Logistics Project Leader for Volvo Cars 🚗

For Volvo Cars we are looking for a Logistics Project Leader.

They are people who want to make a difference.

Everything they do starts with people. It’s what makes them different from all other car companies. If you share their belief in the power of people and their passion for human-centric innovation, you will thrive together with brilliant, like-minded colleagues who are committed to making a true difference?

As their brand grows and the ambitions of the company become increasingly bold and future oriented, the challenges for Outbound Network Design EMEA & Intercontinental grows equally.

They are on the exciting journey to change the way mobility is provided, how vehicles are developed, produced, maintained, and sold and Network Design of vehicle distribution has an important part in this journey.

This is a consulting assignment where you will be employed through us at Wrknest and work at Volvo Cars. You have a good chance of being employed by Volvo Cars after the consulting assignment.

What Volvo Cars offer

They are Outbound Logistics Engineering EMEA & Intercontinental and are part of the Supply Chain Management family and their mission is to drive the design and implementation of the most optimized vehicle distribution network for the company and strategic affiliates.

If you are interested in vehicle distribution and network optimization this is the time for you to join their team! They are in the process of redesigning our EMEA and intercontinental network to support their commercial strategy going forward as well as being a cost-efficient function with a strong commitment towards sustainability. Their business is radically transforming with the ambition to focus on electric vehicles, direct to consumer business, new commercial offers and superior growth.

This implies that their distribution network needs to radically transform to support the success of our new business models while at the same time support the profitable growth and sustainability target.

What you will do

As a Logistics Engineer within Outbound Network Design you will be responsible to drive network optimization initiatives from idea generation to implementation in order to achieve the most optimized distribution from a cost, service and sustainability perspective. In this job, key is to establish and leverage strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. This function is critical in the success of managing the finished vehicle distribution, and in assuring that vehicles are delivered to customers on time, every time, and with good quality.

Who we believe you are

Skills and experiences are important, but personality is key! They need someone with high inner drive, a positive mindset, a willingness to learn and a can-do attitude! They believe that you build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, consistently achieve results and are actively seeking new ways to grow.

You make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. You gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity as well as you have an ability to explain complex ideas in a simplified manner and comfortable presenting to senior management. You follow through on your ideas and your commitments. You balance the interests of everyone, and you are proactive in shaping expectations from stakeholders as well as communicate your expectations clearly. You want to work in an environment where decisions are made quickly and implemented over years.

You have proven knowledge and experience in Logistics Engineering and Network Design and strong project management skills and experience from cross-functional projects. You drive results effectively and put the customer in focus in everything you do. You have capabilities to present solutions with fact-based arguments with a strategic mindset and with a global perspective.

You have strong analytical capabilities as well as great communication skills that you use to build close collaboration in projects. Your strong problem-solving approach make it possible to drive results and create value to Volvo Cars group with a high level of business insight and innovation.

You’re in a place in your career and development where you are comfortable stepping up and being seen as the expert both by your peers and by other functions in the company. You deliver with pride and you listen with the humbleness of not knowing everything.

You keep up to date with what is happening around you both in your job and in the wider world and you work to anticipate the implications of those developments, business ideas or opportunities in the market and you create the strategy to address that future.

You have a university degree within engineering or Business education with in major in Supply Chain Management and is fluent in English. Experience from Power BI and/or Tableau, Excel, Network Design Tools, Transport Management Systems is seen as an advantage.

As a Logistic Engineer within Outbound Logistics, you will play a crucial role for the future success of their transformation.

Additional information

Start: January
Place: Göteborg
Form of employment: Full-time 40h/week

Does this sound interesting? We are looking forward to reading your application.