Supplier Manager

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Position Description

INTRODUCTION

Are you our new colleague with a strategic mind-set yet proficient in handling operational supply chain instability? Are you able to communicate to all levels in an organization including top management? Are you the type of person who understands the importance of relationships and networking?

If you replied yes, yes, and yes to the questions above – then do continue reading!

THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES

Supplier Management Road is part of the Transport Operations Europe organization within Production Logistics, GTO. We are an awesome and high-performing team sitting in the driver’s seat of securing the right performance from our contracted logistics providers (LSPs), many of them the world’s largest transport companies. We drive the tactical meetings together with our LSP’s and other stakeholders to maintain a good relationship; we act on data coming from our connected supply chain; and we take the central role in structural issues and larger crisis’s.

DO YOU JUST LOVE TO ....

As a supplier manager you have the key role in developing our LSP’s capabilities when it comes to performance. Building strong relationships with the LSP’s in your portfolio is essential, all the way from Key Accounts to top management. In doing this, you will communicate our capacity requirements/volume forecasts and follow up on their performance, quality level and take actions on escalated deviations. You will also address improvement opportunities within the Transport Network, both related to LSPs and other areas.

Working as a Supplier manager requires great social and communication skills, but it also requires you to collect and study data on Transport Network performance and LSP performance by using our connected supply chain and our toolbox for root cause analysis. And of course, we are right now in the phase of preparing ourselves for tomorrow. Therefor we think that having a digital skillset is very important for us!

Finally, when a supply chain crisis occurs you are the one our stakeholders and colleagues turn to. Being able to prioritize, being pragmatic and collaborative; and being proficient in communication is vital to safeguard Volvo’s production.

ARE WE THE PERFECT MATCH?

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent through experience.
• Experience in logistics or supply chain is a must.
• Experience in lean philosophy and root cause analysis is an asset.
• Skilled in working with Office365. Experience in working with data analysis tools is an asset, such as PowerBI and QlikSense.
• Proficient in English both written and spoken. Any other language is an asset.
  
  

Your Profile

• Positive mind-set and able to turn problems into opportunities;
• Embracing new ways of working, especially digital and automized ones.
• The big picture is important, but you can roll up your sleeves and dwell into details.
• Frontrunner for initiatives and an urge to improve.
• Structured approach with fact-based actions.
• Builder and maintainer of networks.
• Team player above all, but more than capable of working autonomously.
• Communicator – clear, synthesized, on time and with respect for others.
  

LET’S DO THIS!

Working for Supplier Management is continuously contributing to the success of the Volvo Group. If you want to be part of our journey to customer satisfaction and if passion, trust, change and performance are at the top of your values list, then this position could be exactly what you are looking for!

This is a temporary position for 6 months + possibility of prolongation.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE BELOW

Christoffer Mårtensson, Manager Supplier Management Road Europe, +46 76 5538439

About Us

The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. Countless career opportunities are offered across the group’s leading brands and entities that share a culture of Trust, Passion, High Performance, Change and Customer Success.

www.volvogroup.com/career.

A new era is here. Technologies such as big data, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we look at manufacturing and logistics. Volvo Group Trucks Operations is the organization responsible for truck manufacturing and logistics within the Volvo Group and is shaping future industries.

Volvo Group Trucks Operations encompasses all production of the Group’s engines and transmissions as well as the production of Volvo, Renault and Mack trucks. The organization is also responsible for spare parts supplies to the Group’s customers and for designing, operating and optimizing logistics and supply chains for all brands. Together, Volvo Group Trucks Operations represents 30,000 employees at 30 plants and 50 distribution centers across the globe. Our global industrial footprint offers an opportunity for an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, in which continuous improvement is the foundation. Join our teams as well!

Auto req ID

125932BR

Organization

Group Trucks Operations

State / Province

Oost-Vlaanderen

City/Town

Gent (Oostakker)

Employment/Assignment Type

Temporary

Travel Required (maximum)

No Travel Required

Functional Area

Logistics

Last application date

30-Jun-2022