Purchasing manager, Adaptation Parts - Uptime & Adaptation

THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES
The essence of Uptime & Adaptation (U&A) team purpose is to be responsible for customer needs and to create new business solutions with the right suppliers. Low volume offering, including mature technologies but also small-scale innovation with fast introduction, characterize the solutions developed through projects in cooperation with GTT Special Vehicle Development, and through Customers Adaptations (CA) with GTO and European brands teams.


By developing niche products with mature technologies, and by capturing small scale innovation with fast introduction, Adaptation Parts team actively contributes to Volvo Group ambition to sustain and grow low volume offering, new profitable business opportunities and customer satisfaction.


We offer you a great opportunity where you will be breaking new grounds and play an important role in leading the team forward. You will work with a fantastic and inclusive team, where we see collaboration as an important part of our daily work. We like to work hard and to have fun along the way, always with a focus to reach and deliver the best results. This sounds great, right?


Please come join us.


ROLE DESCRIPTION


As Purchasing Manager – Adaptation parts, you will lead a team of buyers whose primary mission is to secure best-in-class time to market with end-to-end part responsibility for the Customer Adaptation and Special Vehicle solutions, and you will be fully accountable for the QDCF-TSR performance of the supplier base.


You are responsible for the development, leadership, and engagement within your team as well as securing purchasing deliverables within your portfolio. You drive the department activities towards the wanted position and secure needed communication with your main stakeholders.


Close to the brands teams (Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks), your team fosters innovative solutions introduction - developed at suppliers - to deliver more value to the customers.


You also promote a strong collaboration between Buyers within Uptime and Adaptation Purchasing globally thereby capitalizing on regional inputs towards leveraging on business opportunities and developing tools and KPIs supporting the Customer Adaptation and Special Vehicle business.


Other main activities:
Be a member of Uptime & Adaptation Leadership team and in an active way contribute to the development of the department
Represent purchasing in relevant governance fora
Secure set targets and KPI fulfillment for your scope
Work in accordance with the Volvo processes, the Code of Conduct and the Volvo Values

WHO ARE YOU, OUR NEW COLLEAGUE?


To succeed in this position, we believe that you have strong leadership experience and a good ability to manage stakeholders. You are business driven with good communication skills. We also think you to have the ability to manage diversity and offer opportunities for personal and professional development. We are a multicultural organization who believe that the best results are accomplished while working together, therefore we are continuously valuing our differences and learn from this. Another key aspect you have to succeed in this position is a problem-solving mindset and an ability to act quickly and directly.


Qualifications:
Ability to communicate, inspire and drive result
Ability to handle uncertainty and the unexpected, to hold things together during tough times
Provide direct and actionable feedback
Team oriented and putting value in trust-based collaboration
Possess continuous improvement mindset
University degree in Engineering/technology and/or Business Administration
Knowledge in current and future business trends, technology, and markets

Please come join us. Apply today and let us run business together!


If you have questions, please contact me:
Simon Claudel, VP Uptime and Adaptation, +33665859211