audits, compliance, and management decisions.

What you bring

• 3+ years of experience in operational purchasing, including ERP-based order processing as well as supplier communication and negotiation

• Technical understanding and post-secondary vocational diploma or equivalent professional experience

• Experience resolving order discrepancies, delivery delays, and supplier non-conformances.

• Strong proficiency in Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

• Preferably experience from manufacturing, supply chain, or the defence industry, with knowledge of supplier evaluation or BI tools.

Get to know us

At MilDef, you'll be part of a company that values hands-on involvement, strong team spirit, and the development of defense technology. With us, you will have the opportunity to develop new skills, contribute to cross-functional projects, and make a real impact on our continued success. We encourage continuous learning and collaboration, and we offer excellent opportunities for career development. We are proud to actively promote health and work-life balance. We do this, among other things, by offering attractive employee benefits and wellness initiatives, such as wellness activities during working hours.

Would you like to know more about MilDef, our products, and our culture? MilDef.com

For further information, please contact Linnéa Blixt, HR.

Important information

We conduct drug tests on all our future colleagues before employment.

Due to the nature of our operations, employment regardless of position may be subject to background and security related checks.

MilDef - WE ARMOR IT.

MilDef is a global systems integrator and full-spectrum provider specializing in rugged IT for military, government and critical infrastructure sectors. MilDef provides hardware, software, and services that shield and protect critical information streams and systems, when and where the stakes are the highest. MilDef’s products are sold to more than 200 customers through companies in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Australia, and through partner networks in more than 40 countries. MilDef was founded in 1997 and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2021.

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