Senior Early Phase Project Manager - Purchasing
Volvo Group / Chefsjobb / Göteborg
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hela Sverige Are you engaged in your work, professional in everything you do and prepared to go that extra mile? If yes - then the Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) is the right place for you. GTP 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.
GTP is located in 52 sites around the world, has 1 300 employees and a yearly spend of 120 BSEK. We have 2,550 suppliers in serial production that delivers 1,9 billion parts to Group Truck plants annually. We are a global team working with pride, breaking new grounds and capturing the latest innovations as well as supporting the brands and safeguarding Volvo Group synergies. We work together with speed and agility, in close collaboration with, and a strong mandate towards our suppliers and internal stakeholders.
At the newly established GTP Innovative Purchasing function, we have the passion for technology and new business models and seeking you to join our new team. The responsibilities of the function can be categorized as follows:
• Scouting innovation and new technologies
• Early phase project management (where this role is hosted)
• New organizational developments (Greenhouse, Sustainability, etc.)
• Researching industry business intelligence
We are a team that strongly collaborates with our internal colleagues and external partners globally, every day.
About the role
There is now an opportunity for you to join the Innovative Purchasing function and contribute in the development of our new products. As a Senior Early Phase Project Manager - Purchasing, you are representing GTP in the ongoing Advanced Engineering (AE) projects and you plan and actively lead the purchasing deliverables in the Technology Development phase. This means that you are the key purchasing interface towards the projects' Chief Project Managers as well as the AE Portfolio Managers in GTT. Another important task in this role is to bring the innovation from suppliers and other external stakeholders in to the AE projects and to go from a reactive to a proactive way of working in Early Phases.
You will work closely with project managers from other functions, Commodity and Project buyers in GTP, prototype purchasing teams in GTT as well as your other colleagues in Innovative Purchasing. You lead and secure all the purchasing deliverables according to the project requirements and gate criteria's and take an active part in developing the technologies of tomorrow.
What can we offer you?
We can offer you an exciting and global working environment which will give you valuable experience that will contribute to your future development within the Volvo Group. In this role, you will have the privilege to manage and drive the Purchasing activities in the early technology/concept development to final verification in vehicle. Last but not least, you will get the opportunity to interact with highly committed colleagues from different cultures and to influence the development of our future products and services.
Hiring Manager: Daniel Heimer, Director of Early Phase Project Office, +46 31 3223473
HR contact: Nedra Anderson, +1 336 3413162
Location: Flexible (Gothenburg, Lyon or Greensboro).
Qualifications
• University degree within relevant field (e.g. in Purchasing Management), or comparable work experience
• Experience from Purchasing and/or Product Development within the automotive industry
• Background as a Project Manager is considered to be a strong merit
Who are you?
We are looking for a person with passion to develop sustainable transport solutions with pioneering products and services for the transport and infrastructure industries. If you have a strong drive and like to have fun at work, this will be a job opportunity that will suit you well.
We believe that you have a result oriented mindset, which will help you to take on challenging work assignments in a successful way. In addition to this, you have the ability to learn quickly when faced with new issues. Being the spider in the web and being part of a global organization, it is important to have good communication skills and to be fluent in English, both spoken and written.
We believe that you have a customer oriented mindset delivering complete high quality solutions that creates customer value. As we are solving a variety of different issues, often starting with limited information, we believe you are pragmatic, driven and always open to learn new things. We have a strong emphasis on collaboration and sharing, hence we expect you to be a team player that builds relationships over time.
The Volvo Group aims at being the most admired employer in the industry by attracting and engaging the best people. 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.
Publiceringsdatum2018-01-25Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2018-02-12
FöretagVolvo Group
AdressVolvo Group
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40508 Göteborg
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Jobbnummer 3924666
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