VIE - Purchasing Data H/F
Göteborg, SE, 417 15
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.
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 nationals. For these reasons, we thank you in advance to mention these items on your CV. For more detailed information about the eligibility conditions to this program, we invite you to go to Business France website.
About the role
Do you want to apply your data skills to real business challenges and help shape more sustainable purchasing decisions? Join Volvo Buses Global Bus Purchasing as a VIE Data and Sustainability Analyst. You will turn purchasing and sustainability data into reliable reporting, clear insights and practical digital solutions, working closely with Sustainability, Business Development, purchasing teams and data specialists to support recurring reporting and drive improvements in data quality, automation and business intelligence.
What you will do
You make purchasing and sustainability data more reliable, accessible and useful for decision-making. You collect, clean, validate and consolidate data from purchasing systems and other sources, and support quarterly carbon-footprint reporting, including data preparation for Scope 3.1 purchased goods and services. You prepare and refresh monthly sustainability dashboards and KPI reports, and help monitor supplier sustainability indicators such as SAQ, MDS and ISO 14001. When figures look unexpected, you investigate and work with data owners to explain the discrepancies, documenting sources, assumptions and validation checks along the way. You also develop and improve Power BI dashboards, translate business questions into clear analytical requirements, and analyze purchasing, supplier and sustainability data to spot trends and improvement opportunities. You support purchasing analytics projects such as price comparisons and supplier-performance reporting, help colleagues apply the insights in their daily work, and contribute to harmonizing KPI definitions and automating reporting workflows. You collaborate closely with business stakeholders, data owners, the Purchasing Support Centre and Digital & IT specialists, clarifying requirements and raising blockers early.
Who are you
You hold a university degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics or a related field, with practical experience from an internship, apprenticeship, academic project or first professional role. You are hands-on with Power BI and Excel, comfortable with data preparation, data modeling and visualization, and knowledge of SQL or Python is a plus. You bring genuine interest in sustainability, responsible purchasing and supply-chain topics, and you are fluent in English, spoken and written. You enjoy turning complex data into clear, useful information, pay close attention to accuracy, and question results that do not look right. You take ownership of your deliverables while knowing when to ask for support, and you communicate clearly with technical and business colleagues alike. Curious and structured, you are comfortable in an international environment and look for practical improvements rather than unnecessary complexity.
What's in it for you
- Hands-on experience combining data analytics with sustainability and purchasing.
- Exposure to international stakeholders and real business challenges.
- Opportunities to grow your Power BI, automation and data-management skills.
- Support from colleagues across Sustainability, Business Development and the wider data community, with the chance to deliver visible improvements in reporting quality and efficiency.
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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.
At Volvo Buses you join one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable people transport solutions. What we do affects millions of people around the world: passengers, drivers, customers; in fact, entire cities and countries. This job gives you the opportunity to work with the future of people transportation and infrastructure. We have a strong culture of working together to help each other, sharing knowledge and experience. Together, we shape the world we want to live in.