OBL Transport Operations Specialist

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

Our offer
Follow Outbound Logistics process for Volvo Car Corporation. The main purpose of this role is to secure the process of car distribution. Flow starts from Factory complete until the car is delivered to the Dealer, Importer, Sales Company Stock Location or Hand over point.

What you’ll do
In this exciting position you will get to monitor and co-ordinate the vehicle process at Volvo Cars including transports with mainly trucks, ships, trains or any other transport model. Your tasks include staying in daily contact with Carriers, Yards, Hubs, Compounds, National Sales Companies, Customs, IT systems and Vehicle plants for operational issues (delivery performance, capacity, launches, quality etc.).

You will support whole sales and Retail deliveries targets for National Sales Companies and Importers as well as manage SRM orders (purchase orders) for Logistics services. 

You will also monitor and co-ordinate activities in:

* The Outbound logistics process incl. National Sales Companies, NSC or Importers and take decisions when deviations occur.
* Events like quarter closings, model year’s changes, car launches and NSC open door activities.
* Together with the Transport Manager set priorities and book premium transports to support the Volvo Cars business from a holistic point of view.


Who you are
We are looking for someone with a minimum of 3 years of working experience of with Logistics, or Supply chain, Outbound logistics being preferred. 

You have operational experience from Carriers, Yards/Compounds/Hubs, Vehicle plants, National Sales Companies, IT systems, Customs handling as well as Harbor operations such as car maintenance, PDI/VPC, Port Delivery & Inspection and Volvo Processing Center. You are skilled in leading and planning operations. You understand of freight forwarding rules/regulations such as inco terms/transport documentation/export documents.

It is meritorious if you have experience in IT systems:


* TMS, Transport Management System ( Kewill/IBM iHub)
* Atacq, Yard system
* CIS/Vista, Sales Order systems
* SAP for SRM orders
* Volvo internal systems like Cocpit, MSS Dashboard, Hercules/MPS


Knowledge of Volvo Cars Value chain, Volvo Cars Manufacturing System, IT systems interaction, production planning, production, distribution processes, market, sales companies and importers structures is also a plus.

How to learn more and apply
If you have any additional questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact hiring manager Kristin Gong, kristin.gong@volvocars.com or +46 072 373 5703. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Dalila on dkendic@volvocars.com. 

Please submit your application no later than August 21st 2022, and please note that due to GDPR, no applications per email can be accepted.