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Manager of Services, Digital, & Investments Purchasing and Project Manager North America

Location:

Greensboro, NC, US, 27409

Position Type: Professional

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.

Volvo Group Purchasing is a team of changemakers that thrive in a fast-paced and exciting business environment. We are a truly global team with real passion for innovation, sustainability, and people, and where lifelong learning is an essential part of our culture. With our ecosystem of supply partners, we shape the world we want to live in and deliver value to our customers, society, and the Volvo Group.

Are you engaged in your work, professional in everything you do and prepared to go that extra mile? If yes – then Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) is the right place for you. GTP is located in 52 sites around the world, has 1,300 employees and a yearly spend of 120 BSEK. We are a global team working with pride, people passionate, breaking new grounds, strong stakeholder responsibility, capturing the latest innovations and knowing that we are empowered to transform and perform. We support the brands, safeguard Volvo Group synergies and secure the right quality output. We work together with speed and agility, close collaboration, strong mandate towards suppliers and internal stakeholders. We like to work hard, have fun and are committed to customer and Volvo Group success. You will work with a high performing team aiming at world-class Purchasing – do you have what it takes?

Services, Digital, and Investments (SD&I) Purchasing is a global organization within GTP representing a yearly purchased spend of 35 BSEK, responsible for Investments, IT, Professional Services & Travel, and Product & Operation Services. Revenue, Digital & IT includes operating fluids, chemicals, electricity, and utilities (gas, heating, water and industrial gas), electromobility industrialization, facilitating purchasing revenue creation, and using new business models in our work.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Manager of Services, Digital, & Investments Purchasing and Project Manager North America, you are responsible for the Mexico plant expansion project and operational activities within your area of scope and region, through:

• Improving contribution to service growth and revenue creation

• Strengthening focus on sustainability

• Increasing digitalization and automation

• Securing a resilient supply network

• Leading purchasing activities and representing indirect purchasing in assigned product, services and industrial projects

• Serving as a key player in the project teams, acting and delivering in a large network requesting strong cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders around the different business areas

You will lead a team of commodity buyers in your scope area, manage supplier relationships, collaborate cross-functionally, lead/contribute to supplier negotiations, as well as lead a dedicated project team in managing project timelines and contributing to global segment strategies. You will be based out of Greensboro, NC and report to the Head of Services, Digital, and Investments Purchasing North America.

Main areas of responsibility include:

• Be a member of the GTP SD&I North America Leadership team, and actively contribute to the development of the department

• Contribute on managing the overall supplier relationship by driving business reviews, securing cost targets and contracts, and acting as a key negotiation player in the escalation process

• Secure needed communication and continuous improvements within your team, as well as cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and supply partners

• Facilitate purchasing revenue creation by developing revenue streams from our supply network partners

• Lead the development of your team of commodity buyers

• Hold responsibility for budget and operating experiences within your department

• Lead and manage project timelines, and serve as the voice of SD&I within the Project Management team

• Inform the purchasing line organization about project demands, targets, time schedules, and other relevant project information

• Prepare and present project statuses and management project reviews in purchasing reference groups and other forums

• Ensure purchasing resources are secured for projects

• Travel to Mexico as needed

• Work in accordance with the Volvo processes, the Code of Conduct and the Volvo Values

Who We Are Looking For

• 5+ years of Project Management experience within the heavy trucking, automotive, construction equipment, aviation, or aerospace industries

• People leadership experience, either as a direct manager or functional leader

• Indirect purchasing experience within the area of building/construction

• Developed leadership/coaching and teambuilding skills

• Prior experience in building/fully outfitting a manufacturing plant is a plus

• Experience working towards Mexico is a plus

• Innovative mindset, team player, developed negotiator, agile, excellent communication skills

• Able to execute in a global matrix organization

• Knowledgeable in current and future business trends, technologies, and markets

• Ability to analyze difficult situations and act quickly and directly

• University degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related discipline

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus

Compensation/Benefits

• Competitive base salary

• Company bonus

• Comprehensive health benefits

• 401(K) with company match, as well as additional automatic company contribution

• Culture with a passion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all

• Flexible work environment

• 5 - 6 weeks of annual vacation

• Global organization with expansive career growth opportunities

• Volvo Group University for professional and personal development

• Workplace health/wellness, and reimbursement programs

• On-campus fitness center and café

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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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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.

Job Category: Purchasing

Organization: Group Trucks Purchasing

Travel Required: Occasional Travel

Requisition ID: 10043

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Do we share the same aspirations?

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead, we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.

Nearest Major Market: Greensboro