Purchasing Planner

Who are we?
Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

Supplier Relationship Manager
Gothenburg, Sweden

Let’s create the future together.
At Volvo Cars, we believe that being curious and truly committed to understanding people is the key to future success. We are people who care about other people, working together to create new technologies and innovations for safe, sustainable and convenient mobility. Want to join us?

About Us:
Parts Supply & Logistics (PS&L) is responsible for accessories and spare parts availability for Volvo Cars markets globally. The responsibility includes the entire material flow from supplier to customer. The business is built around central warehouses in Gothenburg, US, China, as well as additional supporting warehouses around the world. This position reports to the Senior Manager of Purchase Planning.

What you will do:
As Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM) at PS&L, you will use a systematic approach to evaluating suppliers, determining critical supplier's contribution to success, and developing strategies to improve their performance. You will proactively secure and optimize our supplier’s ability to supply parts and accessories according to agreement and beyond. You will be the link between PS&L and our main suppliers, mainly supplying business critical and/or high frequent parts. You will work in close cooperation with Supply Chain Coordinators, Demand Planners and Part Lifecycle Optimization Managers, ensuring the end-to-end volume for parts & accessories supply. You love supplier collaboration and development and are always prepared to go the extra mile to reach new levels. Every collaboration is an opportunity for you to make our customers life easier and hassle-free.

Main duties:
•    Ensure optimized KPI: s are reached (supplier availability, delivery precision, arrears etc.;
•    Secure the supplier capacity and capability according to customer need;
•    Increase flow efficiency and flexibility through optimize lead-times and order quantities;
•    Perform supplier audits;
•    Develop a mutually beneficial relationship between PS&L and our suppliers;
•    Improve X-tier supply chain processes;
•    Develop supplier collaboration supplier concept, processes, methods and IT tools etc.

Your Skills:
We believe you have an M.Sc. (Logistics, Economy, Engineering) and 3+ years of working experience within Supply Chain. You should have extensive experience with supplier audit, and production & information process improvement, and experience within project management and quality management. You have strong analytical skills, and excellent communication and presentation skills. We are a global company, and you need to be proficient in English, verbal and written. Occasional travel is required for this position as well as a B Drivers` license. 

Competence and experience are important, but personality and potential are key! 
For this position, we are looking for a result-oriented collaborator who has a strategic mindset and enjoys material flow optimization. You have interpersonal savvy and the ability to effectively build formal and informal relationship networks, inside and outside the organization. You can apply your knowledge of business and the markets to advance the organization’s goals. You are courageous and can step up to address difficult issues. If you enjoy driving change and implementations, being relations- and customer oriented, then this might be the role for you!

Curious? 
Does this sound like your new challenge? Apply by submitting your resume and cover letter in English via our recruiting system SuccessFactors by no later than the 12th August 2022. Please note that we do not accept applications through email due to GDPR. We recruit continuously and therefore advise you to send your application to us as soon as possible. For questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Cindy Wang: cindy.wang@volvocars.com and for questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Roza at roza.cizek@volvocars.com.