{"data":{"id":164585,"slug":"category-buyer","type":"job","title":"Category Buyer","description":"Bring your life\nAre you passionate about sourcing, supplier development, and building strong partnerships that create long-term business value? At Thule, we're looking for a Category Buyer who will play an important role in developing our supplier base, improving supplier performance, and securing the right capabilities to support our continued growth.\n\nWhat you'll do at Thule\nAs a Category Buyer, you will take an active role in developing and improving the supplier base for Fasteners, Locks and Castings, in line with the category strategy. Working closely with the Category Manager you will continuously look for ways to improve how we work. This includes identifying opportunities for optimization, finding synergies, and driving initiatives that improve performance, cost and sustainability.\nA key part of the role is to drive supplier performance and development together with Logistics, Quality, Supply Planning, and other stakeholders. You will work closely with suppliers to secure the right capacity and flexibility, improve delivery performance, optimize MOQ and lead times, and identify opportunities for cost reductions. You will also take responsibility for addressing escalated delivery issues and ensuring that suppliers are able to meet the requirements of new development projects.\nYou will also contribute to sustainability initiatives, including supplier roadmaps, CO\u2082 reduction activities, and reporting. The role involves a high level of business interaction and daily problem-solving, with travel depending on the needs of the business.\n\nWhat you bring\nTo succeed in this role, we believe you are used to working in an international setting and enjoy collaborating with different teams and stakeholders. You feel comfortable handling supplier dialogues and negotiations, and you bring a mix of both strategic thinking and hands-on understanding. Experience in the fasteners or castings industry is considered an advantage, but is not a requirement.\nYou are comfortable working with complex business relationships and solving problems on a daily basis. Experience with ERP systems, preferably Infor M3, and an understanding of ERP logic is important.\nIn addition, you are fluent in English, both spoken and written, and have a relevant academic background or equivalent work experience. As a person, you are driven and structured, with a natural ability to build relationships and communicate clearly. You have a strong analytical mindset and enjoy solving problems and improving ways of working. You take initiative, follow through, and contribute with an approach to get things done.\n\nWhy you should join Thule\nAt Thule, we believe in strong teamwork both within your own team but also cross functional between teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another.\nWithin Thule you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values, and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.\n\nHiring Process\nApply by submitting your application and resum\u00e9 through ","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Category Buyer","description_original":"Bring your life\nAre you passionate about sourcing, supplier development, and building strong partnerships that create long-term business value? At Thule, we're looking for a Category Buyer who will play an important role in developing our supplier base, improving supplier performance, and securing the right capabilities to support our continued growth.\n\nWhat you'll do at Thule\nAs a Category Buyer, you will take an active role in developing and improving the supplier base for Fasteners, Locks and Castings, in line with the category strategy. Working closely with the Category Manager you will continuously look for ways to improve how we work. This includes identifying opportunities for optimization, finding synergies, and driving initiatives that improve performance, cost and sustainability.\nA key part of the role is to drive supplier performance and development together with Logistics, Quality, Supply Planning, and other stakeholders. You will work closely with suppliers to secure the right capacity and flexibility, improve delivery performance, optimize MOQ and lead times, and identify opportunities for cost reductions. You will also take responsibility for addressing escalated delivery issues and ensuring that suppliers are able to meet the requirements of new development projects.\nYou will also contribute to sustainability initiatives, including supplier roadmaps, CO\u2082 reduction activities, and reporting. The role involves a high level of business interaction and daily problem-solving, with travel depending on the needs of the business.\n\nWhat you bring\nTo succeed in this role, we believe you are used to working in an international setting and enjoy collaborating with different teams and stakeholders. You feel comfortable handling supplier dialogues and negotiations, and you bring a mix of both strategic thinking and hands-on understanding. Experience in the fasteners or castings industry is considered an advantage, but is not a requirement.\nYou are comfortable working with complex business relationships and solving problems on a daily basis. Experience with ERP systems, preferably Infor M3, and an understanding of ERP logic is important.\nIn addition, you are fluent in English, both spoken and written, and have a relevant academic background or equivalent work experience. As a person, you are driven and structured, with a natural ability to build relationships and communicate clearly. You have a strong analytical mindset and enjoy solving problems and improving ways of working. You take initiative, follow through, and contribute with an approach to get things done.\n\u00a0\nWhy you should join Thule\nAt Thule, we believe in strong teamwork both within your own team but also cross functional between teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another.\nWithin Thule you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values, and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.\n\u00a0\nHiring Process\nApply by submitting your application and resum\u00e9 through \u201cApply for position\u201d on our Thule Career Site. The application deadline is September 13, 2026.\nPlease make sure to not wait to show your interest until the last application date as interviews are held continuously during the process, and the position might be filled before the last application date. Please also note that we do not accept applications by e-mail.\nIf you have any questions about the role, feel free to contact our Talent Acquisition Partner, Oscar Persson, at Oscar.persson@thule.com\nWe look forward to hearing from you!\nThule \u00e4r ett globalt sport- och fritidsf\u00f6retag. Vi erbjuder produkter av h\u00f6g kvalitet, med smarta funktioner och h\u00e5llbar design som g\u00f6r det l\u00e4tt f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskor v\u00e4rlden \u00f6ver att leva ett aktivt liv. Under mottot Bring your Life och med ett fokus p\u00e5 konsumentdriven innovation och ett l\u00e5ngsiktigt h\u00e5llbarhetsperspektiv utvecklar, tillverkar och marknadsf\u00f6r vi produkter inom produktkategorierna Sport & Cargo Carriers (t.ex. takr\u00e4cken, takboxar, h\u00e5llare f\u00f6r cykel-, vatten- och vintersporter, takt\u00e4lt som monteras p\u00e5 bil), Active with Kids & Dogs (t.ex. bilbarnstolar, barnvagnar, cykelvagnar, cykelbarnstolar och hundtransport), RV Products (t.ex. markiser, cykelh\u00e5llare och t\u00e4lt f\u00f6r husbilar och husvagnar) och Bags & Mounts (t.ex. ryggs\u00e4ckar, resv\u00e4skor och robusta mobilf\u00e4sten).\nThule Group har cirka 3 000 anst\u00e4llda vid 9 produktionsanl\u00e4ggningar och 35 f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningskontor \u00f6ver hela v\u00e4rlden. Produkterna s\u00e4ljs p\u00e5 138 marknader och f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen under 2025 uppgick till 10,4 miljarder kronor.\nwww.thulegroup.com.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Box 69","full_address":null,"city":"Hillerstorp","country":"SE","latitude":57.3163519,"longitude":13.8811078},"metadata":{"region":"J\u00f6nk\u00f6pings l\u00e4n","duration":"Tills vidare","employer":"THULE SWEDEN AB","postcode":"33504","positions":1,"profession":"Ink\u00f6psassistent","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.thulegroup.com\/en\/open-positions","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Oscar Persson","employment_type":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning","occupation_field":"F\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning, ink\u00f6p, marknadsf\u00f6ring","employer_workplace":"Thule Sweden AB, Hillerstorp","translation_status":"done","experience_required":true},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":2,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"+46406554685","owner_email":"oscar.persson@thule.com","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-20T12:10:37+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-13T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-21T03:20:01+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-21T04:01:06+00:00"}}