Head of Transmission Purchasing - Lyon, France - Group Trucks Purchasing

Group Trucks Purchasing

Entreprise vérifiée

Lyon, France

il y a 3 semaines

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Sophie Dupont

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Head Of Transmission Purchasing

Location:
Göteborg, SE, 417 15

Lyon, FR, 69802
Position Type:Professional
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 nextgen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Are you ready to take on a new challenge and lead a team to the next level?

Our team at Group Trucks Purchasing is seeking a new Transmission Components Purchasing Manager. This is a unique opportunity to lead a talented team of buyers and drive strategic global purchasing activities. Join us and make a difference in shaping the world we want to live in.

This is how you could make an impact
Even though we operate in a business-to-business environment it is the people who make the difference.

It is important that you are a trusted leader and that you radiate passion when working as a leader for the team.

The team consists of nine buyers located in France and Sweden.

In addition to the relationship with the team it is also essential to be able to build and maintain trustful and healthy supplier relationships.

Through that we believe that we easier support our business and develop sustainable long term relationships with our supply chain partners.

You will be part of the Vendor, Axle and Transmission team, having different nationalities, gender, ages reporting to the VP of "VAT".

You will also actively contribute to the development of the department.

Beside driving the operational topics of the European team, you will be responsible of the global network and lead the strategic global purchasing activities within your area.

We are a great team that loves to work as business leaders in Purchasing. We have fun together every day. Do you want to be part of and contribute to that atmosphere?

Who are you? Are we the perfect match?

As Head of a purchasing team you will have responsibility for the strategic leadership of your commodity globally and operational responsibility for Europe.

You will actively contribute to your team members' development, both professionally and personally.

What we absolutely need you to do
- _Act as a trusted leader and coach our organization_
- _With an ownership mentality build an effective team with common objectives, strong morale and high team spirit_
- _Be proactive and handle ambuigities
- we move too fast to be reactive_
- _Influence the continuous improvement and our learning culture_
- _Speak up, influence and drive transformation to create positive change_
- _Collaborate with internal stakeholder and other group functions to drive business results_
We believe that you have an academic degree in engineering, business or similar.

We hope you have experience of manager roles where you have demonstrated your leadership capability and a willingness to learn new things.

The ticket to ride

Inspiring leadership that embrace diversity and build effective teams
Be able to deal with the issues that arise when navigating in unknown terrain.
Communicate so everyone can understand what you're trying to say.
Understanding that humans are patternseeking and meaningmaking creatures.
Purchasing experience from an international business environment with global suppliers
Business acumen and strategic thinking

We believe that you have an academic degree in engineering, business or similar.

We hope you have experience of manager roles where you have demonstrated your leadership capability and a willingness to learn new things.

Curious, and have some questions? Reach us
Let's shape the world we want to live in. Join us and make a difference
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us
Jérôme HALAJDA, VP Vendor Axle and Transmissions, GTP

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Who we are and what we believe in-
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.

Job Category:

Purchasing
Organization:
Group Trucks Purchasing
Travel Required:Occasional Travel
Requisition ID:7076
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Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed.

Looking ahead, we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobilit