Purchasing Business Improvement Leader

Volvo Group / Chefsjobb / Göteborg
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Purchasing Business Improvement Leader,
IPS (Indirect Products & Services Purchasing) Excellence

Are you a person who loves being a part of a team? A person who seeks opportunities and solutions and with an approach to not complicate things but to keep it simple and understandable?

If you are, then please continue to read! We are happy to announce that we are now hiring a colleague to strengthen our IPS Excellence team at GTP, Business Office & IT.

The IPS Excellence team is a global team with energy and creativity, who are willing to drive the change and strive for the best in order to deliver result.
Being part of the IPS Excellence team you will have a position where you will have the opportunity to drive challenging assignments and tasks. You will be given the opportunity to work in an environment with global purchasing responsibilities, and to develop in a dynamic and multicultural organization.

The main mission is to support the IPS line organization in managing and continuously improve and harmonize processes, systems and tools within IPS. To lead improvement assignments, assessments and investigations, and act as a Business representative in reference and project teams.

Furthermore you will

Be the global expert in one or several processes, systems and tools in the IPS processes
As an expert, contribute to relevant reference and project teams (internal or cross-functional), helping improve existing processes, systems and tools
Be the first point of contact for questions in your area, to follow-up, and provide feedback
Own and drive the Continuous Improvement plan in your area, based on business needs and strategies
Gather Continuous Improvement Ideas and identify potential improvements from process assessment, anchor with relevant stakeholders, develop, implement and measure the outcome
Develop and own training material in your area, act as trainer for the line organization as needed
Put requirements on IT solutions based on customer/receiver needs and benchmarks, interface with Group IT for enhancement of IT tools
Act as Process Manager and manage cross-functional interface with up/downstream processes
Secure process documentation in Volvo Group Management System (VGMS)
Promote global processes and tools usage, supporting process compliance on a global level
Act as a Reference Group leader
Contribute to the Purchasing Business Plan activities
Represent Business Office & IT towards Purchasing line organization, and be the link for feedback, ideas, best practices, issues and questions

If you find it interesting to apply for position, please do so as soon as possible since we are reading applications continuously.

Employment date: ASAP

For further information, please contact:

Jan Bertilsson, Director IPS Excellence Office & IT, Group Trucks Purchasing +46 73 9029487
Milka Kostovska, HR Business Partner, Group Trucks Purchasing +46 76 5534807

Profile

We believe that you have a genuine interest in working with people and together find areas of improvement. You have an open mind and a pragmatic approach in finding solutions for simplifying tools and processes
Good purchasing knowledge and preferably experience from the IPS Purchasing line organization
Good in communication and stakeholder management
Continuous Improvement mindset
Business understanding
Teamwork & collaboration
Intercultural Leadership
Customer Focus - Ability to put what is best for Volvo Group in focus
Data Management & Analytical Skills
Project Management
University degree in Engineering and/or Business Administration
Fluent in English and Swedish, both written and spoken
Experience from VPS is considered an advantage

Volvo Group Purchasing provides competitive advantages to the Volvo Group by selecting high performing suppliers to deliver the best possible products & services with the right quality output that add real business value for our customers. We are a global division with approximately 1,300 professionals world-wide providing expertise to secure Purchasing Excellence for Customer Success.

Volvo Group Purchasing has 120 BSEK in Purchasing annual spend, 2,550 suppliers in serial production, and 1,9 billion parts delivered to the Group Truck plants annually. We support the Volvo Group's mission 'Driving prosperity through transport solutions' by applying the principles of Code of Conduct and responsible sourcing to the purchasing processes.

Publiceringsdatum
2018-06-26

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Företag
Volvo Group

Adress
Volvo Group

40508 Göteborg

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Jobbnummer
4231677

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