Senior Vice President Purchasing & Supply Management
Volvo Group / Chefsjobb / Göteborg
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hela Sverige The Senior Vice President of Purchasing & Supply Management (SVP P&SM) will be responsible to provide the leadership and strategic vision in purchasing and supply management. He/she is also responsible to develop and implement purchasing and supplier management strategies, processes and policies/procedures in order to achieve objectives on Quality, Delivery and Cost for Volvo CE.
This job requires a profile of at least 15 years of progressive experience in leadership roles. The successful candidate should have a proven track record of successfully leading global team. He/she will ensure that P&SM related strategies are effectively implemented, measured and reported upon.
The SVP P&SM is a member of the Volvo CE Executive Management Team (EMT) and will lead a team and a worldwide organization.
Main Tasks/ Responsibilities / Authorities:
*Responsible for managing a total spend of 26billion SEK and over 2000 suppliers
• Define global sourcing strategies and ensure their execution in a way that is consistent with business strategies and risk management objectives
• Lead Volvo CE's P&SM function to minimize overall purchasing costs without compromising on quality or reliability of supply
• Assess how the P&SM organization functions and identify improvements
• Assign projects, tasks and annual objectives to P&SM team, determing goals to be reached in terms of costs, service levels and efficiency
• Take accountability for performance and delivery of projects
• Personally engage as appropriate and direct the team to negotiate, implement and manage agreements with suppliers
• Provide disciplined, ethical, focused leadership and coaching to P&SM management and the broader P&SM organization that will foster success based on a culture of respect for customers, employees and Volvo CE values
• Develop the value based leadership culture and ensure consistency in ways of working
• Secure development, engagement and high performance of the P&SM team
For further information, please contact Diana Niu, +46 31 3233439
Key Skills:
• Strategic thinker, providing new concepts to drive strategic plans and future profitable growth
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, including the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with leaders and employees at all levels in the organisation
• Ability to attract, retain and lead a high performing team
Required knowledge & experience:
1. Education/Professional Qualifications required for the position:
• Bachelor/University degree
• MBA or equivalent is preferred
• Minimum 15 years of business leadership experiences
• In-depth purchasing and supply management knowledge
• Excellent command of English language
2. Additional Important Requirements:
• Possess a proven track record of continuous improvement and cross-functional teamwork
• Successful track record of building and leading transformation of organizations (Purchasing organization preferably) in rapidly changing global markets
• Problem solver with the ability to think creatively and critically
• Ability to understand, adapt and continuously improve a high performance culture
• Demonstrate commitment to the customer success and performance of the company
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with a proven record in building excellent working relationships and operating effectively as a member of a leadership team
• Extensive business network both internal and external with the ability to communicate globally across all levels of the organisation
• Demonstrating high and solid level in each of the Volvo Group Leadership competencies at "leading business" level
• Experience of working effectively in diverse organizations in different geographic and cultural contexts
• Strong leadership skills in managing change
• Strong professionalism and high integrity
• Background in automotive industry is required
The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines under the leading brands Volvo, Renault Trucks, Mack, UD Trucks, Eicher, SDLG, Terex Trucks, Prevost, Nova Bus, UD Bus, Sunwin Bus and Volvo Penta.
With Volvo Construction Equipment, one of the world's leading providers of products and services to the construction industry under the brands Volvo, SDLG and Terex Trucks, you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead. We make our customers win.
Publiceringsdatum2018-02-20Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2018-03-05
FöretagVolvo Group
AdressVolvo Group
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40508 Göteborg
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Jobbnummer 3976003
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