Plant Supplier Performance Management Engineer

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.

Who we are and what we offer
At Plant Supplier Performance Management (SPM) we are responsible for Volvo Cars suppliers base and supplier performance management. We ensure that suppliers deliver parts in required quality and quantity and, on time. We are involved from pre-series to end of production. 

The Supplier Performance Management Engineer is responsible for solving all deviation from suppliers through the 8D process, both technical and logistical. During running phase, we are involved into Quality deviations and are working closely with Plant Quality, Plant SCC and site SQM. Plant SPM team are playing an important role to secure Volvo quality and actions together with the supplier. 

What you’ll do
In the role as a Plant Supplier Performance Management Engineer, you will get to be involved in all phases of the Volvo Cars supplier business, from project phases and all the way to running production and aftermarket!

Your main responsibility will be to make secure supplier performance in running operations to continuously improve their Quality & Delivery running production, you will be a key player in their performance and development. This will be done in close collaboration together with our colleagues within the Global Category. You will also take lead for activities connected to escalated Quality and Delivery incidents.

You and your skills 
To succeed in this role, you have a Technical University degree (or equivalent).  To be successful in this role we believe that you have extensive experience from Quality and/or Engineering work. You have experience in Supplier Quality performance assurance or experience from working with supplier quality assurance tools and processes (VSIM, PPAP, FMEA, 8D etc.). You are fluent in English, both written and spoken. 

Experience is important, but personality is key! The mobility industry is changing rapidly, and the competitive environment and our company’s strategy might change fast. Therefore, we are not only valuing your previous experience and competencies but also your personality and your passion to develop and embrace unknown future challenges and business set up.

We believe that you are someone prestige less, are courageous and curious. You take ownership for your area of responsibility and are goal oriented. You enjoy collaborating with others, internally as well as externally, and just like us, you are a team player who is honest, open and supportive! Furthermore, you have high self-drive and enjoy and promote pro-active work and mind-set as well as understanding the importance of sense of urgency for solving disturbances caused by our suppliers.

This position is located in Skövde.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Mathias Ahnstedt at mathias.ahnstedt@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Emina Dedeic at emina.dedeic@volvocars.com. We want your application at the latest January 23th, 2023. Please note that due to GDPR applications and CVs via email will not be accepted. 
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