Senior Supplier Crisis & Risk Leader / Task Force Leader

Volvo Group Purchasing is a team of changemakers that thrive in a fast-paced and exciting business environment. We are a truly global team with real passion for innovation, sustainability, and people, and where lifelong learning is an essential part of our culture. With our ecosystem of supply partners, we shape the world we want to live in and deliver value to our customers, society, and the Volvo Group.

Our Offer To You

Volvo Group offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and team-focused environment in a company that is well known for its state-of-the-art company culture and benefits. Our culture is about how we interact with each other, our customers, and with society as a whole. It helps us achieve our business objectives, is firmly rooted in our history, and is critical to our company’s long-term success. It is the foundation on which everything else is built.

Volvo Group is defined by a set of five carefully chosen values, which include Customer Success, Trust, Passion, Change, and Performance. These values are a major force in guiding our day-to-day behavior and drive our decision making at all levels of the organization. Our values are easy to understand, and yet fundamentally important. They express our shared beliefs across countries and entities to form the basis for a high-performing culture that can help maximize the full potential of the organization.

To work with us is to work with some of the world’s most iconic brands, and to be part of a reputation that has been earned for over a century. It is our responsibility to honor that heritage and build an even stronger future for our company moving forward. Each of our individual actions collectively define who we are as a company and how the world sees us.

Would you like to be a part of our team and join us on our journey?

What You Will Be Doing

Our Crisis and Risk Management team is a dedicated group responsible for ensuring that crisis management, risk assessment, and risk mitigation activities are performed across the network of suppliers to the Volvo Group brands in North America. Our function requires improving suppliers, which includes all phases of product lifecycle, from start of production to aftermarket phase, but mostly focused on current production. The Senior Supplier Crisis & Risk Leader / Task Force Leader conducts supplier delivery crisis situations to mitigate impacts and secure deliveries to the Volvo Group production and aftermarket sites, while also assessing potential future risk and taking actions to mitigate these risks and prevent crisis.

In this position you will support purchasing teams with supply chain efficiency, capacity, and flexibility issues, as well as lead delivery crises. You will provide supply chain expertise to buyers and suppliers while operating as an important link between purchasing and the plants. You will be the link between the Crisis & Risk Management team and the buyer groups, ensuring mutual support and seamless coordination of activities. This role is based out of Greensboro, NC and will report to the Head of Supply Network Resiliency North America.

This position has the following responsibilities:

• Coordinating delivery crises management and providing supply chain expertise to solve crises
• Interact with different stakeholders (Purchasing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Engineering) to minimize the impacts to Volvo plants
• Identifying root causes of crises through deep dive and problem solving
• Applying lean manufacturing principles to improve manufacturing processes
• Coordinating communication with stakeholders in crises situations
• Monitor and act on risk suppliers in order to prevent crisis at our operations
• Contributing to the development and way of working within the team
• Serving as a key partner of Purchasing Operations groups regarding Supply Chain related issues

What We Are Looking For

• Flexibility and preparedness to travel with short notice
• Ability to elaborate concise reports and communicate to different audiences
• Lean manufacturing knowledge
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Customer focused mindset, dedicated to meet external and internal customer expectations
• Desire to work in a collaborative team towards a common purpose
• Strong integrity and creativity
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on data-driven decision-making

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business
• 6 or more years of Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, or general Supply Chain experience
• Experience from the automotive industry is preferred, but not required
• Supply chain development and crisis management skills
• Language Skills: Proficiency in English is required. Spanish language skills are a plus but not mandatory.

Travel Requirements: The role requires 20-40% travel to various locations, both domestically and internationally

Compensation/Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Company bonus
• Comprehensive health benefits
• 401(K) with company match, as well as additional automatic company contribution
• Culture with a passion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all
• Flexible work environment
• 5 - 6 weeks of annual vacation
• Global organization with expansive career growth opportunities
• Volvo Group University for professional and personal development
• Workplace health/wellness, and reimbursement programs
• Onsite fitness center and cafeteria