Head of Supply Partner Development – E-mobility, Auton.& Electronics

Are you a curious changemaker who thrives in a fast-paced, global and complex environment? Does the opportunity to make an impact excite you, and are you looking for a career where you grow and learn every day? At Volvo Group Purchasing we shape the world we want to live in, by leveraging our ecosystem of supply network partners to drive prosperity.
Innovation, sustainability, diversity, competitiveness, resiliency, new business models, and digitalization are all key drivers in how we select partners, partners that have the same value based and people centric view of the world as we do here at Volvo Group.
Together we deliver business value to our customers and the Volvo Group.
We are looking for talent with passion, commitment and big ideas who want to make a difference. Sounds like you? Join our team!


This is us, your new colleagues
Supply Partner Development (SPD) is part of Resilient Supply Network & Project Management, a global organization within Volvo Group Purchasing with holistic responsibility over the Product Project portfolio, Volume & Supplier Capacity Planning, Supply Partner Development (SPD) and Crisis and Risk Management. We deliver customer value via end-to-end product evolution ownership & resilient supply network and we enable the best Performance & Customer Success outcomes while fully coordinated with Volvo Group Technology and Volvo Group Operations and Volvo Brands within efficient governance structure. We have a data-based proactive supply network management as well as a strong reactive capability – driving industry leading performance. We use digitalization to Monitor & Develop our suppliers into Trusted Partners, leading to full transparency and proactive visibility of risks during end-to-end processes.
Supply Partner Development (SPD) team develops high performing supply partners to secure sustainable performance to serve Volvo customers.
SPD Europe being the Strategic steering line for all SPD purchasing activities within Volvo Group Purchasing, we organize a strong collaboration within SPD purchasing teams spread across different sites/regions, and we are also the operational line responsible for SPD Europe business all along specific process steps and areas.
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.

What are your new challenges and responsibilities?


As SPD manager in charge of Electromobility, Autonomous and Electronics scope, you will lead a team of SPD engineers whose primary mission is to develop performance at supply partners, securing capacity to fulfill Volvo demand, readiness at product launch.


You will:
Ensure up-to-date knowledge of installed capacity at supply partners within your scope, and, when required, engage team members in capacity management activities
Provide team expertise to the buyers’ community to identify and capture cost reduction or avoid cost increases at suppliers, using cost analysis and lean manufacturing methodology
Interface with our suppliers during production & service market phase, but also, when relevant, any time between the strategic and sourcing phase to the part phase out
For high-risk cases and carry over components, support Supplier Quality Engineers and Projects organization in securing supplier readiness prior to Start of Production
Provide team expertise in support of production to identify low performing suppliers and contain, root cause and improve the situation at supplier– this includes use of all quality tools (lean, 5S, improvement workshops, etc.)
Actively engaged with Volvo Group supply Partners and supply chains
Drive and develop supplier problem solving techniques for identified supplier fault issues
Drive supplier operational excellence and zero-defect philosophies
Travel to and represent Volvo Group Purchasing at suppliers and escalate as needed to prevent impacts at our Volvo operations
Assign work and coordinate all team activities
Recruit and manage team development
Be responsible for team operating expenses

You will be a member of the Supply Partner Development Leadership team and actively contribute to the development of the department and the SPD strategic line. You will report to the Head of Supply Partner Development.


Are you our new colleague?


To succeed in this position, we believe that you have strong leadership experience and a good ability to manage stakeholders. You are business driven with good communication skills. We also think you to have the ability to manage diversity and offer opportunities for personal and professional development. We are a multicultural organization who believe that the best results are accomplished while working together, therefore we are continuously valuing our differences and learn from this. Another key aspect you have to succeed in this position is a problem-solving mindset and an ability to act quickly and directly.


To join us we see that you have:
A University degree in engineering or business management or supply chain management
Minimum 5 years of supply chain (quality and development) and/or production experience
Preferably experience from the automotive or heavy commercial truck industry in plant supplier quality, production, supply chain, manufacturing engineering, supplier development
Strong capacity planning skills/experiences
Strong cost management skills/experiences
Strong problem-solving skills/experiences
Strong communication and teamwork skills
Strong accountability and project management for tasks without close supervision

Interested and want to know more? Don’t hesitate to contact us!


Simon Claudel, Head of Supply Partner Development, Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing, Phone +33665859211


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