Conformity of Production Manager

Conformity of Production Manager
At Quality & Customer Satisfaction, you are part of a dedicated global team with the mission to drive and challenge the organisation of Volvo Car Group to exceed customer expectations. To make this happen, we provide all parts of the company with tools, methods, processes, targets and audits relating to quality and customer satisfaction. Are you passionate about customers and quality? Do you want to reach your personal goals together with other people? Quality and Customer Satisfaction is the place for you to prosper.
The Automotive Regulatory and Compliance department is responsible for the management of Automotive Regulations, Vehicle Homologation (Certification) and all product related compliance issues. We are now looking for a Conformity of Production Manager to the Environmental Homologation department. We are responsible for performing homologation and ensure that production fulfils all relevant requirements over the product lifecycle. Our responsibility includes exhaust and evaporative emissions, fuel consumption/CO2, on-board diagnostics, pass-by-/stationary noise and engine power. Conformity of Production testing is required to maintain authority issued type approvals, a failure to do so could lead to revoking of the certificate to sell a specific vehicle.
As Conformity of Production Manager you will be overall responsible for the Conformity of Production (CoP) process within Volvo Car Group. In this role you will be responsible for development of processes for planning, execution and follow up. You will work together with the certification team as well as other cross functional teams in order to ensure efficient and quality assured processes. The process is continuously audited by authorities from several countries and you will take an active part in governance, preparations and follow up of these audits. You will also be leading CoP for Emissions, Fuel Consumption and Engine Power and work closely together with the CoP Coordinator who handles the everyday logistics and test lab planning issues.
Main responsibilities

* Ensure efficient and quality assured processes for CoP
* Initiate corrective actions when deviations are identified
* Create and coordinate annual test plans
* Management of emissions, fuel consumption and engine power CoP
* Negotiation and purchase of external testing capacity, as well as speaking partner for external test laboratories
* Develop planning, testing and reporting systems
* Owner of test results database
* Internal reporting of results
* Reporting to EU authorities

Required qualifications

* M.Sc. or equivalent
* Powertrain knowledge and work experience
* Knowledge in vehicle development processes
* Well-developed communication and cooperation skills
* Excellent administrative and IT skills
* Fluent in English and Swedish, written and spoken because of the rules and regulations surrounding the area

Personal qualities

* High integrity and used to taking lead in cross-functional teams
* Process oriented mindset
* Structured and used to presenting comprehensive data in an easy to understand way
* Ability to build relationships and establish networks
* Ability to perform and deliver both individually and in cross-functional teams

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired premium car brand". And we believe our global success will be driven by making life less complicated for people, while strengthening our commitment to safety, quality and the environment. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.
Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment specialist Adam Johansson at +46 729-889443 or by e-mail adam.johansson@randstad.se.
Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below no later than August 21th.