Head of Parts & Services, Scania Sales and Marketing

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

Are you ready to shape the future of sustainable transport?

Find this great opportunity of leading and developing the Parts & Services organization for future success!

The Parts & Services organisation is a place to thrive. It is a forward leaning organisation, with the ambition to continue develop solutions offerings through excellent product management as well as to continue growing sales through strategic business development. Parts & Services play a crucial role in the transformation towards sustainable transport solutions fit for future mode. The organisation is responsible for the total services business within Scania and the mission is to develop the parts and services business with a long term global perspective of supplying the right transport solutions for our customers – in order to maximize the Scania sales, volumes and profitability.

What we offer

Scania’s culture is characterized by openness, diversity and respect for the individual. We celebrate differences and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. You come as you are, and you develop for the future on your journey with us.

A part of being a great employer is being able to offer mobility and flexibility to our employees, while ensuring individual productivity and well-being, as well as great creativity and collaboration in our teams and communities.

We offer you a dynamic, agile and collaborative environment where your knowledge and skills are highly valued, and where you also have the opportunity to grow and develop continuously.

Your new role

The Parts & Services organisation consists of Scania Parts Logistic, Product Management and Area Management. Scania Parts Logistics has a global network of parts centres with about 1 100 fix employees where the majority is located in Belgium. Product Management, Area Management and Digitalization, with about 70 employees, is located mainly in Södertälje but also in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.

The management team you will lead and grow together with, includes seven direct reports and some supporting functions. You’ll be part of the Sales and Marketing management team and report to the Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing Scania Group.

As Head of Parts & Services you will face a wide variety of exciting tasks including:


• developing and executing on the strategic direction for the parts and service business to ensure we deliver long term return on investment in the product portfolio and the production systems as well as securing customer satisfaction and supporting the sustainability targets
• in an inclusive culture, actively leading and empowering your organization in order to reach the set targets
• being the Parts & Service representative in the different Business Value Tables – a Scania cross-functional forum with delegated business responsibility for the different value streams
• contributing to secure the alignment with the other brands within the TRATON group
• ensuring development and support to empower the commercial sales organizations strategic direction
• through a strong product management function making sure that the customer’s voice guides in the solution development decisions in order to secure an optimized future solution offering
• being an “internal ambassador” for the parts and service business

Your profile

We think you are a visionary, inspiring and passionate leader with a strong drive to develop our business and to lead the journey being a leader in sustainable transport. You have extensive leadership experience, leading and developing other leaders, and you have a proven leadership record. Trust, communication, teamwork and inclusion are your guiding leadership principles.

You have a commercial and international background as well as an interest for the technical and a flow mindset. Knowledge of the parts and services business, as well as experience from whole sale/retail is meriting but not necessary. Cross functional collaboration is important, both within your own team and with other parts of Scania and TRATON Group, so bringing people together is something you are good at!

We believe you have a high determination in driving change and that you are courageous and dare to challenge our current ways of working. As the area is wide scoped, being self-driven combined with strong leadership skills are critical to motivate and empower colleagues on the journey ahead. English is a necessity, other languages a merit. Frequent travels are part of the job.

We are on an exciting journey, so come join us!

Application

Please apply by April 10th at the latest. Your application should include CV and cover letter.

A background check might be conducted for this position.

 

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.