Segment leader & Senior Buyer Climate

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.

Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

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. 

What you will do

Based in Göteborg (Sweden), you will be part of Thermal Man. Purchasing team with colleagues based both in Göteborg and Lyon. You will work in a global environment with exiting challenges. 
As a Commodity Buyer for Thermal scope , you will be responsible of supplier selection, manage the portfolio continuous improvement & performance.
Together with your purchasing and cross-functional network, you will proactively drive all relevant activities, to continuously secure a best-in-class supplier QDCFTSR (*) performance during product development and serial life.
(*) QDCFTSR = Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk Management.

Key responsibilities
Drive all relevant activities to deliver QDCFTSR (*) targets during Sourcing/Project and Operations phases
Lead strategic sourcing projects to completion in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Drive commercial negotiations with suppliers
Negotiate contracts and agreements with suppliers and ensure implementation
Identify, mitigate and monitor risks and supplier crisis
Actively contribute to the team development, by bringing improvement ideas, support your peers, sharing good cases and ask for support when needed


Who are you?

You already worked as Project buyer (Min. 3years) in Automotive Industry.
You are a strong and agile team player, eager to learn and improve.
You have the ability to drive change and who dares to try things no one has done before
You have a can-do approach with a positive mindset, a high level of energy, and you are ready to tackle challenges,
You are comfortable in conflict and likes to negotiate
You demonstrate strong communication skills with internal cross-functional teams, in front of suppliers and in a multi-cultural environment.
You have an adequate academic education, such as business or engineering background
Fluent in English
Experience in the automotive industry is an advantage


If you are eager to take on new challenges, contribute and develop in a fast moving scope. We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy: 
If you believe that key conditions to success are to be curious, persistent and have fun in what you do and that together we are stronger,

You will be a great addition to our team and we are really looking forward to hearing from you!



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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.

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.