Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Come and join us at Volvo Buses to pursue this path – we are now hiring a buyer for Raw Material, Metal parts and Surface Treatment for our frame manufacturing plant in the Chassis Platform & Projects Team. Location is Gothenburg (SE) or Uddevalla (SE) and the expectation is to be present regularly at both sites. Together we make sure that we develop the best supplier base for each commodity and help generate the best possible result for the team, the company and our society. Our organization is made up by great people who believe in great teamwork. We are a global company, and we believe in the advantage of a diverse and creative workplace that brings out the best in everyone.
As Buyer at Volvo Buses, you have an end-to-end responsibility of a portfolio of suppliers and commodities, delivering to production sites globally. You will be a part of our diverse team with motivated buyers and purchasing project managers. We will gladly share our expertise and experience with you and are looking forward to learning from yours.
Working in this position you will be responsible for Raw Material (mainly steel), Sheet Metal components and Surface Treatment for our in-house frame manufacturing location, to secure the commodity deliverables including quality, cost, delivery and features.
You will be responsible to establish sourcing strategies in cooperation with other buyers, purchasing project managers, supplier quality, cost engineering, product development and manufacturing. You will also be responsible for supplier selection, contract negotiation and implementation, appropriate supplier relationship management, supplier development, supplier partnerships while ensuring a strong key stakeholder process on a regional/global level.
You will contribute in many different and exiting new development projects and source components to our production. The internal network is vital, and we expect you to be able to effectively work and communicate in a cross-functional setting.
Moreover, you will lead daily purchasing activities in your scope, securing quality & delivery supplier performance, driving cost ratio activities, implementing segment business & supplier business plans and leading contract negotiations in close collaboration with all relevant stakeholders.
So, who are you?We are curious to get to know you! We assume that you are driven and take own initiatives. You are a target-oriented individual with a business mindset. We imagine that you are well organized and have a general technical understanding. You are an open-minded team player with good communication skills.
Required competencies
• A positive attitude to new challenges and a can-do attitude
• Accountability and focus on result
• Excellent commercial understanding and negotiating skills, both in preparation and execution
• Great networking skills and ability to work in cross functional teams
• Openness to and interest in different cultures
• An ability to balance relevant variables in sourcing/negotiations – quality, deliveries, cost, features, technology, sustainability and risk
• Fluent in English is a requirement, Swedish is an advantage.
• General technical understanding and interest, experience from working with metal components is an advantage
For this position we are looking for candidates with a university degree in Business and/or Engineering and a minimum of a five years work experience within Purchasing and/or Supply Chain having a holistic view, preferably within automotive, industry or transportation.
This is a great opportunity so give me a call and I will gladly tell you more about us and this position!
For further information, please contact:
Sara Hollmann, Director Chassis Platform & Projects +46 31 3233349
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Who we are and what we believe in
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Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.
At Volvo Buses you join one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable people transport solutions. What we do affects millions of people around the world: passengers, drivers, customers; in fact, entire cities and countries. This job gives you the opportunity to work with the future of people transportation and infrastructure. We have a strong culture of working together to help each other, sharing knowledge and experience. Together, we shape the world we want to live in.