Position Description

Do you enjoy working in an agile and challenging environment with high focus on the customer? Do you want to drive changes and bring innovations in a multicultural environment? Do you embrace continuous improvements and enjoy working in teams? Are you self-driven, service minded and target oriented?

Well, then you should apply today. We at Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing are looking for a Commodity / Uptime Buyer for our purchasing team in India .

Volvo mission is to drive prosperity in the transport industry and one of the foundation stone is the customer success! Fulfilling customers’ demands rapidly and keep our promises by having their product up and running during its complete life cycle is exiting but might be also a true challenge. That requires a change in mindset and to be innovative, capturing creative supply solutions on the market as well as driving it together with our preferred suppliers.

Typically, we need to challenge design, conventional purchasing methods and manufacturing technologies so that customers get their product quickly after they order. To do this, we need to reinforce the cross-functional collaboration and strengthen the interaction with our key stakeholders. As such, as a Commodity / Uptime buyer , you will lead cross-functional work related to the given commodity globally, aiming to improve our efficiency, and/or customer success & revenue creation activities.

Are you ready to take the ride and embrace the challenge?

This is your mission

As a Commodity 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.

• Drive India segment business plans for concerned segments & be an active member in the global network of buyers.
• Also , you will be responsible for selected aftermarket purchasing portfolio of parts, which needs to be 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.
• Building expertise within defined scope and understanding of complete supply chain (market benchmarking, suppliers, competition, new technologies, projects, new business models, total cost of ownership etc.)
• Responsible for secure that supplier selection is aligned with the approved segment business plan with the right QDCF-TSR
• Ensure valid agreements with all suppliers in production and extend contracts on time before expiry through deep dive methodologies to ensure the right QDCFTSR with existing suppliers.
• Manage and align with critical stakeholders like Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing , After Market & Engineering during sourcing, project & operation phase.
• You will be leading all purchasing activities along with the critical stakeholders related to the involvement of suppliers in development projects.
• Perform activities required for the portfolio: e.g., negotiations, project implementation, crisis and risk management and total cost optimization.
• Lead and Drive cost reduction activities (VA/VE, logistics optimizations etc) with suppliers & stakeholders to meet all commercial targets & forecast cost evolution for the scope of responsibility.
• Deliver the defined KPI’s on time and in accordance with set targets (Revenues, Uptime, Projects)
• Challenge, negotiate report changes after contract signature and ensure continuous fulfillment of project targets
• Ensure that the supplier is prepared for production, including capacity and all needed system updates when needed
• Monitor, identify and mitigate risks in cooperation with the supplier and Supplier Network teams for parts under development during the project phase and ensure a timely part transfer in the system to the commodity buyer
• Work in close collaboration with suppliers to map and reduce the end to end supply chain & manufacturing CO2 emissions
• Own, and drive continuous improvements, and excellence in your area, based on business needs and strategies