Commodity Buyer

About the team

Services, Digital & Investment Purchasing (SD&I in short) forming a part of Trucks Technology & Industrial Division is a global purchasing function in the Volvo Group, delivering global, regional, and local purchasing solutions related to indirect goods and services. 
Our mandate is to leverage the Group’s consolidated purchasing power, minimize the vendor base by establishing efficient contracts with preferred suppliers, and drive product and service standardization to accomplish synergies and economies of scale. 
Our direct team composes of purchasing experts located in few countries (Poland, Germany, Italy, UK), so called market companies, and is working with full indirect procurement scope, including services, investments, digital & IT products. 
Currently we are looking for SD&I Commodity Buyer within the area of indirect purchasing based in Wroclaw, Poland.

What you will do

This probably describes you 
Imagine yourself looking at a picture. Do you focus on the details, or do you prefer to take a holistic view? Or are you one of those who can’t choose between these two approaches? Do you rather combine your curiosity, analytical side, and your sense of details in finding the best solution in every challenge?  
What might seem like an impossible combination for some is the fuel that drives us at Volvo Group Purchasing. Nothing is impossible. Well, isn’t that a cliché, you might think. It surely is. But clichés exist for a reason. 

This is what you are going to do: 

• You, our hopefully soon to be colleague, will take the lead in driving few indirect procurement segments within SD&I Purchasing in Poland, mainly IT consultants, engineering services and company cars.
• You will have segment country purchasing responsibility focusing on areas such as optimizing the supplier base, securing competitive and quality asserted agreements, developing best practice purchasing processes. The role may include regional responsibility within selected segments as well. It only depends on you!
• You will also drive continuous improvement within your procurement portfolio and by that you will influence your segment performance.  
• In other words, you will strengthen Volvo Group’s competitive advantage by understanding the business needs and the supplier market.  
• Since you are responsible for several procurement segments in Poland your focus will not only be to develop and ensure implementation of a global purchasing strategy, you also will work close with different organizations within the Volvo Group in different countries.  

Who are you?

• You have master’s degree in science, economy, or business administration.
• You are excellent in spoken as well as written Polish and English (additional languages – German - are given merit).
• You are experienced in working with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• You have proven procurement background & experience of at least 5 years in any sector, indirect purchasing preferred (sourcing, negotiations, contracts, cost optimizations, segment management, stakeholders relations, KPIs fulfilment).
• You work easily with different purchasing systems (e.g. SAP ARIBA).
• You have international working experience in a matrix organization.
• You have a very professional attitude and mindset focused on business acumen & constant development of skills and competences & creativity and continuous improvement & passion for what you do.  
• You are a team player, who likes to work with people, likes to be visible, is brave to raise your voice and is not afraid of challenges.  

What’s in it for you?

• Friendly and collaborative environment in Swedish organizational culture.
• Multiple opportunities supported by organization for personal and professional development.
• Internal, external and web trainings.
• Varieties of projects in which you may gain new skills, master currently possessed or share your expertise. 
• Number of possible development paths – local and regional.
• Modern and friendly workspace: very modern campus with restaurant, lunchrooms and leisure area.
• Private medical care, wellbeing programmes, Mybenefit
• Annual bonus
• Very international working environment composed of more than 10 nationalities. 
• Real team spirit with great support and respect for individual needs.  

Ready for the next move?

Interested? Then take your step and apply.

Please note: As many of our team members are on summer vacation, we are collecting applications until 11 August 2026. We will start reviewing CVs and reaching out to selected candidates after this date. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to learning more about you!