Product Manager - Retail Agent Sales

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 do we offer?
Volvo Cars are on an ambitious journey to redefine the customer experience related to car usage and ownership. Combining digital technologies and innovative services, we are committed to offer the most personal solutions in mobility. While Volvo Cars are pushing the boundaries within electrification, design, safety leadership, sustainability and more – some of the most exciting action is happening in online sales.

We are building up Volvo Cars online sales capabilities and driving the shift towards a D2C business model. Our aim is clear – to provide customers with modern, flexible and hassle-free ways to own a car, whether through a Care by Volvo subscription, lease, loan or cash. By that, shaping the future of the automotive industry. With such high ambitions, Volvo Cars are undergoing a radical transformation in the way we design, build, and improve our digital products and offers. Located in our Global Online Experience (GOX) product cluster organisation, the Future Retail & Assisted Shopping cluster is looking for customer-obsessed, relentless individuals who can help us achieve our targets.

What you’ll do
We are looking for a Product Manager Retail Agent Sales who take responsibility to develop and continuously enhance an integrated sales management solution for our retail partners, allowing them to efficiently manage their interactions and relationships with prospects and customers for our online direct business.

It will be your team’s ambition to turn the retail sales management solution into a one-stop, intuitive direct selling solution that is accessible from any device, enables an outstanding customer experience and maximizes the efficiency of retail partner sales operations. You and your team will play a decisive role in helping us to further grow our online direct sales business to the next levels by further expanding the set of sales management tools available to our retail partners and making it suit the needs of the everchanging automotive offer landscape.

You will develop the long-term product vision, tactical product release strategy, and drive execution of product releases based on an integrated understanding of customer behavior, business direction, anticipated market trends and the latest retail shopping technologies. It will also be your task to initiate and lead the collaboration with key stakeholders within Volvo Cars which is required to ensure commercial success.

You will lead a cross-functional matrixed team and work in close partnership with engineers, designers, analysts, and scrum masters in your team. 

You and your skills
You are a customer- and user-obsessed leader and accountable for the success and business impact of your product. You have a passion for sales and possess sound knowledge of retail sales processes in the automotive landscape. You solve problems going from the customer requirements based on consumer insights and data to how the technology works, and have an ability to quickly translate a business opportunity or need into product and technology dependencies. We also believe that you have an entrepreneurial mindset and are motivated by commercial success.

* 3+ years of Product Management, preferably in a retail or sales environment 
* Skilled at leading, influencing and developing cross-functional matrixed teams to successfully deliver against multi-track roadmaps
* Proven track record of successfully implementing new concepts or programs in a fast-paced, digital retail environment
* Bachelor's degree required; MBA or graduate degree preferred; education concentrated in business or technology fields is preferred
* Possess strong decision making and prioritization skills with the ability to think end-to-end 
* Excellent communicator, you are used to interacting with a wide set of stakeholders and to get buy-in for your ideas and roadmaps


Location
Preferably HQ Gothenburg or Stockholm

Contact & Application
Please apply via the link provided no later than February 21st. Applications and CV's will not be accepted via email. In this process, we work with continuous selection.
If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Senior Recruiter Karl Neuman at karl.neuman@volvocars.com