Operation Buyer Base Engine

Volvo Group / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Göteborg
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Group Truck Purchasing is looking for an Operation Buyer in the Base Engine and Moving Parts purchasing operation team.

Group Truck Purchasing Operation Powertrain Europe is committed to provide excellence to its internal customers and to continuously challenge the suppliers to bring additionnal savings and improvements to the Volvo Group.

Reactivity, customer-focus, target oriented, pro-activeness: take the opportunity to run your own business!

As Operation Buyer, you will be responsible for a purchasing portfolio of engine components delivered to GTO powertrain production plants. You will be part of a dynamic and integrated European buyer team located in Gothenburg and Lyon.

Mission:

The Operation Buyer continuously challenges and develops the suppliers to improve QDCF performance for parts in serial production. (QDCF: Quality, Delivery, Cost, Features)

Main responsibilities:
• Manage a purchasing portfolio
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers in order to secure the best QDCF performance
• Highlight improvement opportunities and drive negotiations in order to implement extra cost savings on top of price agreements
• Use Volvo Production System toolbox to drive efficiency across the supply chain
• Drive supply chain optimization (SCO) , (e.g. cost workshops, TCO), low performance supplier improvement activities
• Responsible for initiating and/or negotiating Product Change Requests in Production-stage
• Perform purchasing activities related to production orders, logistics and financial flows to the suppliers
• Ensure implementation of contracts and agreements with suppliers
• Forecast prices evolution
• Manage risk mitigation and crisis activities
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with internal cross functional stakeholders such as Volvo plants, other buyers, product engineering, aftermarket, maintenance teams
• Lead Performance Reviews with suppliers and contribute to Business Review Meetings with suppliers (BRMs)
• Propose resourcing activities if needed; drive activities related to the supplier switch
• Ensure collaboration with the other buyer roles within the respective segment(s)
• Mentors and helps to develop colleagues
• Report direct in line to the Purchasing Manager

For further information, please contact:
Emmanuel Perrod, Purchasing Manager Base Engine and Moving Parts, +33 (0)6 65 86 35 90

Qualifications:
• Business acumen
• University degree in Business, Engineering or related field
• 2 years' experience in Purchasing and/or extensive negotiation experience in a supplier/customer relationship
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Positive attitude and target oriented approach
• Strong team player and the ability to take initiatives
• Multicultural experience is an asset
• Willingness to travel from occasionally to frequently based on ongoing activities GTT strives to be a multicultural and global organization. We welcome applicants which can even further increase our diversity

GTP strives to be a multicultural and global organization. We welcome applicants which can even further increase our diversity.

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
2017-05-04

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Företag
Volvo Group

Adress
Volvo Group

40508 Göteborg

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Jobbnummer
3476266

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