Strategic Purchaser - Indirect Purchasing MRO

Strategic Purchaser - Indirect Purchasing Maintenance Repair and Operations

At Purchasing, you are part of a global team with the mission to develop and maintain a world-class supplier base. Ensuring the supply of materials and services - at the right cost, quality and technology - is essential for the success of Volvo Car Group. Ultimately, it's all about cooperating with people inside and outside the company to create a superior experience for the people who buy and drive a Volvo.

At Indirect Purchasing Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) we purchases supplies, spare parts and maintenance services to our factories and R&D pilot plant in Sweden and Belgium. This includes articles such as personal protection, cutting tools, hand tools, abrasives and spare parts for mechanical, electrical, hydraulic machinery and equipment. We maintain and develop the supplier base, negotiates agreements and lay strategies for purchasing and commercial arrangements. The team consists of seven people, each responsible for their own commodity.

As a Strategic Purchaser within MRO you will be an important participant in sourcing processes to our car plants in Europe. You are responsible for commodity business plans and supply base development in order to improve the commercial performance and being the driving force to continuously contribute to strategic, tactical and commercial improvement. The suppliers are global and the stakeholders are situated in both Sweden and Belgium. You will also cooperate with the Indirect Purchasing buyers in China and US to find the best global sourcing synergies. It is therefore important that you have a good holistic understanding, a strategic view and ability to cooperate in an international environment.

Main responsibilities

* Obtain best commercial outcome for Volvo Car Group specific to your commodities
* Develop global sourcing synergies and best practices for purchasing
* Participate and negotiate in major RFQs
* Have the holistic view of the MRO commodity
* Strive to attain constant improvements and increase efficiency by e.g. establishing a supplier base in accordance to Volvo Car Group overall strategies
* Define and maintain Commodity Business Plan on assigned global commodities, including implementation and follow-up
* Develop relationships with global key suppliers to ensure best pricing, quality and delivery
* Ensure the market intelligence and the technical trends for concerned commodities
* Validate new supplier introduction
* Lead special task force assignments

Required qualifications

* B.Sc in Economics or Engineering
* Experience from working in a strategic purchasing role or previous experience from leading projects, preferably with indirect purchasing
* Experience from negotiations in global organisations with focus on commercial targets
* Driver's license, B-level
* Fluent in English, written and spoken
* Experience from working within the automotive industry is meritorious

Personal qualities

* Strong business acumen combined with high integrity
* Strategic understanding and the ability to put into practice
* Strong ability for team work and leadership skills
* Ability to lead and complete tasks independently
* Confidence to act in an international environment
* Driven and diplomatic with a positive mind-set
* Technical interest and knowledge is an asset

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Stina Sörensen at +46 729 88 94 47 or by e-mail stina.sorensen@randstad.se. Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than June 8th, 2016.