Crisis case leader

Are you engaged in your work, professional in everything you do and prepared to go that extra mile? If yes – then the Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) is the right place for you. GTP provides competitive advantages to the Volvo Group by selecting high performing suppliers to deliver the best possible products & services with the right quality output that add real business value for our customers.
We like to work hard, have fun and we are committed to our customer and the Volvo Group success. You will work with a high performing team aiming at world-class Purchasing – do you have what it takes?


THIS IS US
Resilient Supply Network & Project Management (RSN/PM) is a global organization within GTP with holistic responsibility over the Product Project portfolio, Volume & Supplier Capacity Planning, Supply Partner Development and Crisis Management. We deliver customer value via end to end product evolution ownership & resilient supply network and we enable the best Performance & Customer Success outcomes while fully coordinated with GTT and GTO and Volvo Brands within efficient governance structure. We have a data-based proactive supply network management as well as a strong reactive capability – driving industry leading performance. We use digitalization to Monitor & Develop our suppliers into Trusted Partners, leading to full transparency and proactive visibility of risks during end to end processes.
Resilient Supply Network & Project Management (RSN/PM) Europe being the Strategic steering line for all RSN/PM purchasing activities within GTP, we organize a strong collaboration within RSN/PM purchasing teams spread across different sites/regions, and we are also the operational line responsible for RSN/PM Europe business all along specific process steps and areas. The team is responsible to drive end-to-end Purchasing activities whilst securing QDCF-TSR (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk Management) targets.
We are now looking for a colleague who would like to join our dynamic and goal-oriented team. We are proud to say that in our team we create TRUST by the way of working with peers and colleagues. We deliver with world-class PERFORMANCE both hard and soft. We have fun at work and show PASSION in what we do. CUSTOMER SUCCESS is guiding us in the decisions. We CHANGE to stay ahead and we continuously improve every day.
Ready for a challenge? Good. Because we are ready for you.


ROLE DESCRIPTION
As Crisis case leader, you are responsible for reacting and recovering to select unforeseen supply disruptions impacting the Volvo Group. From that standpoint, you play a key role in the success of the Volvo Group. Your approach to crisis resolution is always cross-functional, and you work closely with our supply partners to solve issues. You responsible for the interface with Tier 1 partners, always keeping a perfect synchronization with responsible buyers and commodities. When necessary you involve Tier N suppliers and seek support from the Tier N management team. You are action-oriented, you act with speed and you maintain composure, even under stressed situation. Each crisis is unique, you are creative and are able to take extraordinary actions to secure the delivery of goods to Volvo. You report crisis status to senior and executive management on a regular basis.


Your main responsibilities are the following:
Manage and solve select supply crisis cases
Report case status to senior and executive management
Coordinate cross-functional work with Engineering, Operations and Brands when needed
Conduct daily supplier and cross-functional crisis pulse meetings
Keep a close relationship with Tier N management and Volume and Capacity Planning functions
Contribute to continuous improvement of crisis management process and tools

You will be a member of the Crisis Case Management team and actively contribute to the development of the department. You will report to the Head of Crisis Case Management.


Main qualifications:
University degree in Engineering/technology and/or Business Administration
Crisis management skills
Strong supplier relationship experience (buyer, material control, SRM, Quality, or other)
Good data management and analytical skills
Ability to thrive in agile and complex situations
Creative thinking
A strong understanding of business challenges in a global environment and preferably a good understanding of the Volvo Group Business
Executive communication and teamwork skills

Location will be flexible Gothenburg, Sweden or Lyon, France