Procurement Manager Digital & Projects

Help us power sustainable mobility.

Aurobay is looking for a Procurement Manager Digital & Projects. As our Procurement Manager Digital & Projects, you will have the responsibility to develop and manage cross-functional, operational and upstream tools globally, coaching and cooperating with all stakeholders in our organization. You will be driving workstreams in our Procurement Excellence Program throughout all development activities ensuring sustainable and resilient, efficient, and compliant business processes and systems.

Aurobay Procurement has started an exciting journey to drive operational excellence and to become an innovative, cooperative, and customer focused procurement organization. We are working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders to innovate and pool our skills to address risks and improve outcomes for our customers, factories, colleagues, and their communities. Our focus is to develop & empower an inclusive community and ecosystem in a resilient and business driven environment.

There are unlimited possibilities at Aurobay for collaborative people who are ready to make the difference. We are re-imagining motion for a brighter future. Exploring how to push our environmental impact towards zero. Designing tomorrow’s powertrain solutions for automotive and beyond. Join us on our journey!

What will you do?

- Lead and manage the Procurement Digital Strategic Roadmap, as well as workstreams and projects in our Procurement Excellence Program throughout all stages ensuring an innovative, flexible, sustainable, and compliant procurement toolbox.
- Lead execution of business transition plans to ensure new capabilities are implemented and be our Procurement business lead in the digital Becoming Aurobay initiatives.
- Coordinate activities with the Aurobay digital organization and assume ownership of the digital landscape from a strategic business perspective.
- Ensure upstream tools for tactical and strategic procurement including ecosystem management, category management, cross functional transparency.
- Evaluate and research new tools and capabilities on the market, collecting relevant data and user stories to support case development and project implementation, to create sustainable resilience and enable data-as-an-asset.
- Be the major facilitator (center of competence), of the digital tools and capabilities within our network. Coach and train buyers, suppliers and stakeholders in the Aurobay business partner integration.
- Proactively initiate and drive projects within the digital and procurement strategic framework to achieve the corporate Vision and Mission.




Do you fit the profile?

We believe you have an academic degree, or the equivalent working experience, but most importantly we are looking for a person with the right drive, skills and mindset.

- Experience from hands on work with, and implementation of, digital tools for the procurement profession, strategic-tactical-operational, covering from customer value focused strategies, Source to Contract and Procure to Pay. Deep insight in the leverage from visualization and transparency based collaboration.


- Experience from developing and transforming business using digital procurement appliances.
- Experience from behavioral disruption and transformation projects.
- Project leadership experience.
- A background from procurement, as well as experience from, and interest in, industrial development and production will be a meritous qualification.



We believe you have:

- Business and user understanding of digital tools and abilities for the procurement profession, among others S4/Hana and Ariba or similar relevant procurement tools.
- Engaged change leader with documented track record of driving transformation. Solid interest in project leadership and analytics.
- Good understanding of strategic sourcing and the upstream toolbox for procurement and ecosystem collaboration.
- High communication and collaboration skills. Credible and persuasive.
- Good eye for details and with good time and project management skills, with ability to manage conflicting priorities.
- Solution oriented, analytical, driven with the ability to see potential of improvement in daily operations and business.
- Good understanding of data concepts, data modeling and master data mapping.
- Experience from working in matrix organizations as well as from global cooperation and transformation.



For you to be successful in this position you need to ensure tight collaboration and transparency within our area both internally and externally.

- A personal drive to continuously challenge existing patterns and structures to find innovative and resilient disruptions both in business and process

- Highly self-motivated, openminded and energetic, structured, and communicative.
- When collaborating with stakeholders, you are confident with the ability to build relationships, influence and provide advice to key decision makers. You focus on achieving collective success in individual and team projects.


The role will be a vital part, with accountability and responsibilities, of the strategic digital leverage for procurement.



How to apply

For questions regarding the position please contact Hiring Manager Niclas Hjerdin, niclas.hjerdin@volvocars.com, questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Felicia Eriksson, felicia.eriksson@volvocars.com.

Your application should include CV and cover letter, written in English. We will continuously evaluate candidates before deadline, so please send in your application as soon as possible.

Please note that due to GDPR we can’t handle applications via email.

We welcome your application by March 1, 2022 at the latest.

About Aurobay

Aurobay develops and manufactures world-class powertrain solutions for a global market. A pioneering venture that brings together Volvo Cars’ powertrain business with Geely, Aurobay is the brand name for Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB. With a heritage of more than 100 years of continuous powertrain innovation, our 2,900 employees in Sweden and China work across engine production, R&D and sales.