Plant Supplier Performance Management (SPM)

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.

What you’ll do

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 the required quality and quantity and, on time. We are involved from pre-series to the end of production.

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

What you’ll bring

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 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 an important contributor to 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.

To work in this role, you have a Technical University degree (or equivalent). To be effective in this role we believe that you have extensive experience in Quality or Engineering work. You have experience in Supplier Quality performance assurance or experience 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 varied 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 desire to develop and embrace unknown future opportunities and business setups.

We believe that you are someone prestige less, courageous, and curious. You take ownership of 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 person who is honest, open, and supportive! Furthermore, you have high self-commitment and enjoy and promote pro-active work and mindset as well as understanding the importance of a sense of urgency for solving disturbances caused by our suppliers.


Want to know more? We hope so

We’d love to receive and review your application. If you want more information about the role and its responsibilities or simply learn a bit more about the team, please reach out to the hiring manager at mathias.ahnstedt@volvocars.com or the recruiter at maria.westermark@volvocars.com
We want your application by the latest March 18th, 2023. Please note that due to GDPR applications and CVs via email will not be accepted.