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What you will do

We are seeking a Senior Commodity Buyer who will be responsible for the Semiconductors and electronic components scope, securing a resilient supply chain and responsible for risk management activities. This role is critical to ensuring the continuity of our supply chain operations in the face of various risks and uncertainties.
What will you do as Senior Commodity Buyer?
As a Senior Commodity Buyer, you will be in charge of securing the Volvo Construction Equipment businesses, thanks to proactive and reactive approaches related to the semiconductor and electronic components market evolution.
You will have to create a strong relationship with the different supply chain actors and secure a resilient supply chain, including risk managements activities.
In this context, we are looking for an experienced person capable of collaborating with suppliers/partners in the area of Electronics.
This person will manage and lead the daily project activities, and will report in a structure way regular status updates to the Electronics Global Commodity Managers and Senior Management.

Main tasks/responsibilities

• Build strong relationships, thanks to regular follow-up, with all the supply chain actors (Semiconductor Manufacturers, Distributors, Brokers, etc.) and internal stakeholders to ensure supply continuity.

• Monitor the latest trends and best practices in the semiconductor industry, by benchmarking the complete supply chain

• Collect and analyze the Bill of Materials of current Electronics Control Units.

• Identify potential supply chain risks in the semiconductor and electronic components industry and lead risk mitigation plan activities.

• Identify cost saving opportunities.

• Support the development and implementation of the Purchasing strategies for semiconductor components, thanks to a strong collaboration with the Electronic Global Commodity Managers.

• Align the Volvo Contruction strategic initiatives with internal and Volvo Group stakeholders.

Who are you?

Since this role is a key role in our organization, it is important that you have the ability to lead and are not afraid of taking on responsibility. You should be a strong network coordinator, target oriented and have the ambition to deliver according to commitments.

We also believe that you can work autonomously, and you are well organized. Since you will be collaborating with internal and external contacts in a multicultural environment, you need to have good collaboration and communication skills.

We believe you qualify in all or most of the following areas:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Creative and pragmatic with a strategic mindset.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Proven negotiation and strong leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• As a person, you are recognized as dynamic and able to coordinate an effective team with a common objective
• Experience in procurement or supply chain management, preferably in the Electronics/Semiconductor industry.
• Purchasing experience in Commercial vehicles, or other related industries.
• Fluent in English verbal and written communication.

Location is flexible. However ability to work daily in one of our Volvo Construction Equipment locations in Europe or the US is needed.

What’s in it for you?

We are a passionate, global, diverse and engaged team responsible for supplier management, strategic sourcing, commercials, quality and delivery with overall responsibility on global suppliers and technologies.
We are passionate at stretching and developing ourselves as a team and work cross functional and support each other. We value a lot of ownership, independence of decision, value-based leadership and business mindset. We work in a global set-up with a team and colleagues from all regions and cultures from Asia and Europe to the Americas.

Ready for the next move?

Are you ready for the challenge? Are you passionate about the semiconductors, electronics and construction equipment industry? Then you could be exactly what we are looking for. Last application day is 22nd of September. Apply today and join us on our journey!

Any questions or curious to hear more about this opportunity? Contact me!
Peter Eklöf, Head of Purchasing Electronics, Automation, Connectivity and Services
+46 739 02 81 16 peter.k.eklof@volvo.com