Senior Fittings Commodity Buyer & Segment leader

Required Skills

• Strong leadership
• Excellent negotiation skills

Ownership / Accountability

Positive mindset

Perseverance

Structured way of working

Business Acumen

Strong team player

Learning on the fly

Self-driving and autonomy

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Proven ability to establish and maintain strong and trustful relations with suppliers

Proven ability to establish targets and drive results

Analytical skills

Willingness to learn from others and share best practices

Ability to communicate with facts, to sell concepts and get desired support

Fluent in English, both written and spoken Group Trucks Purchasing

We are looking for a Senior Fittings Commodity Buyer & Segment leader

You will join a professional team, creating business value in an open and multicultural, dynamic, and rewarding working climate. We value team players, with energy and creativity, who see opportunities where others see risks, who are willing to drive the change and strive for the best in order to deliver results.

Core Mission

As a Fittings commodity buyer you will be accountable for the Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk Management, QDCFTSR, of the supplier base on your segments. You will be responsible to make sure that the segment strategy is implemented through the selection of the right suppliers, and by continuously securing supplier QDCFTSR performance by using the tools and purchasing/cross functional network during production and after production for Revenue segments.

Responsibilities

• To secure the outcome of the sourcing in a contractual package, and that all agreements are approved and signed
• Execute agreements with suppliers during production and after production for Revenue segments
• Drive all relevant activities to deliver on QDCFTSR targets during production phase and after production phase for Revenue Parts
• Monitor, identify and mitigate risks in cooperation with SQ&D team
• Forecast cost evolution for scope of responsibility
• Manage and negotiate product/processes changes during production phase, and after production phase for Revenue segments
• Perform daily purchasing activities related to production orders, logistics and financial flows to the suppliers
• Perform hand-over to Uptime buyer when parts are phased out of production for non-revenue parts
• As a segment leader you will also have following responsibilities
• Own and develop the segment strategy, consolidate commodity buyers input, and ensure cross functional alignment

Represent GTP in System Component Teams (SCT)

Drive the commodity buyers network and stimulate the business knowledge within the team (Facilitate best practices sharing, cost breakdowns, cost drivers, spend analysis, etc.)

Support Project & Commodity buyers as escalation in negotiations, supplier issues for global segments

Identify synergies with other Business Areas when relevant

Bring together innovations on his/her segments

Facilitator of the segments performance specifically related to material cost

Lead Global segment negotiations The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines under the leading brands Volvo, Renault Trucks, Mack, UD Trucks, Eicher, SDLG, Terex Trucks, Prevost, Nova Bus, UD Bus and Volvo Penta. We aim at being the most admired employer in the industry by attracting and engaging the best people.

Volvo Group Purchasing has 125 BSEK in Purchasing annual spend and 2,550 suppliers in serial production. Only for the truck business, 2 billion truck parts were delivered to 40 plants around the world. By scouting and working with high performing suppliers, we deliver the best possible products and service that bring value to our customers. We support the Volvo Group’s mission ‘Driving prosperity through transport solutions’ by applying the principles of Code of Conduct and sustainable sourcing to the purchasing processes.