Strategy Manager

Service Market Logistics, part of Volvo Group Trucks Operations, serves all brands and business areas by managing and optimizing service parts availability and distribution to secure customer uptime. Through our operations, we provide world class service focusing on delivery precision, quality, continuous improvement, cost efficiency and synergies delivering value all the way to our customers. We embrace innovation and new technologies and work with environmental care and sustainability at heart. Our footprint consists of 40 distribution centers and 3,800 employees worldwide, and we strive for an innovative and diverse workplace, exercising the Volvo Group values with high focus on Customer Success. We are Proud to Deliver. Making a Difference. For People. Every Day.


Are you an experienced professional looking for rewarding and exciting working days in a dynamic organization? Our team is expanding, and we believe you could be our new colleague!


About Us


Volvo Group’s Service Market Logistics (SML) is a fantastic, always-evolving workplace. Success for our customer is dependent on that the machine they bought keeps running. SML’s task is to secure that when they need a service part, it is available to them. The bus that takes your kids to school, the back-up generator that keeps the hospital going, or the truck that delivers groceries to your store. Every second across the globe, one order line is shipped from SML, to keep Volvo Group’s products running.


We are in the middle of an exciting digitalization journey, shaping the world we live in. On this journey we want to lead and drive the yearly SML strategy, connect it to our KPI´s and our target settings and together with the Executive Management Team work with follow up and support in our strategic areas. This is where you come in!


Key Responsibilities as a Strategy Manager


As a Strategy Manager you will suggest improvements to existing business strategies and define problems and strategic solutions. Included is also to define, own and improve the strategy process and development of the same within SML. You will work with scoping, analyzing, preparing, and presenting strategy checks, ensure the alignment of activities towards the main direction of our strategy. Identifying risks and opportunities for SML and support the development of long-term organizational strategy is another part of the role. You will also build and nurture strong advisory relationships with key external and internal senior stakeholders. You will conduct research and analyses of operational effectiveness, processes and stakeholders and access market trends and competitors. You will then present your findings, projections, and recommended actions to support, prioritize and guide senior executive decision-making processes.


Who are you?


If you already have a strong understanding of SML business and operations that will be of great help for you in this position.


We believe that it is important to have project management skills and strong leadership skills in this role. As you work closely together with others, we value excellent communication and interpersonal skills. We hope that you really enjoy planning and that you have great organizational skills.


If you have a background in the strategy area, experience in process ownership and development of strategic process that is also a great advantage.


We know that no one knows everything. Therefore, we strongly believe in the power of the team, of building on each other’s strengths and competences. We also believe that in a diverse and inclusive environment, where we learn and grow. So, if you are not ‘ticking all boxes’, don’t worry. But to fit into this culture you should be a team player and have a growth mindset, to develop yourself but also to help other people grow.