Logistics Engineering & Inventory Manager

AB Volvo; Oostakker; Sur place; EUR 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

AB Volvo is seeking a Logistics Engineering & Inventory Manager to lead the Central Distribution Center Gent team. You will oversee warehouse engineering, inventory optimization, layout design, and strategic development to support future growth and world-class performance.

You will combine strategic vision with hands-on execution, driving safety, automation, and operational excellence while building cross-functional partnerships across Volvo Group brands.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience within engineering, logistics, warehouse operations or supply chain environments.
• Understanding of warehouse flows, capacity management and inventory optimization.
• Ability to translate long-term business needs into practical engineering and investment solutions.
• Combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a leadership role.
• Inspiring people leader who develops talent and empowers teams.

Responsabilités

• Lead the inventory management team that optimizes storage utilization and operational efficiency.
• Lead the engineering team driving projects related to safety, ergonomics, automation, warehouse technologies and improvements.
• Support in creating and driving the masterplan to gear up for the future.
• Build business cases and manage investment budgets supporting future warehouse capabilities.
• Build strong partnerships with stakeholders to align goals and drive transformation.

Connaissances

Leadership experience

Inventory management

Engineering

Logistics

Strategic thinking

People leadership

Description du poste

Logistics Engineering & Inventory Manager

Location: Oostakker, BE, 9041

Position Type: Professional

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.

At Service Operations & Technology (SOT), we strive to deliver exceptional services to our customers across all Volvo Group brands. Our mission is to offer the highest possible parts availability, delivery precision, and quality worldwide so that our customers’ business keeps on running.
We do that by being agile, adapting swiftly and smartly to meet our customers' needs.

Welcome to the CDC Gent - The Beating Heart of Volvo Group Spare Parts

With 120,000 m² and more than 8 million order lines per year, the Central Distribution Center (CDC) in Gent is the largest warehouse in the Volvo Group. Powered by over 800 brilliant and engaged team members, we ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of spare parts across the globe—for all our brands: Volvo Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Penta, Volvo Bus, and Renault Trucks.

Your Mission: Shape the Future Warehouse of Volvo Group

As Warehouse Engineering & Inventory Management Leader, you lead a team of specialists responsible for warehouse engineering, inventory optimization, layout design, and strategic warehouse development.

Together with your team, you ensure that CDC Gent is ready to support future growth while maintaining world-class operational performance, putting safety and the customer first.

You combine strategic vision with operational execution and play a key role in defining how our warehouse tackles the major challenges towards 2030 and beyond.
This is more than a leadership position. It is an opportunity to leave your mark on one of the most important sites in the Volvo Group.

In this role, you will

• Lead the inventory management team that optimizes storage utilization, inventory placement and operational efficiency.
• Lead the engineering team that drives projects related to safety, ergonomics, automation, warehouse technologies and operational improvements.
• Support in creating and driving the masterplan to gear up for the future.
• Build business cases and manage investment budgets supporting future warehouse capabilities.
• You build strong partnerships with all relevant stakeholders to align goals and drive transformation.

What makes you a perfect match?

• You have proven leadership experience within engineering, logistics, warehouse operations or supply chain environments.
• You understand warehouse flows, capacity management, inventory optimization and operational excellence.
• You can translate long-term business needs into practical engineering and investment solutions.
• You combine strategic thinking with a hands-on approach, able to connect the long-term vision with operational realities.
• You are an inspiring people leader who develops talent and empowers teams.

Why us?

You will have the possibility to influence how CDC Gent prepares for future growth through smart warehouse design, inventory strategies, automation and innovation.

We offer you autonomy, variety, and purpose in an international environment where collaboration, trust and continuous improvement are part of our daily culture.

At Volvo Group, you don't just manage today's operations. You help create tomorrow's logistics solutions.

Let's do this!

Ready to shape the warehouse of the future?

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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 Divisionhire 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.

Job Category: Engineering

Organization: Trucks Technology & Industrial

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead,we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.