Supply Chain Coordinator, Procurement & Supply Chain i Göteborg

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Parts Supply & Logistics (PS&L) is responsible for accessories and spare parts availability for Volvo Cars globally. The responsibility includes material flow from supplier to customer. The business is built around central warehouses in Gothenburg, USA, and China, as well as additional supporting warehouses around the world. PS&L serves seven million customers through 2,500 retailers in 108 markets.

What you will do?

As Supply Chain Coordinator at PS&L, you will handle and solve incidents and problems in a systematic and efficient way, within the area of material supply. You will be the link between Supplier Relations and Demand Planning, ensuring deviations are taken care of in a timely and professional manner, to secure end-to-end parts availability. You are always prepared for the unexpected. You like to work in a broad and deep context, with several stakeholders and with different levels of challenges. Every problem is a challenge but also an opportunity for you—to make our customers life easier and hassle-free. 

Welcome to PS&L in the role as Supply Chain Coordinator!

What you will do?

You will ensure optimized KPIs are reached for responsible assortments, e.g., availability, stock level, back orders and delivery notice. 

You will drive cross-functional problem-solving activities through effectively communicating with stakeholders to evaluate influence on material stock, transportation, and supplier delivery. You will initiate corrective actions toward stakeholders such as suppliers, purchasing, and commercial, with the purpose to solve problems, and continuously seek ways to improve processes.

Monitor changes in demand and adjust forecasts and delivery schedules to ensure availability targets are met, will be one of your responsibilities. In the middle of the transformation journey we are in it is a huge focus on digitalization and automatization of processes, hence data drive approach is something we are relaying on. You will search for patterns in deviations and problems using data, as well as problem solving tools to find and eliminate root causes. 

Your profile 

We believe you have at least a Bachelor’s degree in logistics, economics, engineering, or equivalent, and few years’ experience working with supply chain. If you have worked international fast-paced setting and have experience with enterprise resource planning systems would help you to excel in this role. 

Due to the data driven focus in the organization we would truly appreciate you having some object-oriented programming skills(e.g., Python), as well as having the ability to handle large data sets and create story-telling visualizations (e.g., Power BI, Tableau or SPSS). Due to the global network of suppliers and international environment the company we expect you to be fluent in English, both written and spoken. 

Competence and experience are important, but personality, behavior and potential are key

For this position, we are looking for a service-minded team player who has a can-do attitude and drives for results. Eager to taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. 
You have the ability to build trust and collaborate with others, adapt approach to match shifting demands, as well as work independently, to meet common goals. You are able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders in a timely manner.

Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, manage ambiguity, friendliness, courage, and a sense of humor. Our offer at PS&L is to invest in your personal and continuous self-development. We match your competence and potential with the right tasks and prerequisites to accelerate your professional career within PS&L and Volvo Cars.

Join us on your journey! 

How to learn more and apply ?

For questions about the position please contact hiring manager, Jonas Andersson at at jonas.i.andersson@volvocars.com or +46 73 333 12 66. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Martina Damis at martina.damis@volvocars.com, +46 72 888 98 79. We want your application at the latest 13th of December 2022. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.

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Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

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