Head of Product Follow Up process (Red Arrow)

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.Do you find it interesting to work with the bigger picture but also to understand the details? Do you have a passion for lean philosophy and agile principles and understand the importance of establishing strong cross-functional cooperation to drive change? Do you have a good understanding of system development? Do you dare to challenge the organisation, and work with our partners in common collaboration?

For 20 years the Product Follow Up process has contributed to Scania’s success by providing value for our end customers. This has been done by nurturing Red Arrow strategies, structure and culture.

As Head of the Product Follow-Up process, you are a part of the YC Department, responsible to develop and maintain the Product Follow-Up Process (Red Arrow) across the Traton family. The Process is global, and cross-functional involving all main functions including 4 Brands, 100 Business Units and 1700 workshops. You are also the business owner of the FRAS system.

Your role

As the Process Leader you need to secure a scalable process, in cooperation with the Product Managers and involved functions (primary Production, Purchasing and R&D). You also work closely with our colleagues within Traton. Successful alignment of the Product Follow Up process is important to secure speed in the whole organisation in the years to come.

Your role is to gather and balance expectations from all stakeholders and challenge the current way of working. this needs to be done while maintaining the basic principles of the Red Arrow process. You are a member of the PD Process board and report current initiatives and process performance quarterly.

Your profile

You are an experienced leader, with good knowledge about Scania and Scania’s core processes. We believe that you have experience in R&D, Purchasing or Production and prefer if you have experience in the Product Follow Up Process.

To fulfil the demands of this position you are mostly a team player and understand the necessity to build an x-brand agreement and common approach. It helps that you are both creative and analytical. It helps if you can go from a detailed to a holistic view.

In your daily work, you will have many contacts, both internally and externally, and need to be positive, open-minded, and able to balance and align different opinions to develop a possible way forward that satisfies all stakeholders.

Further information

For more information about the position please contact Kenneth Larsson, Development Director, Head of Processes and Vehicle Cost (YC), at +46 8 553 80717.

Application

Your application shall include a CV, Personal letter and copies of grades from university education. Since screening and interviews will be done continuously, apply as soon as possible, but no later than 12 March 2023.

A background check will 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.