VIE - Bodywork Buyer H/F

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. 

What You Will Do

About the VIE Program

The VIE (International Volunteer Program Abroad) is a French international corporate placement program for young professionals aged 18 to 28 who are citizens of the European Union. Therefore, we kindly ask you to mention these details on your CV. For more information about the eligibility requirements for this program, please visit the Business France website.

Within the Service Operations & Technology Purchasing department, you will take on the role of Junior Buyer for bodywork and truck transformation activities within the Customer Adaptation teams.

The bodywork and truck transformation segments include everything installed on our trucks, such as dump bodies, box bodies, cranes, lifting arms, and concrete mixers. These pieces of equipment are key success factors for our customers and can sometimes exceed the original value of the truck itself. You will play a central role in ensuring that our customers receive vehicles tailored to their needs, thereby contributing to their satisfaction and value creation.

We are also responsible for truck transformations for special applications. In this field, every new project is unique and innovative.

You will be actively involved in addressing the main challenges faced by the Bodywork Purchasing department:

• A highly diverse purchasing portfolio (from concrete mixers to fire trucks and cranes)
• Commercial reciprocity: some of our suppliers are also customers purchasing our trucks
• A booming defense business with contracts worth several hundred million euros

Your Future Team

You will work with colleagues and partners located all around the world. You will collaborate within various networks and groups, interacting at national, continental, and global levels.

You will be part of the Adaptation – Bodywork & Transformation team within the Service Operations & Technology Purchasing (SO&T Purchasing) department. The department and team include employees based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Lyon, France.

Service Operations & Technology Purchasing is a global organization within Volvo Group Trucks Technology & Industrialization division (TTI), responsible for spare parts and vehicle adaptation purchasing activities.

We work in small teams with a high degree of autonomy. We support one another, and each team member contributes to shaping the future of the Service Operations & Technology Purchasing department.

Who Are You?

We believe in the principle: “Hire for attitude, train for skills.” Therefore, what matters most is that you are motivated and passionate about our business as a provider of transport solutions, that you enjoy working with people, and that you are eager to grow both personally and professionally alongside those around you.

As our work directly impacts our customers’ success, it is also important that you possess strong business acumen, a holistic mindset, and the ability to communicate clearly and factually, while promoting your vision to gain the necessary support.

With a Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Purchasing, we also believe that you are someone who is:

• Equipped with strong purchasing skills and eager to learn and improve
• Curious and autonomous
• Fluent in English
• Analytical-minded
• Comfortable managing multiple activities simultaneously

At Volvo Group Purchasing, we strive to be a multicultural and global organization. We welcome all candidates because diversity is one of our greatest strengths.

Your Mission

You will lead purchasing activities related to your portfolio in order to optimize the offerings of our brands — Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing supplier selection and project management activities
• Conducting price negotiations and contract management, as well as executing supplier contracts
• Leading all relevant activities to secure and improve QDCF performance (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Features)
• Contributing to purchasing strategies for our segments
• Taking an active role in developing new partnership models for “complete solutions” with bodybuilders

What Does This Mean?

You will leverage your expertise to secure and strengthen a resilient supplier base, establish balanced partnerships with suppliers, and contribute to the success of our brands. Their success will be our success.

You will identify and assess innovations within our ecosystem and explore new business opportunities.

You will rely on your creativity and agility to propose relevant purchasing approaches to our partners.

Ready for the Next Step?

Are you excited to bring your skills and innovative ideas to the table? We look forward to getting to know you. Apply today!

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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. 

Trucks Technology & Industrial Division hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need. 
Join us to collaborate on innovative, sustainable technologies that redefine how we design, build, and deliver value. Bring your curiosity, your expertise, and your collaborative energy, and together, we’ll turn bold ideas into tangible solutions for our customers and contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.