Director Purchasing – Chassis Platform & Projects

Director Purchasing – Chassis Platform & Projects
We are looking for a leader that is curious, eager and has passion to be part of Volvo Group’s mission, which is to drive prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions. If you are a value-based leader who wants to coach and support your team and foster an environment of inclusivity, finding strengths and unity among differences, then please press to apply! We are looking for an engaged and business driven Director Purchasing for the Chassis Platform & Projects Team at Volvo Buses.


What you will get?
You will together with the multicultural and passionate Chassis Purchasing Team, which is driven by a positive mindset and high energy, contribute to The Volvo Buses’ Vision, Ambitions and Strategies and the continued success of our business. We are a team that strongly collaborates with our internal colleagues and external partners globally, every day. You will work in a global environment that provides you with development opportunities both professionally and personally. We are eager to learn from you and you will get fantastic opportunities to learn and develop with us: When you succeed, we succeed. Together we drive prosperity.


What is the job about?
You will be accountable for the performance of QDCFTSR (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk) of the supplier base of your business and team which consists of Commodity Buyers and Purchasing Project Managers. Together with your team and cross-functional network, you will proactively drive all relevant activities, use all needed tools and means to continuously secure supplier QDCFTSR performance in our business and in our projects.
You will actively contribute to your team members’ personal developmental opportunities, both professionally and personally. You will support the team or recruit, in order to secure the right competences and mindset to make Volvo Buses transform.
As a Director Purchasing of the strategic line, you will together with your team drive the strategies in the segment- & supplier business plans and implement the actions accordingly with the other teams and sites together with suppliers. You will be responsible to manage supplier selections, supplier relationships and negotiations for improved supplier performance. You will together with the Range- and Projects organization drive key development projects to successful completion.
You will be reporting to Vice President Sourcing & Platform and be part of the Sourcing & Platform Purchasing Management team and in an active way contribute to the development of the department.


We would expect you to:
Have excellent Leadership and Coaching skills
Love to build effective teams with a common objective and strong morale and spirit
Have excellent communication and networking skills
Be up to date in current and future business trends, technologies and markets
Be able to execute in a global matrix organization
Be able to think out of the box to develop further your business
Be able to face problems, act quickly and directly and to provide direct & actionable feedback
Be able to manage uncertainty and the unexpected
Be able to take good decisions in line with internal stakeholders, with risks and opportunities and alternative solutions in mind
Be able to manage diversity and offer opportunities for personal and professional development
Contribute to the transformation journey of Volvo Buses while performing in the day-to-day business
University degree in Engineering/technology and/or Business Administration

For more information please contact:
Thomas Nylund, Vice President Sourcing & Platform, Phone: +46 31 3227677
Andreas Hammar, HR Manager, Phone: +46 31 3223819