SEGMENT LEADER - SENIOR BUYER

What we do in our Team?
The axle team is based at Gothenburg (Sweden) and Lyon (France) and part of the Volvo Group Truck Purchasing organization.
The Axle team is characterized by a close collaboration with our supplier base to integrate the solution that will bring a real value to our product offering. In our daily work, this collaboration approach is constantly strengthened with the aim to shift to a partnership.
The team manage the global purchasing strategy of axles and propshaft with our internal stakeholders (brands, engineering, and manufacturing) and the end-to-end business for Europe and KD.


What is the job ?
As a Segment Leader, you will be accountable of the elaboration of the segment strategic and its implementation in all the regions, and the global QDCF TSR of the segment.


Main tasks of your segment leader role:
Leading the cross-functional team responsible for defining and implementing a segment business plan.
Promote and ensure a strong collaboration between buyers working in your segments and strategic vendor managers by capitalizing on inputs towards segment strategies, negotiation tactics and leveraging
Build/update segments strategies by being part of the early phase investigations with our engineering teams
Drive the development of the segment strategy and purchasing process to support Volvo’s strategic objectives
Lead strategic sourcing projects to completion in collaboration with cross-functional teams
Strengthening Volvo’s competitive advantage by understanding the business needs and the supplier market
Manage and develop the supplier base, using categorization, segmentation, evaluation, etc. in order to establish the appropriate levels of relationship
Manage the segments in a QDCFTSR mindset
Drive Strategic line activities with global Team
Drive optimization, synergies and share best practices within the Volvo Group
Negotiate upcoming requests and contracts with suppliers
Actively contribute to the team development, by bringing improvement ideas, support your peers, coaching buyers when relevant, sharing good cases

Who are you ?
As a person we believe that you are an experienced buyer, a business oriented mindset with both a financial and technical understanding. You enjoy the challenge of having contact with important suppliers and you also have a strong communication and networking skills. In addition to this you enjoy driving your own work and taking initiatives, with a team player attitude.


Qualifications:
University degree (Master), preferably in engineering or business
Motivated by change management and ability to drive change
Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Multicultural experience is an asset
Excellent communication and networking skills
Creative and solution-oriented mindset
Ownership/Accountability
Positive mindset and team player
Business Acumen
Negotiation skills
Learning on the fly
Self-driven and autonomous
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with counterparts
Analytical skills
Willingness to learn from others and share best practices

If you are interested in joining a new challenges, then pick up your phone or apply in the Volvo career site.
Saïd KEROUANI, Head of Axles +336 65 86 05 52


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