Global Category Manager

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.

What we offer

Globally responsible for Procurement Category Team deliveries including:
Strategy, cost, quality, sustainability, and delivery as well as escalations.
If you are the right person for this job, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in the company´s performance in this area. You will be the one who leads the development of our suppliers towards a positive change throughout the company. You will together with your supplier challenge the status quo to continuously improve the result and quality to achieve customer satisfaction. It´s a position where you can contribute to the company´s growth and to your own professional and personal development at the same time. 

What you will do

In this position, you will lead the global Development & Test Investment team within Investment and will be responsible for the business deliveries. The team consists of procurement professionals in Europe, China, and the US, working as buyers. The projects & commodities in this team are of a high complexity based on scope, level of technology, supplier base, and project setup and contain for example test equipment within the field of electrification, battery, AD/ADAS, charging. 
You will work closely with our R&D and Manufacturing Engineering stakeholder. Together with the stakeholder, you will align on sourcing strategies and supplier base. You will be accountable for relevant commodities has an updated valid category strategy. You need to be able to challenge our stakeholders, specification, and ‘normal’ way of working in order to optimize our sourcing setup. As we are in an exciting phase of adopting new technologies in our electrification journey you will have the opportunity to apply the ‘best-fit’ sourcing approach for these commodities.  

More specifically, you will be responsible for:

Strategy / Procurement Deliveries Execution:
* Accountable for Procurement end-to-end deliveries for the global category team (Strategy, Sourcing, Supplier portfolio, Industrialization, Running production, End of life)

Intake Management:
* Decide on new intakes to the global category team backlog based on different stakeholder needs and fast shifting priorities. 

Backlog management:
* Own, prioritize and secure the Procurement deliveries by the global category team to maximize the business value through the whole lifecycle. 

Global Category Team Facilitation:
* Lead planning events, remove impediments and facilitate problem-solving, collaboration, and workload distribution to enable efficient delivery by the global category team.

Stakeholder Engagement:
* Develop stakeholder engagement through identifying stakeholders, finding out their needs/issues/concerns, and reacting to these to support business information and decisions.

Risks and Issues Management:
* Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints, escalating these where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these. 

Horizon Scanning:
* Maintain an understanding of current and future trends within the category area

Continuous Improvement:
* Review existing operations and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure the required continuous improvement.

Personal Capability development:
* Maintain an in-depth understanding of industry best practices through continuous professional development.


Do you fit the profile?

You have a Bachelor’s degree Technical or Economical) or equivalent experience within the field.
You are proficient in English, both spoken and written, and computer skills.
You have been working within Purchasing with sourcing and business agreements.
You are a natural leader and have the ability to see the whole picture of a business case.
Supplier relationships are important and where your communication skills are a great ability.

On a personal level

This position is for you who enjoy building and maintaining relationships. You like to take initiative, and ownership and work both independently but also coordinating a team. You enjoy using your communication skills to coach and drive the suppliers forward. You are not afraid to face demanding situations and take action.

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your next challenge? 
Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below no later than May  19th, 2021.
If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Director, Global Investments Carina Ferdell at carina.ferdell@volvocars.com.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior recruiter Maria Westermark at maria.westermark@Volvocars.com.

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