Head of Energy auxiliaries and braking systems Purchasing

Position Description
We are on a super exciting journey to be ready for our Volvo Group long-term targets to be 100% fossil free, 100% safe and 100% more productive. To get there we see a big need of accelerating platform systems and technology transformation. In order to get there, we are looking for a person for the newly created role as Head of Energy auxiliaries and braking systems Purchasing. Do you share our passion to lead and grow teams as well as making the world a better, cleaner place? Great, then you may be the person we are looking for!




Even though we operate in a business-to-business environment it is the people who make the difference. It is important that you are a trusted leader and that you radiate passion when developing your team and your business. The team will consist of approx. 8 buyers of various nationalities located in France and Sweden. We hope you love to actively contribute to your team members' development, both professionally and personally.

Talking about being good at building relationships, in addition to the relationship with the team, it is essential to be able to build and maintain trustful and healthy supplier relationships. With well-functioning interactions we believe that we easier support our business and develop sustainable long-term relationships with our supply chain partners. As Head of “Head of Energy auxiliaries and braking systems Purchasing” Commodity, you will have responsibility for the strategic leadership of your commodity globally and operational responsibility for Europe. We believe that someone that loves to work as a leader in a multicultural context with a high pace and that enjoys cooperating with various functions will also love and excel at this job.

Reporting to VP of Electromechanics




Main Responsibilities


What we absolutely need you to do
Act as a trusted leader and coach your organization
With an ownership mentality build an effective team with common objectives and high team spirit
Be proactive and handle ambiguities - we move too fast to be reactive
Influence the continuous improvement and our learning culture
Speak up, influence and drive transformation to create positive change
Collaborate with internal stakeholder and other group functions to drive business results



The ticket to ride
Purchasing experience from an international business environment with global suppliers
You like to do business
Have an inspiring leadership that embraces diversity and builds effective teams
Be able to deal with the issues that arise when navigating in unknown terrain
Communicate so everyone can understand what you’re trying to say
Always trying to improve, both yourself and your work environment
We believe that you have an academic degree in engineering and/or business (or similar). We hope you have an experience of manager roles. We know that you love to work with an ownership mentality and that you have a great interest in people.


Let's shape the world we want to live in. We have fun, we bring value and we work hard every day. Do you want to contribute to that atmosphere?
Location: Goteborg Sweden or Lyon France


If you have any questions, please contact: sylvain.di-bartolomeo@volvo.com


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