Job Opportunities in India
October 16, 2024
Volvo Group
After Market / Uptime Buyer
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure 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.
We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
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.
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.
This is your mission
As After Market Buyer, you will be responsible for a purchasing portfolio of parts delivered to Volvo Penta warehouses globally. You will be leading the purchasing activities on your scope with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the customers maximum satisfaction.
Your main responsibilities are:
At Volvo Group we believe in the concept ‘Hire for attitude, train for skills’. Therefore, what’s most important to get the opportunity to join us on journey is that you have ability to motivate, engage and involve others with passion for innovation. Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen, customer focus with a holistic view and ability to communicate with facts, to sell concepts and get desired support. An important part of this job is to develop our organization, which is why strategic ability, service minded and target oriented approach plus integrity and trust based collaborations are your strengths. You have also demonstrated perseverance, positive mindset and analytical skills.
We also believe that you have:
What you will do
At (ENTITY) you will contribute to the transformation of our company, the transport industry and society at large. You will:
List here the main mission and responsibilities. Describe the context of the role in one sentence. Give the candidates a broad understanding of what they would do and deliver. No need to be exhaustive, focus on what’s new, different, or exciting about this role and describe it with strong action verbs (e.g. leading, overseeing, developing, creating). Give a taste of the projects they’ll be working on and who they’ll collaborate with.
Your future team
Describe your team in a sentence or two: number of members, roles, backgrounds, team culture … in other words, your team selling points. As an option, you can include here a photo or a video of your team welcoming candidates or describing what they like best working here. You can do that with your own phone, as a team building exercise. It will guarantee you great attention!
List here the main mission and responsibilities. Describe the context of the role in one sentence. Give the candidates a broad understanding of what they would do and deliver. No need to be exhaustive, focus on what’s new, different, or exciting about this role and describe it with strong action verbs (e.g. leading, overseeing, developing, creating). Give a taste of the projects they’ll be working on and who they’ll collaborate with.
Your future team
Describe your team in a sentence or two: number of members, roles, backgrounds, team culture … in other words, your team selling points. As an option, you can include here a photo or a video of your team welcoming candidates or describing what they like best working here. You can do that with your own phone, as a team building exercise. It will guarantee you great attention!
Who are you?
Do you dream big? We do too, and we are excited to grow together. In this role, you will bring:
List here the job requirements in terms of skills, knowledge, and experience but also mindset and motivation.
Separate between essential requirements (4 to 6 maximum) which would disqualify any candidate, and “nice to have” characteristics.
Ask yourself if your expectations are inclusive of all possible candidates in terms of gender, nationality, personality etc.
List here the job requirements in terms of skills, knowledge, and experience but also mindset and motivation.
Separate between essential requirements (4 to 6 maximum) which would disqualify any candidate, and “nice to have” characteristics.
Ask yourself if your expectations are inclusive of all possible candidates in terms of gender, nationality, personality etc.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:
This bullet-pointed section should answer the following questions. You may ask team members what they enjoy.
- Describe how you care for people and value their wellbeing.
- Talk about the atmosphere in the team together with the flexible arrangements and work life balance you offer.
- Highlight the opportunities to develop, build a career and work globally or cross-functionally.
- Relate to location, physical work environment and services on site when they are selling points.
Ready for the next move?
Select one of these calls to action or mix them or phrase your personal invitation:
- If you are curious to explore how we put our words into actions, follow us on Linked In and volvogroup.com.
- If you want to make a real impact in your career, the transportation business is where you want to be. We look forward to meeting you.
- Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today!
- Come join us for a cup of coffee or a call. We’ll discuss how we can help each other on our journey together. Here are our contact details / Send us a text message on XXX / Connect with me on Linked In.
We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
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.
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.
This is your mission
As After Market Buyer, you will be responsible for a purchasing portfolio of parts delivered to Volvo Penta warehouses globally. You will be leading the purchasing activities on your scope with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the customers maximum satisfaction.
Your main responsibilities are:
- Manage your After Market / Uptime portfolio
- Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers in order to secure the best QDCF-TSR performance
- Highlight improvement opportunities and drive negotiations
- Drive supply chain optimization (SCO), low performance supplier improvement activities
- Manage risk mitigation and crisis activities
- Propose resourcing activities if needed; drive activities related to the supplier switch
- Own and develop the global Segment Business plans / strategies .
- Bring efficiency in purchasing through digitisation & using IT tools .
- Scout and seek for the best suppliers plus bring creative and innovative solutions on this segment on the whole value chain (challenge design, sourcing & contract, procurement)
- Build and maintain a strong relationship with internal cross-functional stakeholders such as Service Market Logistics, Commodity buyers, Spare Part engineering, Brands, Quality etc.
- As After Market Buyer, be an active member or lead cross-functional continuous improvement working groups
At Volvo Group we believe in the concept ‘Hire for attitude, train for skills’. Therefore, what’s most important to get the opportunity to join us on journey is that you have ability to motivate, engage and involve others with passion for innovation. Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen, customer focus with a holistic view and ability to communicate with facts, to sell concepts and get desired support. An important part of this job is to develop our organization, which is why strategic ability, service minded and target oriented approach plus integrity and trust based collaborations are your strengths. You have also demonstrated perseverance, positive mindset and analytical skills.
We also believe that you have:
- Degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering .
- 4 to 6 years of experience in purchasing field in an automotive Industry, preferably with OEs
- High effective written and verbal communication (English)
- Experience negotiating and interacting internally and externally
- Willingness to travel from occasionally to frequently based on ongoing activities
- Business acumen
- Financial / cost management
- Legal management (contractual knowledge)
- Quality management
- Strategic sourcing
- Team work
- Purchasing system and program skills
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