Senior Category Buyer - Global Investments Electrification
Volvo Personvagnar AB / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Göteborg
2022-01-13
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Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
The big changes we see in the world like digitization, sustainable & flexible mobility, personalization of every aspect of life, and self-driving technology provides opportunities to grow our businesses and create consumer experiences we had never imagined before. If you want to move the world and create big impact, we have the job for you.
At Global Investments within Procurement, we are now looking for an experienced Senior Category Buyer to strengthen our global team that focuses on sourcing of development- and test equipment investments, mainly for our Research & Development. This role is focused on charging equipment and charging solutions to support the electrification journey at Volvo Cars.
What we offer
At Procurement, and at Volvo Cars overall, we are in a transformation journey. We are set up in Global Category Teams, working to ensure best-in-class competitive value chains in close collaboration with our stakeholders. We regard our suppliers as long-term innovation and business partners that helps us to secure a sustainable global footprint. We minimize risk in the supply chain and continuously scout for new suppliers and ideas.
It is in our mindset and culture to bring out the best in people and to be innovative and adaptable to change. Our teams take ownership to deliver maximum value to the consumer. Our leaders develop, coach and motivate people to lead, drive and own the business and operations; removing impediments to enable team deliveries. Our global team members take joint ownership for global deliveries and drives the global backlog in the best, most efficient way. On top of this, we have fun!
What you will do
As a Buyer within Procurement, you will create and deliver on our purchasing strategies in order to meet the company 's needs for future technologies and concepts. You will plan and execute supplier selections in close co-operation with the category team and stakeholders.
You will own and manage your supply base, making sure we have a balanced base of financially healthy and competent suppliers with an optimal footprint supporting, that supports our highly set sustainability targets. You will also make sure that contracts are correct, completed and stored in a timely manner and that that all purchasing deliveries are met prior to each program milestone.
In this role, you will cooperate within the category team and with all stakeholders to secure supplier capability, quality and timely deliveries. Moreover, you will drive suppliers and internal stakeholders to optimize running business by identifying and implementing commercial, technical and supply chain cost saving opportunities.
You take full responsibility for your business and co-operate with the other team members to achieve a balanced workload and delivery of all tasks in our backlog. To enable real time data transparency, you continuously keep all relevant systems updated and you provide and ask for developing feedback.
Do you fit the profile?
To be successful in the role you build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. You gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. You have a creative mindset and consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances and actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
As a person you are a true team player and you give and ask for support. You enjoy collaboration in teams as well as independently driving and completing tasks.
You see the need to be structured to manage complex projects and the many interfaces connected with this role. You have a flexible mindset and quickly adapt in our fast-moving work environment. Further, you are confident to act in an international environment.
Qualifications
• University degree or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of experience from a relevant Purchasing role and above listed sourcing activities
• Experience from sourcing charging equipment or charging solutions within the automotive sector or related industries is meritorious
• Have worked with supplier management and contractual topics and are used to drive fact-based negotiations/discussions
• Have worked with sourcing strategies
• Fluent in Swedish and English, written and spoken
How to learn more and apply
If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Team Manager Jakob Levin at
jakob.levin@volvocars.com. Questions regarding the recruitment process? Please contact Senior Recruiter Lotta Ericsson at
lotta.ericsson@volvocars.com.
We want your application Jan the 23rd, 2022, at the latest but selection will be running continuously.
Please note due to GDPR we only accept application via our Recruitment Tool.
Varaktighet, arbetstid
Full Time Permanent
Publiceringsdatum2022-01-13ErsättningUndefined
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2022-01-23
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Arbetsgivarens referens Arbetsgivarens referens för detta jobb är "56453-37695822".
Omfattning Detta är ett heltidsjobb.
Arbetsgivare Volvo Personvagnar AB (org.nr 556074-3089),
https://www.volvocars.com/ Arbetsplats Volvo Car Corporation
Kontakt Lotta Ericsson
31590000 Jobbnummer 6247163
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