Acting Digital Transformation Manager

This is us, your new colleagues


Service Market Logistics (SML) is part of Group Trucks Operations. We are an organization of approximately 3 800 employees globally in more than 40 locations. Every day, we are delivering world class operational excellence for our customers, based on smart logistics solutions. Our job is to develop, manage and optimize the Service Market supply chain for all Volvo Group brands.


This is us, your new team:


In our team we truly believe that a supportive environment, curiosity, and team effort gives you a passion for what you do. And when you have that passion, our customers will notice!


We are on a fantastic journey where we explore new technologies and solutions with the aim of developing future competitive differentiators for the Volvo Group. You will play an important role in creating the supply chain of the future. This is a great time to join us as the cooperative environment and explorative mindset that we have in our organization is quite unique!


You can expect to work for a management team that is passionate about creating energy for continuous improvement and people development, with a high value for open, trustful dialogues and cross-functional collaboration.


What will you do?


As acting Digital Transformation Manager, you will lead the digital transformation within the Gent/EU - Supply Planning and Dealer Inventory Management organization.


Timeframe : current job owner will go on parental leave following European 2023 summer break, and plans to be back early 2024. By that, this mission would be lasting 7-8 months.


You will lead the SML PlanIT Volvo Trucks/Bus/Penta Central Distribution Center Gent Implementation, to take our new planning solution into the line and you will work together with a small cross-functional implementation team.


In this role you will be the one having the main understanding of our new Digital Product management and will support our managers and employees on which direction is the right way. Your role will also be to facilitate our collaboration networks to ensure a seamless transition from current solution to new solution and other parallel initiatives. You will lead and support the organization with the digitalization roadmap that you use as the guide in our digitalization transformation work. You steer and review it together with your management colleagues' sponsors and employees. Also, you will lead the Agile journey of our organization as well as give clear guidance into future competence needed to increase our data literacy


Who are you?


We are looking for an enthusiastic and inclusive team member who thrives working in a team and multiple networks within an international environment. You communicate openly and can adapt to an ever-changing environment. You ensure that we have an inclusive, explorative, and adaptive way of leading our digital transformation.


We believe you have a good understanding of the total logistical supply chain. You should know where and when to use applications and code like Power Tools, Python, Java, SQL and equivalent.


You can lead and apply an agile way of working with a lean mindset. The role requires leadership skills and networking capability with proven ability to facilitate cross-functional, cross-business unit teams on various levels.


It is strongly merited if you have prior experience of working in the Service Market Logistics End to End Project and/or PlanIT and can quickly adapt organizational constraints to solution proposals.


You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and a relevant university degree/education.


Location:
Preferably Gothenburg,
but Eskilstuna or Gent could also be an option.