Bodies & Transformation Senior Buyer

Bodies & Transformation Senior Buyer


Do you enjoy working in an agile and challenging environment with high focus on the customer? Do you want to drive changes and develop new business ? Do you embrace continuous improvements and enjoy working in teams? Are you pro-active, service minded and target oriented? Do you want to be close to the final product and customer?
Well, if you are an engaged person with a desire to go that extra mile, then you should apply today, we need you! We at Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing are looking for a buyer in the Uptime & Adaptation (U&A) team to purchase Bodies & Transformation products and services for our trucks.


What is our offer to you?


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 exciting but might also be a true challenge. That requires for sure 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.
You will be a Bodies & Transformation Senior Buyer within Customer Adaptation. The bodies & transformation segments represent everything Volvo is putting on top of our rigid chassis, such as tippers, boxes, cranes, hook-lifts and mixers. They are a key success factor to our customers and sometimes even more expensive than the actual truck they are mounted on. You will have a key role in making sure our customers get a complete vehicle that meet their tough standards, contributing to customer satisfaction and success. Are you ready to embrace the challenge?


This is us, your new colleagues


You will have colleagues working spread across the world and work in different networks, teams and groups. In this way you will have interactions locally, continentally and globally. You will be part of the Adaptation – Bodies & Transformation team within the Uptime & Adaptation (U&A) department. The department and team has responsibility for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), with personnel sitting mainly in Gothenburg (Sweden) and Lyon (France).


Uptime & Adaptation is a global organization within Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) who support Service Parts Purchasing and Vehicle Adaptation Purchasing. We are operating in small teams with a large degree of freedom. This allows us to reach our targets with speed and agility. We support each other, everyone is contributing to build the Uptime & Adaption future.


This is your mission


You will be leading the purchasing activities within your portfolio to maximize customer satisfaction.
As Senior Buyer, we want to benefit from your Purchasing experience to support our Group and Brands transformation from Purchasing side. Our purpose is to always bring more value to our customers without compromising quality nor lead time.


What does that mean?


You build upon your knowledge in complete truck solutions and bodybuilders to secure and strengthen a resilient supplier base, build well-balanced partnership with our suppliers and contribute to Brand offers, their success is our success.
You benchmark and scout innovation in our ecosystem and identify new business opportunities
You capitalize on your creativity and agility to propose a meaningful purchasing approach to our stakeholders.
You support and coach junior team members throughout the purchasing journey and grow our team purchasing mindset.


This is You
At Volvo Group, we have a culture of high performance created through employee engagement and we value Customer success, Trust, Passion, Change and Performance. We like to work hard, have fun and we are committed to our customer and to the Volvo Group success.
We believe in the concept “Hire for attitude, train for skills”. Therefore, what’s most important is that you have a drive and passion for business, people and to develop yourself and those around you.
Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen, customer focus with a holistic view and ability to communicate with facts, to sell your vision and get desired support.
We also value if you have:
Master degree in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field
5 years of previous buyer experience, automotive is a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication
Excellent networking skills and ability to drive stakeholders
Ability to secure business requirements in our purchasing activities and contracts
Strong analytical skills
Holistic view and ability to be pragmatic
Sense of customer service and integrity
Curiosity for new technologies and business trends
High degree of autonomy
Ability to challenge, convince and make decisions
Ability to deliver on time with team spirit skills

At GTP, we strive to be a multicultural and global organization. We welcome applicants which can even further increase our diversity.


Come join us, apply today and let’s do business together!


Curious and eager to learn more about his opportunity? Call me:


Sandrine Tola, Manager Adaptation – Bodies & Transformation
Tel: +33 6 64 40 39 94
Don’t wait to apply, application screening will start immediately.


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