Purchasing Manager – Uptime Vehicle Europe

Do you enjoy being engaged in your work, being professional in everything you do and are prepared to go that extra mile? If yes – then the Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) is the right place for you. GTP provides competitive advantages to the Volvo Group by selecting high performing suppliers to deliver the best possible products & services with the right quality output, that adds real business value for our customers and now we want you to join our team.


THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES
The essences of Uptime & Adaptation (U&A) team purpose is to be responsive to 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, characterizes the solutions developed in collaboration with GTT, GTO and European brands teams.
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 Uptime Vehicle, you will lead a team of buyers whose primary mission is to secure best in class, time to market, innovative solutions to optimize the parts availability and services towards the end customer.
You act as the owner of your business portfolio and are fully accountable for the QDCF-TSR performance of the supplier base on your scope. You also drive and manage the interface between purchasing and key stakeholders.
You are responsible for the development, leadership and engagement within your team as well as securing purchasing deliverables within your business portfolio. You drive the department activities towards the wanted position and secure needed communication with your main stakeholders.


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 X-functional meetings
Contribute actively to the strategic line activities with Uptime colleagues from other regions
Secure set targets and KPIs 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:
Knowledge in current and future business trends, technology and markets
Ability to communicate, inspire and drive result
Ability to handle uncertainty and the unexpected and can holds things together during tough times
Provide direct & actionable feedback
Team oriented and putting value in trust-based collaboration
University degree in Engineering/technology and/or Business Administration

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


If you have questions, please contact me:
Simon Claudel, VP Uptime and Adaptation, +33665859211
Jenny Lilliehöök, HRBP +46 739 029057