Meet our people
Scania values and benefits from the diversity of skills, backgrounds, experiences and cultures that comes from having more than 50,000 employees working in more than 100 countries. Here, several of our people tells us what it’s like to work at Scania.
"I like to solve problems that nobody has solved yet" / Gustav Svensson, Business Controller
"The best way is learning by doing" /Gabi Gaurie, Logistics Developer
"We are working with the future of charging" / Christine Eriksson, Product owner and David Holtz, Test Engineer
Venture Lead
Sofia Edberg, Venture Lead at Scania, shares her journey from intern to leader, focusing on building new businesses in electrification. She highlights the importance of finding the right match for ventures and recounts transforming a struggling R&D team into a high-performing unit.
Sustainability Business Developer
Aman is enthusiastic about working on the frontline of decarbonisation in the supply chain process and is motivated by passionate people sharing similar enthusiasm in the fight towards climate change.
Development Engineer at People Transport Solutions
Maria, from Hungary, moved to Sweden 18 years ago, driving buses while studying mechanical engineering. Her insights improved bus climate systems, leading her to Scania. Over 10 years, she’s analyzed battery-electric vehicle (BEV) profitability and tested electric bus energy use. Now, she manages bus powertrain driveability, ensuring efficiency, safety, and reliability.
Head of Strategy at New Initiatives & Funnels Ventures at Venture and New Business
With a background in design, product development, strategy, and business model innovation, Harsha Raju brings a blend of creativity, strategic vision, and hands-on leadership. His role is instrumental in laying the groundwork for innovation within Scania. “It’s not just about having ideas. It’s about making them a reality.”
Head of Preparation within Transmission Assembly
When Magdalena Norman joined Scania in 2010, she simply wanted to earn some money while figuring out her life goals. But 13 years later she’s still there, nowadays as Head of Preparation within Transmission Assembly, and loves her Scania career. “I cannot see myself at any other company,” she says.
Service Manager at People & Culture IT
Imagine being responsible for the support of a new global system within HR. That is a challenge, and also fun. Add two children and a horse.! It’s lucky that Scania’s Christina Crafoord has an almost unlimited supply of energy and an ability to maintain balance in life.
Software Developer on our Digital Dealer programme
Giulio Caccin moved from Italy four years ago to Sweden to work as a Software Developer at Scania. He values the company’s trust and encouragement. “I’ve been given a lot of freedom and I’ve felt empowered…I couldn’t be happier!” he says.
Amanda Claesson
Key Account Manager at Power Solutions
Former trainee Amanda Claesson is Key Account Manager for
Scania’s Power Solutions. “I am sort of a unicorn, another species among our engineers as I did business studies and work in sales. But I am equally necessary for our company’s success – there is so much more to Scania than engineering”.¨
Group Manager for Industrial Engineers
Wellington Candido was just 14 when he started helping out at his dad’s garage in Brazil, but he was already dreaming of a career at the Scania factory in nearby São Bernardo do Campo. Almost 20 years later he’s in Sweden, working as a Group Manager for Industrial Engineers within gearboxes. “I’m very proud to work at Scania,” he says.
Career News
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Sara Forsberg takes Scania R&D into the future
23 Sep 2024 Our CTO and Head of R&D, Sara Forsberg, credits her success to the teams she has worked with throughout her career. “It’s a true team effort that brought me here, and I’m grateful to belong to a company with so many supportive and intelligent people.” -
A team player for sustainable business
04 Sep 2024 The many hours Scania’s Head of Sustainability, Fredrik Nilzén, spent in his grandfather’s and father´s truck as a child made him curious about business, the environment and the truck itself. Now, he’s deep into developing our part of the transport industry in the most sustainable way possible. -
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Raja leads with excellence and team unity in Singapore workshop
20 Jun 2024 Raja stands out as a dedicated Workshop Manager in Singapore, recognised for his commitment to customer satisfaction and teamwork. His commitment has earned him the SSEA best-performing employee award twice. His achievements are celebrated and displayed as a standard for all of us in Scania. -
“Ventures and New Business work like ninjas!”
12 Jun 2024 Harsha Raju is a man on a mission to transform ideas into sustainable business opportunities. While also driving circularity, Scania’s Head of Strategy - New Initiatives & Funnels Ventures and New Business is making waves in supporting the company’s vision. -
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Niklas Klingenberg's major career change is for the win
20 Mar 2024 With more than two decades at Scania, of which most of them have been within Procurement, the career twist for Niklas Klingenberg – the man with one role at TRATON and two roles at Scania - isn’t what you would expect. Nevertheless, Niklas is in the right spot at the right time. -
Karolin Erwe heads the performance work for battery packs
13 Mar 2024 Development engineer Karolin Erwe heads the performance work for battery packs at Scania R&D. With a master's in chemical engineering, she knew about batteries before they were a "thing" and one of the significant drivers for Scania when transforming the transport system into a sustainable one.