Purchasing Development Analyst
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
Main Tasks/ Responsibilities / Authorities
• Coordinate, prioritize and drive all assigned Purchasing Development Key focus areas
• Work with team colleagus to achieve results and targets
• Establish and develop a strong collaboration with stakeholders and internal customers
• Handle uncertainty and the unexpected. Hold things together during tough times.
• Provide input in the development of the Region China and Global Purchasing Business Development Road Maps
• Elaborate the Efficiency Roadmap towards wanted position
• Secure the compliance of Purchasing with the applicable processes, procedures and guidelines from Purchasing, Volvo CE and Volvo AB
• Propose concrete and articulated actions aiming to reduce risk of non-compliance
• Identify and mitigate potential risks in processes
• Preparation for internal / external audits and leading the audits
• Prevent audit findings by preparing the audited plants in advance
• Assist on the definition of corrective actions as a response from audit findings
• Analyze consistency of business relevant raw data, and drive corrections.
Who are you?
1. Education/Professional Qualifications required for the position:
• University degree (Technical, Business, Financial or comparable)
2. Additional Important Requirements:
• More than 5 years of experience in Purchasing/Sourcing
• Teamwork: Building cooperation among individuals and departments, sharing information and resources, and working to achieve group goals and outcomes
• Customer Focus: Understanding and meeting the needs of customers and addressing the interests and concerns of all organization stakeholders
• Fluent in English both verbal & written is a must. Additional languages are an added merit.
• Communication and influencing - accurately transmitting information while having good listening capacity so that relations based on trust are built.
• Delegation - achieve objectives through others, supporting them in results accomplishment.
3. Key Skills:
• Purchasing Process and regulation management
• Problem solving skills
• Drive change & continuous improvement
• Collaboration & Communication
• Analytical skills
• Project management
• Plans & aligns
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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.