SR Supply Partner Development Engineer - E-mob

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.
Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.  
This is us

Volvo Group offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and team-focused environment. To work with us is to work with some of the world’s most iconic brands, and to be part of a reputation that has been earned for over a century. Each of our individual actions collectively defines who we are as a company and how the world sees us.
The diverse team you join currently consist of 5 members with mixed background, age, gender, and nationality. We work both with individual and common tasks and support each other as needed. As a senior engineer we expect you to take lead in critical and complex cases but also to train, mentor and coach other engineers.


What you will do

In a fast-changing environment, Volvo more than ever needs a robust Supply Chain, whit in electromobility,  to fulfil its engagement in front of customers, shareholders, and society. To create a world class supply chain, we need you to assess the performance of key supply partners.
We are creating a vital link between our supply chain, our factories, and our customers. As Senior Lean Manufacturing Engineer you will be developing and improving supply partner performance in terms of capacity, efficiency etc. In this role you will apply lean principles and tools to map and analyse manufacturing systems and complete supply chains and suggest improvements. You will coach and challenge supply partner management in implementation to secure we reach our targets.

Who are you?

To succeed in the role, we think you are a seasoned lean coach or have worked in a similar role before where you have been applying lean principles and tools hands on and worked with senior management to drive change. In this role you collaborate cross functionally with buyers, supplier quality engineers, cost engineers and other stakeholders. Therefore, we believe you thrive when you get to interact and team up with people. You communicate effectively and adapt to prevailing circumstances.

With your technical background and analytical outlook, you drive improvement actions together with the supply partners. You tackle challenges as they arise and switch between the helicopter perspective and detail focus. We believe that you are able to drive your own agenda and to prioritize as you will often be involved in multiple tasks. In addition, you have the ability to crunch data and quantify improvements into financial measurables. You create a professional environment in which you encourage supply partners to develop themselves to improve their performance.

Main requirements
•    University degree, preferably within engineering
•    Strong lean background with hands-on experience of applying lean principles and tools in a pragmatic way
•    Great leadership skills with ability to challenge senior management with bold new ideas and directions
•    Experience in training others in lean principles and tools
•    Fluent in English, both written and spoken
•    Ready to travel to supply partners in Europe up to 50% of the time and sometimes with short notice


Ready for the next move?

Curious and have questions? Call the hiring manager!
Henrik Wiktorsson, Head of Supply Partner Development, E-mobility (+46 76 553 50 17)


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Who we are and what we believe in 
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Group Trucks Purchasing has 125 BSEK in purchasing annual spend and 2,550 supply chain partners in serial production. We deliver the best possible products and service that bring value to our customers through scouting and working with high performing supply chain partners. We support Volvo Group's mission ‘Driving prosperity through transport solutions' through sustainability, business ethics and innovation. Joining us means working in a global context with 1,400 colleagues from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities across 25 countries while contributing to the core business and results of Volvo Group.