IT Architect .net – Material Planning

Join us on our transformation journey to the digital future
At Volvo Group Digital & IT, we have a clear ambition to enable value creation at scale for the Volvo Group. With a new product centric operating model and digital technologies, we will produce digital offerings that are profitable, scalable, and differentiated. With Volvo Group Digital & IT, you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals, who learn continuously and embrace change to stay ahead. We have a very important role to play in reaching the Volvo Group ambitions for 2030. Do you want to be part of our transformation journey towards becoming the digital capability of the Group? The time is now.


This will be us - your new colleagues within Material Planning
Material Planning is part of Technology, a function within Volvo Group Digital & IT with a big stake in the Group’s digital transformation. Technology will modernize Volvo’s core digital backbone making it a platform for digital products.


Material Planning are responsible for the supply of material for the manufacturing of the Trucks. Purpose of "Plan Material" process and GILM system is planning material volumes with suppliers and securing the material availability at point of use towards produce products. Plan Material aim is to create a robust and harmonized processes to ensure material availability at point of consumption in an efficient and cost-effective manner.


We collaborate with other parts of the organization, both in Group Digital & IT and the rest of the Volvo Group. We support manufacturing at all Volvo Trucks locations and all over the world. We foster an environment where ideas, thoughts and opinions can be shared. We are team players with clear common ambitions, and we win together.


The Material Planning team is now looking for a .Net Architect
In this role you will be part of a team with an end-to-end focus on the Manufacturing Target Map – both from a production as well as a project perspective. Your main tasks as an IT Architect will be to modernize components and the overall architecture to fit into the Volvo strategy.


We are using Microsoft tools, code is in .net both C# and core, databases are MSSQL. We are working a lot with automation and have a high coverage in automated testing. DevOps is a focus area and we have come a bit on that journey. The coming years will call for a lot of changes, new technology, new way of hosting applications (Azure Cloud), new way of distributing and using data. We will need to widen the scope of distributing data, today we use MQ export/import, API’s, and replicas off databases.


The group comprises strong competences around planning, system map architecture, test management, release and configuration management, quality management. The group has personnel both in Sweden and in India. You will be part of a global distributed team in a prioritized and challenging delivery and report to the Line Manager of Supply & Distribute Material Planning.


Qualifications:
• Good knowledge of all aspects of the software engineering process
• Have documented experience of assignments in .Net architecture
• Good knowledge in MSSQL databases
• Good knowledge of .Net Technology
• Relevant university degree
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Experience from Azure Cloud environment is a strong merit


Who are you?
We are looking for you who has a great passion for modern IT Architecture. You are curious and willing to learn. Focus areas today are modernization, including improving the user experience (UX), but the applications are generally backend heavy.
Complete proficiency in English and Swedish is a requirement and good presentation and communication skills are needed.


What can we offer you?
You will be a part of a senior global team with colleagues who are expert in their respective fields. The On Boarding process will ensure that you are well equipped to start your journey within Volvo. This includes a mentor program, online courses, knowledge exchange and more.
We value flexibility and work-life balance and believe in an open dialogue, feedback, and transparent communication. By joining us you will contribute to shaping future innovations and advancing existing breakthroughs.


Location for the position is Gothenburg, Sweden. The position is semi-remote and requires you to be at least 50% on-site with the team. We do not provide re-location packages for the position.


Does this sound interesting? Do you have any questions?


Contacts:
Ronny Kangas, Delivery Manager, Volvo Group Digital & IT
Mail: ronny.kangas@volvo.com
Mobile: +46 73 9021062


Sam Vive, HR, Volvo Group Digital & IT
Mail: sam.vive@volvo.com
Mobile: +46 739026795


Union representatives:
Akademikerna - Therese Koggdal, +46 470 387855
Unionen – Lajla Dahlsjö, +46 31 3224575​
Ledarna - Ulrika Holmberg, +46 31 3225071


We are happy to get your application. Application screening will start immediately.


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