Supplier Development Engineer

Do you want to contribute to Building tomorrow’s purchasing? Do you want to be part of a diverse and dynamic organization? Are you interested to drive continuous improvement activities with suppliers? If the answers are yes, then you may be the right person for this.




THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES


Supplier Development Europe team is a diverse group of colleagues respecting Volvo group values (change, customer success, passion, trust, and performance) that creates a high performing culture. We are an effective and efficient one team organization with a lot of experience in Quality management and Lean manufacturing. We are building tailored Supplier development programs with our suppliers to boost Quality, Sustainability, Capacity, Cost performance and aligning suppliers’ strategies with our purchasing goals and expectations.


ROLE DESCRIPTION


Key responsibilities will include building strong relationship with suppliers that creates benefits for both parties. You will be responsible for new parts development activities, joining project teams internally, then connect with suppliers and, if needed, sub suppliers. You will also be a part of creation and execution of purchasing strategies, and with that comes encouraging our suppliers for development and increase innovation.


As part of your role you will identify risks at your supply base and build teams that preventively work to eliminate or mitigate them. Sustainability and capacity management are also an important part of your new role, as well as continuous improvement.




WHO ARE YOU?


We are looking for a colleague who has an agile character, is eager to learn and improve. You have a positive and entrepreneurial mindset and always looking for the next target to reach. You are experienced in driving project management in an effective way and have knowledge about product development.


Your communicational capability makes it easy for you to make contact with both internal and external stakeholders, you have the ability to manage and influence others, as well as you are structured and focused on the execution. You are analytic and have a sustainable mindset. We think that you are comfortable in meeting and working cross-functional and are able to work within remote management, and also to have parallel activities going on.


KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE we are looking for
University degree in engineering or similar
Experience from quality/production area
Knowledge in supply chain management and Lean manufacturing
Electrical mobility knowledge preferable
Good communication skills in English

For more information: Henrique Carreao, Head of SDE Powertrain, Emob and Driveline +46 76 940 9335


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Trade Union contacts:
Kicki Höller, Unionen, +46 16 541 4444
Patrik Sandberg, Akademikerna, +46 16 541 6229
Pasi Järvelä, Ledarna, +46 16 541 5682