Senior Project Manager - Value Chain Management

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What do we offer?
Value Chain Management belongs to Supply Chain Management within the Industrial Operations & Quality cluster; where SCM function has an broad end-to-end responsibility for the complete car & parts flow, driven by functions such as Operations Planning, Inbound logistics & Packaging, Outbound logistics, Parts Supply & Logistics and Customs & Export Control. Focus is on delivering operational excellence within these areas, as well as driving change within the order-to-delivery process to shorten lead-times, improving delivery precision, increasing production stability and level production, and at the same time meet new business models and requirements to bring us into the future. 

The team Value Chain Management is a team with a holistic and broad senior expertise within business transformation and operational development together with a high team spirit. You will be part of a dedicated team that handles complex global challenges in a dynamic and fast-moving business environment with many different interfaces, internally as well as externally. Key focus areas are a new order-to-delivery system, meeting online direct & retail sales, improvement for the supply chain transformation, all for an efficient material and car flow supported by extensive digital development. We continuously strive to improve and develop, and we value having fun together!

Do you like to be part of a highly collaborative team dedicated to deliver great results at high pace? 
Then you should continue to read more about the job below.

What you will do
In general, the projects or tasks that you handle have a strong focus on full supply chain in planning, ordering, inbound & distribution flow within Volvo Cars industrial and commercial business arenas. Pending on project scope this covers the full range of activities from operational strategy development, concept design to solution implementation. 

You will be the key player who handles business case development, realize business outcomes and improvements based on digital solutions on a more cross-functional level cooperating with many different stakeholders, enabling to bring out the best solutions into each business needs. Beside this you perform change management and communicate within all levels in the company around your projects, which also requires that you spend some time with the preparation of management or communication material.  

In short, you will be the driver in the projects, for industrial and commercial activities with an end-to-end responsibility under your scope.

You and your skills
We see that you have extensive experience in handling projects and that you bring experience & proven business knowledge from at least two different areas, within either supply chain, operations planning, industrial systems, commercial systems, Digital (IT) or procurement.

We think that you have experience from building, maintaining and utilizing internal/external cross-functional networks. Furthermore, your skills are excellent when it comes to stakeholder management alongside strong skills in relationship buildings. You as a person hold a healthy dose of creativity and a strategic outlook combined with strong analytical skills and methods, with proven ability to translate vision into action.

We also think that you are an excellent communicator with the ability to convey messages on all levels, finding yourself comfortable in a constantly changing work environment and excited to realize business outcomes based on digital solutions. 
Most likely, you have a Business or Technical Master’s degree but most of all you will contribute both with your skills and sprit to the team.

How to apply and connect
Don’t wait with your application! We will start the selection process immediately.

If you have any additional questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Magnus Blomstrand at magnus.blomstrand@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Lotta Ericsson at lotta.ericsson@volvocars.com.  

To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via our system as soon as possible, but no later than 6th of June 2021. Please submit your application in English. Note that we are not able to handle any applications via email in the recruitment process due to GDPR regulations so please apply via our recruitment system, thanks! 
The position will be based in Gothenburg/Sweden.

Welcome with your application!