Head of Program and Supply Capacity Management

Who are we?


Supply Network Resiliency & Project Management (SNR&PM) Purchasing is a global organization within Volvo Group Truck Purchasing (GTP) with a holistic responsibility over the product project portfolio, supplier capacity planning, development, and crisis management.
We deliver customer value via end-to-end product evolution ownership and resilient supply network and we enable the best performance and customer success outcomes while fully coordinated with other functions and Volvo brands.
We develop strong relationships with our suppliers, leading to full transparency and proactive visibility. And within the SNR&PM network of purchasing teams we organize an effective collaboration spread across different sites/regions.


We are now looking for a colleague who would like to join our dynamic and goal-oriented team. We are proud to say that in our team we create TRUST by the way of working with peers and colleagues. We deliver with world-class PERFORMANCE both hard and soft. We have fun at work and show PASSION in what we do. CUSTOMER SUCCESS is guiding us in the decisions. We CHANGE to stay ahead, and we continuously improve every day.
Ready for a challenge? Good! Because we are ready for you.


Role description


Even though we operate in a business-to-business environment it is the people who make the difference.
As Head of Program and Supply Capacity Management, your responsibility is to secure the needed capacity and flexibility over the GTP life cycle together with the Program and Supply Capacity Management Team. You will be the owner of the GTP capacity management process.
This role requires an interface with all required stakeholders (e.g. GTO, Brands) to anticipate these needs.
You represent GTP in relevant GTO forums, other stakeholder committees, and Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) meetings as well as being a member of GTP supply risk governance also participating in various foras.


Main responsibilities:
Prepare and consolidate the GTP S&OP response
Organize communication with suppliers when it comes to volume and capacity
Organize internal GTP communication concerning S&OP, Long Term Volume Forecast, capacity and flexibility
Animate the network of buyers and SPDE to secure required capacity and flexibility at suppliers
Develop and maintain a Dynamic planning, along with CAPSUS tool, supporting a fact based capacity risk dashboard and S&OP response
Mid term capacity plan connected with market trend evolution (Long term Forecast) and Project road map
Develop capacity management in project phase as part of securing readiness at start of production
Manage resources within respective areas, recruitment
Responsible for operating expenses
Manage team development
Continuously improve processes, procedures and systems to increase efficiency and effectiveness

You will be a member of the Supply Network Resiliency and Project Management team and actively contribute to the development of the department. You will report to the Head of Supply Network Resiliency and Project Management.
Location will be flexible Gothenburg, Sweden or Lyon, France.


Main Qualifications & Experiences


You have an excellent ability to manage stakeholders and have strong networking skills. We also expect you to have a drive for results with the ability to set priorities and deal with ambiguity. For this role you need to have customer focus with a business acumen, acting with trust and integrity.
University degree in Engineering/technology and/or Business Administration
Strong accountability and project management for tasks without close supervision
Capacity management skills
Ability to thrive in agile and complex situations
A strong understanding of business challenges in a global environment and preferably a good understanding of the Volvo Group Business
Experience in Purchasing and/or Operations
Executive communication and teamwork skills

We also believe that you
Act as a trusted leader and coach your organization
Influence the continuous improvement and our learning culture, driving transformation to create positive change
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

If you see yourself working in a multicultural organization who believe that the best results are accomplished while working together, valuing our differences, and learning continuously, then we believe you have the right attitude to be successful in this position.


For more information please contact
Peters David +46 739028982


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