Uptime Buyer Special Tools & Chemicals

This isn’t any longer a conventional commercial vehicle company. An increasing global population and a booming e-commerce contribute to rising demand for construction and transportation. Climate change, congested cities, hazardous road and working conditions call for future transportation technology and systems solutions that are safer, cleaner and more efficient. This transformation journey needs to be sustainable both for the success of Volvo Group and for the survival of our planet.


This is where you come into the picture.


We believe that you enjoy working in an agile and challenging environment with high focus on the customer. That you want to drive changes and bring innovations in a multicultural environment. That you embrace continuous improvements and enjoy working in teams. That are you self-driven, service minded and target oriented.
We are looking to hire a new colleague in Uptime & Adaptation in the Uptime Vehicle team. You will be based in either in Gothenburg or Lyon and we at Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing are looking for forward to your application.


What is our offer to you?


Volvo mission is to drive prosperity in the transport industry and one of the foundation stone is the customer success! Fulfilling customers’ demands rapidly and keep our promises by having their product up and running during its complete life cycle is exiting but might be also a true challenge. That requires a change in mindset and to be innovative, capturing creative supply solutions on the market as well as driving it together with our preferred suppliers.
Typically, we need to challenge design, conventional purchasing methods and manufacturing technologies so that customers get their product quickly after they order! Rapidity and agility is key and it is becoming a standard in customer’s mind.
Are you ready to take the ride and embrace the challenge?


This is your mission


As Uptime Buyer, you will be responsible for a purchasing portfolio of parts delivered to Volvo warehouses globally. You will be leading the purchasing activities on your scope with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the customers maximum satisfaction.


Your main responsibilities are:
Manage your Uptime portfolio
Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers in order to secure the best QDCF-TSR performance
Highlight improvement opportunities and drive negotiations
Drive supply chain optimization (SCO), low performance supplier improvement activities
Forecast prices evolution
Manage risk mitigation and crisis activities
Build and maintain a strong relationship with internal cross-functional stakeholders such as Service Market Logistics, Commodity and Project buyers, Spare Part engineering, Brands, Quality etc.
Lead Performance Reviews with suppliers and contribute to Business Review Meetings with suppliers (BRMs)
Propose resourcing activities if needed; drive activities related to the supplier switch
Own and develop the global Segment Business Plans
Scout and seek for the best suppliers plus bring creative and innovative solutions on this segment on the whole value chain (challenge design, sourcing & contract, procurement)
Foster the Volvo values (customer success, trust, passion, change and performance)



The ticket to ride


At Volvo Group we believe in the concept ‘Hire for attitude, train for skills’. Therefore, what’s most important to get the opportunity to join us on journey is that you have ability to motivate, engage and involve others with passion for innovation. Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen, customer focus with a holistic view and ability to communicate with facts, to sell concepts and get desired support.
An important part of this job is to develop our organization, which is why strategic ability, service minded and target oriented approach plus integrity and trust based collaborations are your strengths. You have also demonstrated perseverance, positive mindset and analytical skills.


We also believe that you have:
Master degree in Business, Engineering, supply chain or related field
High effective written and verbal communication (English)
Experience negotiating and interacting with suppliers
Willingness to travel from occasionally to frequently based on ongoing activities



Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or if you’re curious to hear more about this opportunity:


Ida Levenstam, Head of Uptime Vehicle, +46 76 553 8706


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