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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.

Are you interested in Paint Manufacturing Engineering, do you share our passion for people, the environment and our drive to create a superior manufacturing process? Then this could be the right opportunity for you, as our new Senior Core Manager ME Paint. 

Volvo Cars Manufacturing Engineering Paint is a department within Volvo Cars Manufacturing Engineering (ME) unit. We develop and implement quality assured, environmental conscious, and effective production systems in our Paint Shops worldwide. ME Paint Core is a Central team with 11 employees located in Gothenburg and Gent. The location for this position is in Gothenburg. 

What’s in it for you?
You will take the lead of a central team with 11 team members covering different engineering skills and responsibilities being Senior Core and Simulation engineers and a technical Expert. The team prepares under your lead solutions around new processes, new materials, and customer-oriented product design in early phases. You want to make a true difference creating an improved production performance in terms of Quality, Delivery, Cost and Sustainability. With the team you define Ideal state and continuously challenge status quo with network of R&D, Suppliers and Procurement. We closely work together with the local manufacturing teams and support both programs and vision state development work.  
You have an eye for standardized work and procedures and when necessary question and adapt to the need.

What will you do? 
As the Senior Manager for Core Process, you will be the leader for a team that will define how our future processes in our Paint shops should be designed (lean process design / best available technology) gathering the various team competences around that task. The team mainly works and supports the programs during early phases and hands over to local Commodity and Tooling & Equipment at PS-milestone. 
You continuously review and develop strategies and technical solutions to support delivering on our promise.  You use enabler as CBP-teamwork, Benchmark, Advanced Engineering work together with good communication and alignment with end customer through TPC-B and Best Practice Sharing Forum. 
Furthermore, you secure team agenda and workload distribution and take the responsibility for coaching them to grow, learn and to where necessary gain new knowledge to deliver on our tasks. 
You display a strong leadership and common way forward – you inspire people to be courageous, bold and act.

Do you fit the profile to become our new colleague?
We are looking for a person that is curious, positive and a self-motivated individual that love developing persons and organizations under challenging and changing times. You are a good communicator that can influence people to bring out the best. We see that you have a great understanding of manufacturing processes and possess a solid experience from engineering processes and/or program execution.  The ideal candidate to take on this role must have management experience from relevant roles outside or within Volvo. You have ability to energize an organization and act as a role model for our culture by creating clarity and building trust.  You believe in working through empowerment

To be successful and to thrive in this position you’ll need to have an extensive interest in collaborating with people and be able to develop an inspiring approach to continuous improvements. You will be able to set a direction for your team under ambiguous prerequisites.    

You share our values by being a positive, enthusiastic team player who enjoy teamwork. You communicate and collaborate well with colleagues and find it rewarding to take initiative and takes on the challenges confidently and with a great amount of business integrity.

We believe you are passionate by cars and new technology and thrives to be in a dynamic environment where you will be a part of the team that is developing the smartest, most effective and competitive products to our customers.

This role requires you to have a driver’s license and the ability to travel occasionally.

Besides above, you need to have excellent skills in English, both written and spoken.

How to learn more and apply.
Does this sound like your new challenge? 
Interviews will be held continuously so please register your profile and attach your application as soon as possible, but no later than December 5, 2021.

Your application should include CV and Cover letter written in English. Please note that due to GDPR applications via email will not be accepted.

For questions about the position please contact recruiting manager Carin Björn at carin.bjorn@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Heléne Stigsson at Helene.stigsson@volvocars.com.