Strategic Product Planner, Chassis and Vehicle Dynamics

"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."

Do you want to be part of Strategic Product Planning, a global organization, with a focused responsibility to navigate the transformation of the Volvo Group? Do you want to be part of developing your own role and the area of User Experience and Driver Interaction? Then we might be the perfect fit!

WHO ARE WE?
At Strategic Product Planning we work with our products and service offerings from a global strategic level and through our industry knowledge we leverage holistic thinking towards a visionary Product and Service offer. Our team is brave and inclusive, and we are passionate about inspiring the organization towards the future. 
We are now looking for a new colleague to join our team.

WHAT CHALLENGE DO WE OFFER?
As a CVDE Product Planner, you will be responsible to give customer and business value input to the Roadmaps within the areas of primarily Chassis and Vehicle Dynamics (CVDE).
You will define the product plan for product updates for continuously improved customer experience from the vehicles. 
You will initiate and lead strategic studies, perform market analyses, network with universities, have close contact with Volvo Group truck brand representatives and give strategic directions to the development organizations. 
You will interact with different parts of the organization that are developing both Internal Combustion Engine and Battery Electric vehicles, to ensure that the product updates within the CVDE domain meet our complete vehicle long term targets and plans. You will frequently cooperate with colleges within Strategic Product Planning, in your own team and with all the other SPP teams.
You will search information from product, market, and initiate user/customer analyses.
You will create events in the product plan and product prerequisites to describe wanted customer experience from product updates. You will take an active part in technology work streams and give directional support to clarify the wanted customer experience from product updates.
You will take part of balancing- and follow up of product updates within the product plan.

WHO ARE YOU?
It´s highly probable that you share our passion to deliver high level of excellence in customer experience. You enjoy networking and cooperation on all levels, within product development organization, with Volvo Group truck brands; Volvo, Renault, Mack, Volvo Truck North America, other Business Units and with external development centers such as universities to mention some. You have:
•    A strong complete vehicle knowledge around chassis configurations for different applications.
•    Experience and knowledge in the CVDE technology areas; Suspensions, Axles, Steering, Brake and Suspension control systems and Thermal management.
•    Experience of strategy development.
•    Minimum 10 years of truck industry experience.
•    A business mindset
You also have a MSc or BSc degree in Engineering, are fluent in English and have good communication and presentation skills. As a person you are open minded, visionary and curious.
If you feel inspired, we really look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to our team!

For more information please contact
Elinore Axelsson, Director Vehicle Technology & Services,  Elinore.axelsson@volvo.com
Last application date 5th of february.  



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