Team manager

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

We are now searching for an experienced Team Manager (TM) with perceptive leadership skills.  
To succeed in this role, we believe you need a passion for leading and developing others, enjoy empowering people and embrace an agile mindset and culture.   

What's in it for you
You will be part of the product area Supply Chain Management & Procurement (SCM & P) Digital, located in the unit Product Creation & Industrial Digital, as a vital team member on our exciting journey to transform Volvo Cars.   
With a strong focus on servant leadership, culture, and transformation you will together with your teams work towards our company´s strategic agenda. Enabling efficient software & hardware engineering and UX development with end-to-end responsibility for the operation, development, methods/processes, support, and education.  

As a TM within SCM & P Digital, you’ll be part of our engaged and inspiring management team working to continuously improve how we cooperate to support our Product area. 

What you’ll do  
As a Team Manager within the Core Supply Chain Logistics (SCL) cluster, and more specifically within the Parts Supply & Logistics (PS&L) domain, you will be responsible for;  
• Empowering and inspiring others; developing people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and feedback  
• Removing impediments that may hinder teams’ performance   
• Creating a working environment in which uncertainty can be handled  
• Energizing people; create an environment where people are motivated and happy  
• Competence development for your team members; create an environment where people are challenged, invited to learn, and stay motivated  
• Establish a People plan together with Product Manager/Product Owners to match our product roadmap short, mid, and long term  

You are expected to support, challenge, and develop the organization and culture with a focus on the members of your team. You will also be responsible for staffing our product teams so that they can meet current and future demands and foster a strong engineering culture in our product area.  

Who you are: 
We are looking for you who have previous experience in leading people, in developing others by using coaching, mentoring, feedback and stretch assignments to support Volvo Cars learning culture.  You have experience and a good understanding of Agile Frameworks (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, Design Thinking, SAFe) to apply Agile ways of working.
As a person, you have strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills and know how to influence and organize people and activities into an efficient workflow.  You have an Agile mindset and behavior and self-leadership and development.  We see that you have strong relationship management and business acumen and shaping a competitive customer-focused culture.  Lastly, you are effective in problem solving and decision making.

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:
• Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.
• At Volvo Car Group, all new parents with one year’s active permanent service now receive 24 weeks of parental leave, paid at 80 percent of their base pay. The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator, whether you work in Sweden, China, or the USA. Read more here: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars 
• Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
• An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.

How to learn more and apply   
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than the 7th of August, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email.
For questions about the position, please contact Product Area Lead “SCM & P Digital”, Pieterjan Landuyt, pieterjan.landuyt@volvocars.com   
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter, Abigail Gonzalez, abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com