Director Commercial Competence Development

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

Learning and development are two of the absolute fundamentals for Scania to be the leader in driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system! If you agree and are looking for a new leadership challenge with varied tasks in a continuously changing environment, please continue reading.

At Scania Academy's our mission is to work with continuous learning and competence development as a key to enable Scania’s transformation.

Traditionally learning has happened in settings that we recognize from classroom trainings and formal setups. Our way of learning is also transforming, and we are now looking for information and knowledge in completely new ways. Learning takes place more and more continuously and as an integral part of the daily work.

The overarching mission for the group Commercial Competence Development is to ensure sustainable and efficient competence development activities to support the main stakeholders within the commercial area. That includes our Commercial Operations organisation, but also other business areas as Sales & Marketing, Mobility Solutions and our non-captive markets in their needs today and tomorrow.

What we can offer

As Director of Commercial Competence Development at Scania Academy, you will have the opportunity to lead an organisation consisting of three teams with three group managers reporting to you.

The teams are Technical Training Development and their mission is to support the Commercial network with technical and product service network introductions training.

Market Introduction Training to support Sales & Marketing with training for market introduction Trucks and Buses and support Non-Captive markets as well.

Sales, Presales, Mobility Solutions and Business Management to strengthen and develop organisation and employees within the commercial network globally

In this assignment you will be challenged to continuously develop your teams and their assignments, and with a growth mindset turn strategy into execution. Communication about learning throughout the organisation will be a natural ingredient of your daily work , so your excellent communication skills will come to good use.

In your operational role as well as member of Scania Academy Management Team, you will be contributing to discussions and decisions about Scania’s learning strategy, take part in continuously developing the Scania Academy organisation and also to understanding new techniques and methods to meet the accelerating speed of business. You will be interacting in the global Scania landscape and have the possibility to work with colleagues all over the world.

Profile

We believe you have an academic degree and experience from working within Scania's  commercial area. Your burning interest for competence development, growing a learning culture and leading change is obvious.  You are driven to understand the potential of a data driven approach in various aspects of the operations.  You are a leader others want to follow.

Further information
Please contact the current position holder: Anders Gillstedt, anders.gillstedt@scania.com  +46 73 98 503 71 or Nina Falkstrand, Head of Scania Academy, nina.falkstrand@scania.com, +46 70 081 5638

Application  

Please apply no later than November 13. Your application should include a cover letter, CV and relevant certificates.

Selections and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis throughout the application period. We are looking forward to your application!

 


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.