Fredrik Grunditz

Responsible for IT Purchasing (IT Services, IT Hardware, IT Software and car connectivity solutions) within the Indirect Purchasing unit. Group manager for 10 buyers and strategic sourcing managers.

Building up the preferred supplier base for business line Industry & Society targeting industries like Automotive, Intelligent Transport Systems, Maritime, Public Safety and Energy & Utilities, with significant 3PP spend and an overall Ericsson growth rate of +30%. Participation as Sourcing representative in sales engagements and contributed to win several 5+ years business transformation and managed services deals in the Maritime industry. Negotiation and establishment of supplier- and partnering agreements for HW, services and software, including SaaS solutions. Global supplier relationship management and participation in offering/portfolio development projects together with the business line.

Heading up Cost Engineering Competence Center. Managing a central team of Cost Engineering methodology champions and analysts. Responsible for training of local methodology champions, analysts and product cost managers within development- and Sourcing units globally and support to the same. Contribution to product cost (TK) savings & cost avoidance via Design to Cost/Value Engineering and Should Cost/Clean Sheet activities on new and released products. Driver of methodology & tool development and improvements in processes & WoW related to product cost management.

Driver for business unit project ‘Cost Engineering’. It was a cross-functional and cross-business unit project (resources from Sourcing-Product Management-R&D-Manufacturing in all HW oriented product areas) with the purpose to identify and implement product cost savings 2013-2014 in the X BSEK range through Cost Engineering methodologies (Should Cost/Clean Sheet Analysis and Design to Cost/Value Engineering). It was also a change project with the purpose to implement a new WoW regarding products cost reduction on new and current products. Reporting to Vice President Sourcing and an executive steering group. Responsible for weekly KPI reporting to program office on business unit level. In addition, responsible for advanced Sourcing data analytics and VPA (Volume Purchasing Agreement) savings tracking. Process owner for the VPA process and responsible for annual risk-, age profile- and environmental surveys with suppliers on our component portfolio. Line manager for 8 team members globally.

Since 2008 project manager for VPA which is the annual project for negotiation of frame agreements with Ericsson's global supplier base within direct material for Radio Base Stations. VPA handles 300+ suppliers with a total spend of 6 BUSD and it spans over all business units. Key responsibilities included project planning, weekly measurement to track progress, hosting the steering group and to drive the price implementation in our factories. Extensive collaboration with Supply organization regarding component forecasting and requirements. Owner & responsible for execution of the Forecast Loading and Breakdown process for VPA. Demand owner and participant in development of Sourcing IT-systems. Responsible for development and implementation of master data strategies and maintenance routines. Sponsor for improvement work and projects. Participated in or drive improvements incl. change management. Line manager for 7 team members globally.

Senior Consultant within the Supply Chain Management practice. Main engagement was to work as Sourcing Analyst at Group Function Sourcing at Ericsson in Kista. Supported the leadership team of Group Sourcing with data management and analysis (spend, savings, terms & conditions, risk management) during sourcing projects. Development of savings tracking databases in Microsoft Access & Excel. Participated in marketing of Acando's services and product offerings within Supply Chain Management. Participated in the development of internal methods- and process frameworks to be used in customer projects as well as sales activities towards current and new customers.

Consultant in the Supply Chain practice of BearingPoint in the Nordics. I was involved in consulting assignments covering supply chain strategy, operational improvement and production planning. Participated in a project with the aim to improve the demand- and master planning processes of a company within the railway maintenance industry. Participated in a productivity improvement project in two production plants at a client within the consumer packaged goods industry. The project's aim was to reduce operational costs and increase equipment efficiency. Participated in the development of a global supply chain strategy for an industrial group within one of the world's largest retail companies.

Title: “A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the R&D Sourcing Decision”; The purpose of the master thesis project was to develop a decision framework for R&D sourcing, which is the process of R&D externalization. The framework covers factors that should influence management's decision concerning R&D sourcing. In-depth interviews with R&D managers in eight public Swedish companies within four different industries were conducted.

Management of various types of IT-projects, with specialization in Content Management and component based system development. Responsible for marketing and selling of services and products to customers. Account manager for about ten customers within the private and public sectors. Co-founder, partner and member of the board, which included responsibility for marketing, strategy/business development, resource management and HR (recruitment, lay off, education, team building etc.). 10 fulltime employees. Managed the relationships with software partners, including e.g IBM.