Head of Casting & Forging Purchasing

at  Volvo Group

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

THIS IS HOW YOU COULD MAKE AN IMPACT

We are proud to be on an exciting journey to implement the Volvo Group long-term ambitions to be 100% fossil free, 100% safe and 100% more productive. To get there, sustainability needs to be at the heart of everything we do. Sustainability both in terms of our products and services but also in perspective of people sustainability. For this, health and safety as well as competence development is essential. In order to secure this growth, we are looking for a person for a highly strategic role as Vice President for Casting & Forging Purchasing. Do you share our passion to lead and grow teams as well as making the world a better, cleaner place? Great, then you are the person we are looking for!
In our business-to-business environment we believe it is our people who make the difference. It is important that you are a trusted leader and that you radiate passion when developing your team and your business. The department that you will be leading consists of three different teams: Aluminium Casting, Iron Casting, Forging – which is each lead by a group manager reporting to you. You will have the strategic lead globally and the operational responsibility in Europe. We hope you love to actively contribute to your team members’ development, both professionally and personally as well as building strong teams with great team spirit. In the ‘Powertrain and Fossil-Free Material’ leadership team you will have an important role developing the strategies and the department.
You will be responsible to develop and drive the strategic area of your business by promoting a strong collaboration between your team members and Truck Divisions, Brands, Business Areas and Partners, capitalizing on regional inputs towards segment strategies, negotiation tactics and other possible opportunities.
To excel in this position, you will need to be well connected with your x-functional stakeholders, with an ability to see the end-to-end perspective at company level. You will also have to manage and be part of several ecosystems, cross-departments, and cross-functions, aiming at maturing our business practices and bringing them to automotive standards.
Talking about being good at building relationships, it is essential to be able to build and maintain trustful and healthy supply partner relationships. With well-functioning interactions we believe that we easier support our business and develop sustainable long-term relationships with our supply chain partners. We believe that someone that loves to work as a leader in a multicultural context with a high pace and that enjoys cooperating with various functions will also love and excel at this job.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Group Trucks Purchasing has 125 BSEK in purchasing annual spend and 2,550 supply chain partners in serial production. We deliver the best possible products and service that bring value to our customers through scouting and working with high performing supply chain partners. We support Volvo Group’s mission ‘Driving prosperity through transport solutions’ through sustainability, business ethics and innovation. Joining us means working in a global context with 1,400 colleagues from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities across 25 countries while contributing to the core business and results of Volvo Group

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