Head of Aluminum Casting Purchasing
Volvo Business Services AB / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Göteborg
2025-05-09
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hela Sverige Our team at Group Trucks Purchasing is seeking a new Purchasing Manager for the Aluminum Casting scope. This is a unique opportunity to lead a talented team of buyers and drive strategic global purchasing activities. Join us and make a difference in shaping the world we want to live in.
This is how you will make an impact
Even though we operate in a business-to-business environment it is the people who make the difference. It is important that you are a trusted leader and that you radiate passion when working as a leader for the team. The team consists of twelve buyers located in France and Sweden, with a close collaboration with buyers in India. In addition to the relationship with the team it is also essential to be able to build and maintain trustful and healthy supplier relationships.
You will be part of the Casting & Forging team, having different nationalities, gender, ages and personalities. You will drive the development of your own team but also actively contribute to the development of the full department. Besides driving the operational topics of the European team, you will be responsible of the global network and lead the strategic global purchasing activities within your commodity. The business is in progress of a great transformation, where Sustainability for both people, planet and profit is the guiding star and where we at Volvo Group are proud to be leading the way. Also the way we do business is transforming, and we will need you to develop new ways of working with our supply partners including new business models adapting to the transformation journey.
We are a great team that loves to work as business leaders in Purchasing. We have fun together every day. Do you want to be part of and contribute to that atmosphere?
Are we the perfect match?
As a purchasing manager, you will have responsibility for the strategic leadership of your commodity globally and operational responsibility for business and personnel in Europe. You will actively contribute to your team members' development, both professionally and personally.
What we absolutely need you to do
• Act as a trusted leader and coach our organization
• With an ownership mentality build and maintain an effective team with common objectives, strong morale and high team spirit
• Be proactive and handle ambiguity - we move too fast to be reactive
• Inspire continuous improvement and secure a learning culture
• Speak up, influence and drive transformation to create positive change
• Collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders and other group functions to drive business results
The ticket to ride
• Inspiring leadership that embrace diversity and ability to build effective teams
• Being able to deal with the issues that arise when navigating in unknown terrain
• Clear communication, so that everyone can understand what you're trying to say
• Curiosity and care about people
• Purchasing experience from an international business environment with global suppliers
• Business acumen and strategic thinking
We believe that you have an academic degree in engineering, business or similar and that you have experience of manager roles or other leading roles, where you have demonstrated your leadership capability and a willingness to learn new things.
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Arbetsgivare Volvo Business Services AB (org.nr 556029-5197)
Gropegårdsgatan 10 (
visa karta)
417 15 GÖTEBORG
Arbetsplats Group Trucks Purchasing
Jobbnummer 9331134