Head of Commodity China
Shanghai, CN, 201206
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
The Opportunity
As the Head of Commodity China, you will be a pivotal leader within our China Purchasing Leadership Team. You will own the end-to-end commodity strategy for the region, ensuring a competitive, resilient, and high-performing supply base. This role is critical to securing our operational excellence and market leadership in China and also contributing to our global business.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the short, mid, and long-term commodity strategy for China, aligned with Volvo CE's global and regional business objectives.
- Team & Performance Management: Lead, mentor, and develop the China commodity team. Own and drive the QSCC (Quality, Sustainability, Capacity, Cost) performance and KPIs for regional commodity portfolio.
- Supplier & Supply Chain Excellence: Structure and manage the regional supplier base, leading strategic supplier selection, relationship management, negotiations, and framework agreements. Develop a sustainable and competitive supply base.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the key liaison for the China commodity team, partnering closely with global commodity directors, Technology, Operations, and other functions to drive continuous improvement and innovation across the supply chain.
- Business Execution: Lead monthly commodity reviews, support cross-functional value teams, and ensure robust processes are in place to secure supply and support operational escalations.
Who are you?
You are a strategic, results-oriented leader with a proven track record in international sourcing and supply chain management. You possess a unique blend of strategic vision and operational excellence. You have a holistic view with a high understanding of the business, and a mindset for improving the profitability of our products.
Qualifications & Experience
- University degree or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- 8+ years of progressive sourcing experience within an international manufacturing or industrial environment, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Deep expertise in sourcing strategy, supplier relationship management, and complex global negotiations.
- Strong technical acumen to effectively collaborate with Technology and Operations teams. Strong networking skills with the ability to deal with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity.
- A continuous improvement mindset, with excellent communication and presentation skills in English, and a fluent Chinese is a plus.
Our Values: Trust, Passion, Change, Performance, Customer Success
If our values light your inner fire, you will thrive here. We are looking for a leader who can involve, motivate, and engage others to achieve great things together.
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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.