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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About ExcelHer program:  
Are you looking for an opportunity to restart your career? 
Do you want to work with an organization that would value your experience no matter when you gained them? 
How about working with the best minds in the transportation industry where we need more women power? 

 
We are pleased to launch the ExcelHer program – the career returnship program at Volvo Group in India. The program is for women who have been on a career break for a year or more. This is our step towards empowering women to relaunch their professional journey after their absence from the workplace due to personal commitments. Exciting work assignments have been identified which you can refer in the list below. 

 

The assignments are for a tenure of 9 months. The participant of this program would have access to professional development programs, mentoring assistance by a business leader, apart from the experience of working with people from different functions/technologies/culture. 
 

Go ahead and apply if you find the opportunities in line with your experience and career interest. 

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About the team: 

Are you a curious changemaker who thrives in a fast-paced, global and complex environment? Does the opportunity to make an impact excite you, and are you looking for a career where you grow and learn every day? At Volvo Group Purchasing we shape the world we want to live in, by leveraging our ecosystem of supply network partners to drive prosperity.  Innovation, sustainability, diversity, competitiveness, resiliency, new business models, and digitalization are all key drivers in how we select partners, partners that have the same value based and people centric view of the world as we do here at Volvo Group. Together we deliver business value to our customers and the Volvo Group. We are looking for talent with passion, commitment and big ideas who want to make a difference.  Sounds like you? Join our team!   

 

The Purchasing Strategy & Digitalization (PS&D) function within Volvo Group Purchasing (GTP) is a Centre of Excellence. We are responsible for driving and facilitating the strategic direction of purchasing on behalf of Executive Management Team. PS&D are, together with relevant line functions, driving efficiency within digitalization, governance, harmonization, group synergies, continuous improvements, and digital & IT projects to enable business value. We work proactively with change management and transformation in collaboration with GTP line functions.  

Head of Purchasing Strategy & Digitalization is also hosting Volvo Group Purchasing India organization on behalf of CPO of Volvo Group & Head of GTP. 

 

Who are you? 

 

If you have a burning desire to be a part of developing and setting the course for our society’s future efficient and sustainable transport solutions together with us.… this is the right place to be! 

 

You are passionate, value-driven, and have a keen eye for details to work on transformation in the purchasing area.  

 

Volvo Group Purchasing Support Center 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 a problem solver.  For you who want to leave the society in a good shape for the next generation. You see this opportunity to bring in the change you want for the society we want to live in. 

 

Main Activities & Responsibilities: 

Autonomous maintenance of Handler Logs and other Portfolio Activities/Order Management/Priority Aftermarket Requisitions handling 

Will be responsible for handling standard scope activities delegated by buyers from all Group trucks, buses, and Penta sites globally.

RFQ Management including Launching, follow-ups for quotes, and answering supplier queries in collaboration with buyers and PD and XF teams 

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 analysis 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 

 

Education & Experience Required: 

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automobile, Industrial, Production Engineering, or Electrical & Electronics Engineering, + MBA in Operations, Supply Chain Management, or Finance, and 1–5 years of experience in the Purchasing domain.

Has good undersrand on Purchase to Pay (P2P), RFQ process, Invoice discrepancy  

Knowledge of PowerBI, Presentation Skill set

Quick Learner who drives Competence Building 

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 eco-systems 

Positive and collaborative mindset and strong energy to contribute to the success of the Volvo Group 

MS Office Skills / Advance Excel Programming Skills 

Proactiveness is an absolute must! 

 

Location : Bangalore 

 

Would you like to dig deeper into some of the above topics? We invite you to continue your exploratory journey here! 

 

About Volvo Group Purchasing: 

Located in 21 countries around the world, around 1350 employees and a yearly spend of 150 BSEK. Our current ecosystem of suppliers exceeds 50, 000, and every year around 1.9 billion parts are delivered to Group Truck plants around the world.   

If you are interested in knowing more about Volvo Group, click on the below links 

 

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What Volvo is to me 

What makes our people’s heart beat at work