Purchasing Associate

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.

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

Trucks Technology & Industrial Division hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need.

Join us to collaborate on innovative, sustainable technologies that redefine how we design, build, and deliver value. Bring your curiosity, your expertise, and your collaborative energy, and together, we’ll turn bold ideas into tangible solutions for our customers and contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.

What You Will Do

The Purchasing Strategy & Digitalization (PS&D) function within Trucks, Technology & Industrial Division is a Center of Excellence. We are responsible for guiding and facilitating the strategic direction of purchasing on behalf of the Executive Management Team. PS&D, together with relevant line functions, drives efficiency in digitalization, governance, harmonization, group synergies, continuous improvements, and digital & IT projects to create business value. We work proactively with change management and transformation in collaboration with TTI line functions.

Your future team

Purchasing Support Center (PSC) is a young, energetic team of talented and skilled professionals delivering the purchasing-related tactical scope of activities to global purchasing communities. Here we work with global stakeholders and suppliers cross-functionally performing various purchasing tasks and being problem solvers.

Who are you?

As a Purchasing Associate, you will get to learn and perform at the same time with highly experienced global end users and supply chain experts, which will pave your path to becoming a successful purchasing and Supply Chain Management professional.

The Purchasing Associate within the Purchasing Support Centre (PSC) will be responsible for handling standard scope activities delegated by buyers from all Group trucks, buses, and Penta sites globally.

What’s in it for you?

Main Activities & Responsibilities:

• Autonomous maintenance of Handler Logs and other Portfolio Activities/Order Management/Priority Aftermarket Requisitions handling
• RFQ Management, including launching, follow-ups for quotes, and answering supplier queries in collaboration with buyers and PD and XF teams
• Supplier Price Discrepancy Management / Issues Handling/ Clearing invoice & payments related queries
• Compiling & analyzing quotes from suppliers, preparing preliminary quotes summary/analysis as well as a cost breakdown for various suppliers and parts
• Solving portfolio-related issues with suppliers/cross-functional teams and Supplier Price Discrepancy Management/Issues Handling
• Performing various analyses for buyers and managers, like Price Inconsistency Analysis, 80/20 Analysis, ABC Analysis, Volume trend Analysis, Supplier Dashboard Creation, Material Cost Levels Report, Supplier Spend Analysis, Part Price Evolution, Cost Per KG Analysis, Supplier Deep Dive Analysis
• Supplier Integration Support on buyer request - Support in establishing EDI Connections, Supplier Portal Access, Creation/Addition/Deletion of Parma Code/Supplier base administration, Supplier Base Follow-ups
• Taxonomy and Segmentation Support to buyers and management, segment owners, and maintenance of Various Department Dashboards and Reports
• Portfolio Analysis and Cleaning
• Coordinating on the Agreements approval flow
  
  

Ready for the next move?

Qualifications:

• 1 to 3 years of Procurement/ Purchasing/ Supply Chain experience in the relevant Industry, preferbaly from Automotive/ OEM
• University degree in B.E/B.Tech in Mechanical/Automobile/E&E/ Industrial Engineering & Management
• Quick Learner who drives Competence Building
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Multi-cultural openness and customer focus
• Continuous Improvement and Excellence mindset with good communication skills
• Good understanding of different manufacturing processes and best practice costing.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills - true connector working in ecosystems
• Positive and collaborative mindset, and strong energy to contribute to the success of the Volvo Group
• Problem-solving / Solution mindset / Go-getter attitude
• Business Understanding and knowledge within the field of responsibility
• MS Office Skills / Advanced Excel Programming Skills
• Proactiveness is an absolute must!
  
  

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

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