Senior VPS Coach
Eskilstuna, SE, 405 08 Braås, SE, 363 41 Arvika, SE, 671 30 Konz, DE, 54329 Hallsberg, SE, 694 82
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.
Unlock Your Potential by joining the Global VPS Team as a Senior Coach!
Are you passionate about continuous improvement and creating flow? Do you want to make a significant impact in a world-leading, multicultural manufacturing environment? Join us in building tomorrow’s solutions and make a difference for your development, your colleagues, the company, and society.
About Us
In Operations, we manufacture and deliver the Volvo Construction Equipment ecosystem around the world, operating from our 12 sites across 4 continents. We work together across functions to always put the customer at the center of our decisions and achieve best-in-class performance while evolving with the world around us. We are engaged, skilled, and continuously improving, and we expect the same from you.
This is Us, Your New Colleagues
We are a passionate team responsible for VPS within Volvo CE, living our philosophy by creating flow, continuously improving, involving people, and focusing on performance. If you want to challenge the status quo and apply your knowledge globally, this is a great opportunity for you. Join our global team, add value to Volvo CE, and contribute to our mission.
How You Could Make an Impact
Inspired by our philosophy, as a Global VPS Coach, you will help develop and implement a people-centric approach to Lean, in line with our view on people. You will work with the global VPS community and other stakeholders in Operations to design capabilities and supporting structures that will guide and challenge leaders and their teams to develop capabilities on “how to improve” and “how to involve.”
As a Global VPS Coach, you will support organizations and teams to grow and become self-sufficient in driving performance in their own processes and across the value flow. You will contribute to the global network of VPS coaches to ensure close collaboration between sites and functions and develop competencies.
Working with VPS means you will play an important role in driving how we bring the philosophy to life in Operations. You will support the transformation of multiple sites, train colleagues in VPS methods, coach management teams in setting structures for continuous improvements, and create modern training materials to suit multifaceted training needs. Additionally, you will support various initiatives and projects.
Expanding Our Perspective
As we continue to evolve and shape the future of operations, we are also looking to strengthen our capabilities in digitalization and AI. We value candidates who have experience in, or a strong interest for, how digital tools, data-driven insights, and AI can enhance learning, development, and continuous improvement — for example through smart applications, digital training methods, or advanced analytics. Your ability to bring external perspectives and innovative thinking will be key to our journey ahead.
Who Are You?
- An experienced leader with practical experience in Lean principles.
- Strong experience in manufacturing operations but also in admin systems / processes / organizations.
- Skilled in coaching and eager to interact with multiple stakeholders across our global industrial footprint, building trusting relationships (i.e. from operators to plant manager), collaborating, and communicating effectively.
- Motivated by continuous improvements and driven by cooperation and facilitation, constantly challenging the status quo pragmatically.
- Holding a university degree or equivalent experience, with extensive knowledge of the manufacturing environment and its processes.
- Fluent in English; other languages are a plus.
- Experience or interest in how digitalization and AI can support learning, improvement, and development through innovative tools and data-driven insights.
Duration and Location
- Permanent
- Location: Volvo CE site, Europe
Curious, Interested, and Have Questions?
Call us! In this opportunity, you will report to Head of Global ME & VPS Ulrika Olsson Geshel.
Please contact Ulrika, ulrika.olsson.geshel@volvo.com or some of your future colleagues Christian Nilsson, christian.nilsson.5@volvo.com and Moonhyung Bea, moonhyung.bea@volvo.com for more information.
Last day for apply: November 27th
Join us and be part of a team that is shaping the future of Volvo CE through continuous improvement.
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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.
Part of Volvo Group, Volvo Construction Equipment is a global company driven by our purpose to build the world we want to live in. Together we develop and deliver solutions for a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world. By unleashing everyone’s full potential, we build a more sustainable future for all our stakeholders. Come join our team and help us build a better tomorrow.