3D Printing and Uptime powertrain buyer

Additive manufacturing & Uptime Powertrain Buyer
Do you enjoy working in an agile and challenging environment with high focus on the customer? Do you want to drive changes and bring innovations in a multicultural environment? Do you embrace continuous improvements and enjoy working in teams? Are you self-driven, service minded and target oriented?
Well, then you should apply today. We at Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing are looking for a buyer in the Uptime & Adaptation team and we need you.


What is our offer to you?
We are a team of passionate and driven colleagues located in France (Lyon) and Sweden (Gothenburg). We are flexible and we support each other and are open for dialogue and exchange.
Volvo mission is to drive prosperity in the transport industry and one of the foundation stone is the customer success! Fulfilling customers’ demands rapidly and keep our promises by having their product up and running during its complete life cycle is exiting but might be also a true challenge. That requires a change in mindset and to be innovative, capturing creative supply solutions on the market as well as driving it together with our preferred suppliers.
Typically, we need to challenge design, conventional purchasing methods and manufacturing technologies so that customers get their product quickly after they order! Rapidity and agility are key and it is becoming a standard in customer’s mind.


Are you ready to take the ride and embrace the challenge?


This is your mission
Your mission will be divided in 2 roles:
Additive manufacturing buyer
Participate to meetings with internal stakeholders for additive manufacturing end used parts request
Summarize and compile stakeholders request on additive manufacturing end used parts
Send RFQ/RFI and review offers with internal stakeholders and suppliers
Compile all offers received with data analysis and provide suggestion, recommendation
Closely work with additive manufacturing segment leader to develop the technology within Volvo group
Uptime powertrain buyer
Manage your Uptime portfolio
Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers in order to secure the best QDCF-TSR performance
Highlight improvement opportunities and drive negotiations
Drive supply chain optimization (SCO), low performance supplier improvement activities
Manage risk mitigation and crisis activities
Build and maintain a strong relationship with internal cross-functional stakeholders such as Service Market Logistics, Commodity and Project buyers, Spare Part engineering, Brands, Quality etc.
Lead Performance Reviews with suppliers and contribute to Business Review Meetings with suppliers (BRMs)
Propose resourcing activities if needed; drive activities related to the supplier switch
Own and develop the global Segment Business Plans
Scout and seek for the best suppliers plus bring creative and innovative solutions on this segment on the whole value chain (challenge design, sourcing & contract, procurement)
Foster the Volvo values (customer success, trust, passion, change and performance)

The ticket to ride
At Volvo Group we believe in the concept ‘Hire for attitude, train for skills’. Therefore, what’s most important to get the opportunity to join us on journey is that you are engaged and self-driven with passion for innovation. Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen and customer focus with a holistic view.


Service minded and target oriented approach plus integrity and trust-based collaborations are your strengths. You have also demonstrated perseverance, positive mindset and analytical skills.


We also believe that you have:
Effective written and verbal communication in English
Ability to deliver on time with team spirit skills
Have a real interest for innovative technologies in particular additive manufacturing technologies
Comfortable with figures and analysis with a strong communication skills (presentation, excel pivot table, data management...)
Curious, dynamic and autonomous

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or if you’re curious to hear more about this opportunity:
Emmanuelle Jeanto, Manager Uptime Powertrain, +33 665890444