Sourcing buyer

Volvo Group / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Göteborg
2017-03-20
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Sourcing Buyer for Air management systems

Engine Combustion consists of three sourcing teams responsible for Air management, FIE & Electronics and EATS technologies globally. We are a group of highly dedicated and skilled people located in North America and Europe.

One of our team members will go on parental leave and we are now looking for a Sourcing buyer to complete the Air management team during that period.

The parts within the Air management scope have a direct impact on emission compliance, fuel consumption and feature level and are considered as development components.

Mission

As Sourcing buyer you will drive and execute all contractual- and sourcing related activities up to supplier selection with the purpose of selecting the most competitive suppliers from a Quality, Delivery, Cost and Feature perspective - in accordance with the Sourcing strategy and the Projects' requirements.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead, negotiate and execute sourcing related activities in every phase of the product life cycle; i.e. Technology development (AE) projects, DVP projects and PMR's (e.g. supplier switches)
• Negotiate relevant agreements in all phases of the product life cycle, including business extension
• Negotiate optimized part-, tool-, development-, prototype cost, payment terms and productivity commitments with the suppliers in the sourcing phase
• Contribute to the development of sourcing strategies, and ensure implementation
• Identify new suppliers when needed
• Follow market- and technology development for the relevant segment(s)
• Ensure collaboration with the other buyer roles within the respective segment(s)
• Manage interactions with Engineering in development of technology roadmaps
• Act as supplier host for the majority of the suppliers in the portfolio with the opportunity to coordinate Volvo Group activities towards the suppliers

If you have questions, please contact
Johan Sköld, Sourcing Manager & Global Technology Manager, Air Management
Phone: +46 31 322 9052

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Engineering or related field and or equivalent experience
• 2-5 years' experience in Purchasing and/or extensive negotiation experience with a supplier/customer relationship
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Multicultural experience is an asset

Personal Profile
As a person we believe that you have a business oriented mindset with both a financial and technical understanding. You enjoy the challenge of having contact with experienced and skilled suppliers and you also possess strong communication and networking skills. In addition to this you enjoy driving your own work and taking initiative, with a team player attitude.

We can offer you

• The opportunity to influence highly strategic supplier decisions impacting a substantial part of the concept selection and engine development
• The chance to work with large and strategically important suppliers
• The opportunity to work with products with a rapid and interesting development as the technologies have a fast development growth
• Be able to work and develop in a dynamic and multicultural organization
• Work in agile teams with the possibility to interact directly with Director and VP levels

GTP is actively working to establish teams and networks that take maximum advantage of the strength inherent in differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender and nationality, etc.

The preferred location of this position is Gothenburg or Lyon.

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.

Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) is the global organization with more than 1,300 purchasing professionals distributed worldwide that bring all their expertise in securing purchasing excellence. We provide competitive advantages to the Volvo Group by selecting high performing suppliers to deliver the best possible products and services that add real business value. Group Trucks Purchasing has 78 billion SEK in Automotive Purchasing annual spend, 2,550 suppliers in serial production, 1,9 billion parts delivered to Group Truck plants annually. The Volvo Group applies the principles in its Code of Conduct in the purchasing process.

Publiceringsdatum
2017-03-20

Så ansöker du
Sista dag att ansöka är 2017-03-31

Företag
Volvo Group

Adress
Volvo Group

40508 Göteborg

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Jobbnummer
3384471

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