Global Category Leader / Segment Leader - CAB

Global Category Leader / Segment Leader - CAB

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INTRODUCTION


The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.
Climate change, population growth and increasing urbanization are shifting the landscape and expectations on transport and infrastructure. In all our actions, we must consider how to reduce climate impact, use the world’s resources more efficiently, and conduct business more responsibly.
Driving prosperity socially, environmentally, and financially means that we strive towards our vision of transport and infrastructure solutions that are 100% fossil-free, 100% safe and 100% more productive.


WHO ARE WE?


CAB Business is characterized by a dynamic environment in direct contact with our customers’ needs through comfort, safety features and both exterior and interior design. We manage for instance Seating and Living feature, interior and exterior plastics components and much more…
With major new projects upcoming and clear target to reduce our CO2 emission we are in the forefront of the Volvo Group transformation towards safer and cleaner transport solutions.
Partnerships, global strategies, and new business models’ approach are key enablers to succeed in our mission.

WHAT IS YOUR MISSION?


As segment leader you will develop and implement the sourcing strategy in strong collaboration with the global buyer network as well as the cross functional colleagues.


To do so you will:
Lead the cross-functional team being responsible for defining and implementing a segment business plan / segment sourcing strategy
Define and enable activities required to excel the competitive advantage in the full QDCF-TSR (quality, delivery, cost, feature, technology, sustainability & risk): e.g., enable and build partnerships, sustainability activities and total cost optimization
Promote and ensure a strong collaboration between buyers working in your segments and strategic vendor managers by capitalizing on inputs towards segment strategies, negotiation tactics and leveraging
Lead strategic sourcing projects & contracts to completion in collaboration with cross-functional teams
Actively contribute to the team development, by bringing improvement ideas, support your peers, coaching buyers when relevant, sharing benchmark

WHO ARE YOU?


As a person we believe that you are an experienced buyer (> 8 years), a business-oriented mindset with both a financial and technical understanding. You enjoy the challenge of having contact with experienced and skilled suppliers and you also possess strong communication and networking skills. In addition to this you enjoy driving your own work and taking initiatives, with a team player attitude. You are recognized for your agility to adapt and react in a complex environment.


Qualifications:
Automotive experience required
University degree (Master), preferably in engineering or business
Motivated by change management and agility to drive change
Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Multicultural experience is an asset
Excellent communication and networking skills
Creative and solution-oriented mindset
Ownership/Accountability
Positive mindset and team player
Business Acumen

WANT TO KNOW MORE?


If you are interested in joining #CABwinningteam, then pick up your phone, send a mail or come to share a coffee. I will be very happy to introduce our mission and answer your questions.


Nicolas Poncet, Purchasing Manager Cab Living & Interior Plastics
Kindly note that due to GDPR, we will not accept applications via mail. Please use our career site.

Sammanfattning

  • Arbetsplats: Group Trucks Purchasing
  • 1 plats
  • Tills vidare
  • Heltid
  • Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön
  • Publicerat: 23 oktober 2023
  • Ansök senast: 6 november 2023

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