Buyer

As a Buyer for Volvo Construction Equipment (VCE) you will be responsible for the operational part of purchasing, for electrical & electronic components. You will work with suppliers on a day-to-day basis and do the purchasing for 7 different production sites in Europe such as our hauler and wheel loader sites in Braås and Arvika, our component site in Hallsberg and Eskilstuna and Volvo Powertrain production sites in Sweden and France.

You will represent purchasing in many different and exiting new development projects and for sourcing of new components to our production. The area of electrical & electronics is expanding rapidly with the electrification of our products, which creates new exiting challenges and possibilities. This gives you the opportunity to work in a wide network with colleagues in purchasing, production, RnD and with our suppliers.

Welcome to our team!
You will be a part of our team, 12 experienced buyers managing a number of commodities, which among others consists of hydraulics, castings, driveline and electrical & electronic components. We will gladly share our expertise and experience with you.

What will you do?
You will source new parts to our projects and our production, contribute to develop our business relations with our suppliers and drive- or support in negotiations.

To have good working relations with our suppliers is very important, so to meet with them on a regular basis and contribute to develop our supplier strategy is part of this role.

You will also drive, or support in new development projects where early supplier integration is a must and be responsible for the day-to-day business with our suppliers and sort out administrative tasks connected to invoicing, tooling investments etc.

So, who are you?
We are really curious to get to know you and we assume that you are energetic and target driven, that you have a strong drive and like to lead and take own initiatives.
We guess that you have a business mind-set, are an open-minded team player and that you have good communication skills.

Required competencies
Minimum bachelor's degree in engineering or economics
Fluent in English and Swedish
Negotiation skills
Working experience within Purchasing and/or Supply Chain having a holistic view
Have knowledge in electrical & electronics and experience from working in new development projects.


This is a great opportunity so give me a call and I will gladly tell you more about us and the position!
I am really looking forward to your application!

Joakim Gustafsson, Site Purchasing Manager, phone: +46 16-5416491

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