Logistics Engineer - Tactical transport Planning and follow up

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What we offer

At Global Inbound Optimization you are part of a global supply team that makes sure that the cars we build meet the highest expectations from our customers. To make this happen, we secure that all incoming transportation is designed, established, optimised and executed, cost efficiently and with exact precision, to the entire Volvo Cars organisation. Are you service- and business minded? Do you share our passion about transportation flows and want to reach your personal goals together with other people? Global Inbound Optimization is the place for you to prosper.

What you will do:

At Volvo Cars, the Transport Planning and follow up team are planning and setting up transports according to forecast and capacity on all our incoming transports to our production sites and consolidation centres both as well as return flows of packaging to suppliers. Our purpose is to identify and drive improvements and development of cost, service, and lead-time on a tactical (short -mid-term) level. As a team member within this team you will improve, develop and implement the inbound transportation network as well as integrate new material part suppliers and carriers to create a reliable and efficient logistics network. This function adapts the chosen transport mode to line speed changes. We play an important role and has a critical impact to meet Volvo Cars’ budget for IBL costs. Therefore, we make sure that deviation related to transport planning and cost are followed up, and activities set to improve performance. Continuous improvements is a part of our daily business.
We drive X-functional investigations and analysis within SCM and with our different stakeholders on a tactical level. We are a key member to various project and RFQs and we work close to our procurement, plants, consolidations centres and carriers.
This position reports to the Senior Manager Global Inbound Optimization and you will have a Senior Logistics Engineer to support you in the daily operations.

You and your skills

We think you have a B.Sc. degree within Supply chain/Logistics or equivalent relevant working experience and fluency in English both spoken and written.  If you have an operational background and/or experience in logistic processes, transportations or forwarding business, that knowledge is highly beneficial.
To succeed in this role, you have strong knowledge and experience in MS Excel and understand operational planning and resource allocation. You have strong communication skills as this role interacts with a variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally. You enjoy working in collaboration with different partners internally and outside the company. A global environment gives you additional drive and energizes you!
You have proven ability to be accurate and detail oriented because this will be needed in your daily tasks. As a person your strengths are knowing when to prioritize and at the same time work analytically and have a problem-solving manner. To conclude, you are team-oriented individual that has a holistic approach and you enjoy working with tasks where you use your communicative skills.  You work with a positive and innovative mind-set that everything is possible.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position, please contact Frida St-Pierre, Senior Manager Global Inbound & Packaging Optimization, at frida.st.pierre@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Maria Westermark at maria.westermark@volvocars.com . We want your application at the latest February 26th, 2020. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.