VIE - Commodity & Project Buyer - CAB Purchasing

The VIE, International Voluntary Abroad, is a French international corporate placement program for young professionals between the age of 18 and 28 who are European Union citizens. For these reasons, we thank you in advance to mention these items on your resume. For more detailed information about the eligibility conditions to this program, we invite you to visit Business France website: www.civiweb.com. 

Your future team

Within Group Trucks Purchasing, the Vehicle & Uptime Purchasing organization is made of five teams responsible for Cab, Chassis & Vehicle Dynamics, Medium Duty, Uptime & Adaptation, Circularity & Remanufacturing. We are a group of highly dedicated and skilled people managing a total spend is 38 BSEK with 1,100 supply partners located all over the world, covering the trucks and bus brands in the Volvo Group.  

We challenge our suppliers to improve the value chain on costs, quality, and delivery performance for all production parts to be used on our trucks. Volvo Group and Group Trucks Purchasing aims to be the most admired employer in our industry by attracting and retaining the best people in order to create and build a world-class purchasing team.

CAB Living & Interior Plastics Team is recruiting a VIE Commodity & Project Buyer, for a 13 months contract in Gothenburg, starting September 1st 2025. The VIE’s mission is to select and develop global or a regional supplier base to create synergies and to achieve sustainable competitive advantages within their respective segments. 

What you will do

The Commodity & Project Buyer is accountable for the QDCFTSR of the supplier base on his segments.  He/She is responsible to make sure that the segment strategy is implemented through the selection of the right suppliers, and by continuously securing supplier QDCFTSR performance by using the tools and purchasing/cross functional network during production and after production for Revenue segments. 

QDCF-TSR: Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk Management

The VIE will manage the following Sourcing activities in project phase:

• Drive the supplier selection process in Projects
• Secure that supplier selection complies to the Project Targets/Budget (Sourcing deadline, tooling/SIPD cost…)
• Ensure that the supplier is prepared for production, including capacity and all needed system updates (Parma codes, EDI connection…) with Supplier Host support when needed
• Secure that supplier selection is aligned with the Segment strategy/Segment Business Plan (To be Supplier base, MCL...)
• Secure the outcome of the sourcing in a contractual package, and that all agreements are approved and signed
   

Who are you

As a person we believe that you have a business oriented mindset with both a financial and technical understanding. You enjoy the challenge of having contact with experienced and skilled suppliers and you also possess strong communication and networking skills. In addition to this you enjoy driving your own work and taking initiatives, with a team player attitude. 

• University degree (Bachelor or Master), preferably in engineering or business
• Motivated by change management and ability to drive change
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Multicultural experience is an asset
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Creative and solution-oriented mindset
• Ownership/Accountability
• Positive mindset and team player
• Business Acumen
• Negotiation skills
• Self-driven and autonomous
• Willingness to learn from others and share best practices
   

What’s in it for you

• The opportunity to influence highly strategic supplier decisions impacting a substantial part of the concept selection and trucks development
• The chance to work with large and strategically important suppliers
• The opportunity to work with products with a rapid and interesting development as the technologies have a fast development growth
• Be able to work and develop in a dynamic and multicultural organization
• Work in agile teams with the possibility to interact directly with Director and VP levels
• GTP is actively working to establish teams and networks that take maximum advantage of the strength inherent in differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender, and nationality, etc.
   

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Who we are and what we believe in 
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities. 

“Volvo Group Purchasing is a team of changemakers that thrive in a fast-paced and exciting business environment. We are a truly global team with passion for innovation, sustainability, people, and where lifelong learning is an essential part of our culture. With our ecosystem of supply partners, we shape the world we want to live in and deliver value to customers, society, and the Volvo Group”.