Material Control Manager

Group Trucks Operations is the truck industrial entity within the Volvo Group responsible for Global Truck manufacturing, including Cab & Vehicle Assembly, Engine Production, Logistics Services, Parts Distribution and Remanufacturing. Group Trucks Operations manufacture state-of-the-art products for the world class brands of the Volvo Group and work with energy, passion and respect for the individual. Our global industrial footprint offers an opportunity to an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, where continuous improvement and productivity improvement is driven through Volvo Production System. 

Together, Group Trucks Operations represent almost 35,000 employees at 70 larger or smaller units on 6 continents.
Volvo Group Trucks Operations is looking for
Material Control Manager

 

Powertrain Production Köping, Transmission Centre within Volvo GTO where there is consistent ongoing development progress for the role as Centre of Excellence for the transmission area. There are currently approximately 1400 people working at the sites in Köping.

Since our current Material Control Manager within Logistics now take on new challenges within the company, we are seeking her successor. The Logistics Unit faces an exciting phase and we need you who want to be involved in developing our future work processes.

As Material Control Manager you are to independently operate the unit for material procurement with responsibility for about 10-15 employees in the unit for procurement of materials, change request handling and inventory of production materials. You will have the operational responsibility of the department and also be responsible for delivery control function so that our established goals are met. You will be part of a global network and have a reporting responsibility within Powertrain in corporate and global issues.

 As Material Control Manager your main tasks will consist of the following:

• Manage and prioritize work within the unit according to the objectives and agreements
• Responsible for the development of material control systems
• Budget responsibility
• Ensure that the right expertise is available and to ensure that it is properly staffed for the development and management of the business
• Work to eliminate downtime by working with production and other support functions
• Ensure that suppliers deliver materials on time and in the right quantity

Qualifications
You have a University Degree in a relevant field and several years of experience working within purchasing / materials procurement. You have good negotiation skills and you have had staff responsibility for a larger group. We believe that you have solid experience in logistics work, budgeting, and the ability to work effectively and create networks to fit the role. You have great skills in written and spoken Swedish as well as English and you have well-founded knowledge in Microsoft Office.

Personal Profile
In order to fit in the role as Material control Manager you have to be structured, analytical, enthusiastic and creative. We also see that you have the ability to interact with others while you can make demands. You are an ambitious person with high energy. You work well independently and are customer-focused as well as having the ability to see the big picture, to think and act strategically is not a problem.

Within Volvo we value diversity and equality, being convinced this is the path to positive development.

 

Interested
For this recruitment-process we are cooperating with Adecco recruitment. Visit www.adecco.se to apply for the position. Questions answered by the Director Supply Chain Operations; Julie Maes 031-322 98 64 or Adecco recruiter Ann-Catrine Nilsson-Gärd 021-470 29 05. Last day for application is 31th of August. 2013. Selection will begin in week 33. Adecco is authorized.

Union Contacts: Leaders; Lars Sundkvist 0221-45 76 47, Union; Anders Rydberg 0221-45 76 76 and academics; Alexander Drott 0221-45 78 06.