Strategic Buyer-Logistics Purchasing

Volvo Cars / Logistikjobb / Göteborg
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Strategic Buyer - Logistics Purchasing

At Procurement, you are part of a global team with the mission to develop and maintain a world-class supplier base. Ensuring the supply of materials and services - at the right cost, quality and technology - is essential for the success of Volvo Car Group. Ultimately, it's all about cooperating with people inside and outside the company to create a superior experience for the people who buy and drive a Volvo

Indirect Purchasing (IDP) is responsible to source all facilities, material, services and IT for Volvo Cars and also to provide ongoing support for related projects and vehicle programs. IDP is responsible for development of supplier collaboration together with internal stakeholders in order to reach Volvo Car Group's cost, quality and environmental requirements. We are 80 employees covering the European scope of 26 BSEK in spend divided in three sections Machinery & Tooling, Marketing, Services & IT, Logistics & Facilities of which this position as Strategic Buyer belong to the Logistics group.

In the section Logistics Purchasing you will join a diverse team of 9 skilled buyers in a dynamic environment where we develop the logistics future of Volvo Car Group. We cover transport, packaging and logistics service's needs, such as sequencing/crossdocking/storage, for inbound flows from part suppliers to Volvo Car's plants and also storage services of spare parts in aftermarket business. We manage a spend of approximatively 4 BSEK, mainly in Europe.

As a Strategic Buyer you will lead teams of stakeholders and buyers thru very demanding projects and learn how to get everyone aligned and motivated to deliver on the plan that you defined in order to take Volvo Car Group a step forward in terms of efficiency, precision and cost. The right candidate ideally has a background within logistics, purchasing and/or management consulting and a good knowledge of purchasing/supply chain & project management but your main asset is can-do attitude, engagement skills & analytics.

Main responsibilities

* Develop, sell, govern and execute purchasing strategies
* Create and maintain commercial relations with suppliers and stakeholders
* Lead cross-functional sourcing projects
* Challenge status quo

Required qualifications

* University education, Master's degree in Engineering and/or Business or similar fields of study
* Strong record of academic achievement and clear demonstration of leadership in a work, academic, and/or extracurricular setting
* Ability to identify opportunities and take a leadership role in exploring new ideas
* Proven experience in applying problem solving skills (quantitative, conceptual, analytical)
* Fluent in English (written and spoken)
* Experience from Analytics/Big data is meritorious
* Experience of Transformational journeys is meritorious
* Previous experience of Lean implementations and strategy development will be an asset
* Coaching experience is an advantage

Personal qualities

* Engaged and encouraging people
* Drive change and implementation
* Communicative
* Analytical

About Volvo Cars

The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Cars, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact

In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Sourceright. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Kristin Selander by e-mail kristin.selander@randstadsourceright.se note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted and that your application documents should be written in English.

Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than May10th, 2017.

Varaktighet, arbetstid
Heltid Permanent

Publiceringsdatum
2017-04-26

Ersättning
£0.00 per annum

Så ansöker du
Sista dag att ansöka är 2017-05-10
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: BBBH1905
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Kontakt
Kristin Selander kristin.selander@randstad.se

Företag
Volvo Cars

Adress
Volvo Cars
40531
40531 1480

Kontorsadress
Assar gabrielssons väg

Jobbnummer
3461139

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