Purchasing Head of Heavy-Duty E-mobility Projects,

Purchasing Head of Heavy-Duty E-mobility Projects, Gothenburg
GTP Supply Network Resiliency & Project Management


Who are we?


Supply Network Resiliency & Project Management (SNR&PM) Purchasing is a global organization within Volvo Group Truck Purchasing (GTP) with a holistic responsibility over the product project portfolio, supplier capacity planning, development, and crisis management.
We deliver customer value via end-to-end product evolution ownership and resilient supply network. We enable the best performance and customer success outcomes while fully coordinated with several Volvo brands and functions.
We develop strong relationships with our suppliers, leading to full transparency and proactive visibility.
We organize an effective collaboration within SNR&PM network of purchasing teams spread across different sites/regions.


We are now looking for a colleague who would like to join our dynamic and goal-oriented team. We are proud to say that in our team we create TRUST by the way of working with peers and colleagues. We deliver with world-class PERFORMANCE both hard and soft. We have fun at work and show PASSION in what we do. CUSTOMER SUCCESS is guiding us in the decisions. We CHANGE to stay ahead, and we continuously improve every day.
Ready for a challenge? Good! Because we are ready for you.


What is your Mission?


Even though we operate in a business-to-business environment it is the people who make the difference. It is important that you are a trusted leader and that you radiate passion when developing your team and your business.


As Purchasing Head of Heavy-Duty E-mobility Projects, your responsibility is to secure the readiness of E-mobility projects for the Heavy Duty scope working hand in hand with the line organizations.
You represent GTP for the Heavy-Duty scope in different foras and cross functional committees.
You are leading the Gothenburg-based department gathering all E-mobility Project Managers Purchasing (PMPs). Size of the team is estimated to 6 PMPs: you will love leading this team, as they have such a great soft & hard skill.


Main Responsibilities


You are responsible for the development, leadership, and engagement within your team as well as securing purchasing deliverables for Heavy Duty E-mobility projects. You will contribute to product roadmap by providing GTP inputs with strong coordination with lines organizations. Communication with stakeholders will be key.
You are a key member of the strategic line for the GTP Project Management area, and you are a strong contributor within the global network of GTP project organizations. You are also a member of SNR&PM extended management team.


Competence & Experience


For this role, we believe it is the right mindset that will make a difference within our organization. If you see yourself working in an environment that challenges you to combine your strategic approach with a more hands on attitude, then we believe you have the right attitude to be successful in this position. You have excellent communication skills and an excellent ability to manage stakeholders. We also expect you to have the ability to manage diversity and offer opportunities for personal/professional development, as we are a multicultural organization who believe that the best results are accomplished while working together, valuing our differences, and learning continuously.


We also believe that you
Act as a trusted leader and coach your organization
Influence the continuous improvement and our learning culture, driving transformation to create positive change
Have an inspiring leadership that embraces diversity and builds effective teams
Be able to deal with the issues that arise when navigating in unknown terrain

Kindly note that due to GDPR, we will not accept applications via mail. Please use our career site.