VIE - Continental Material Planner

Volvo Group; Gent; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 58 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Volvo Group in Ghent, Belgium, offers a New VIE opportunity as Continental Material Planner. You will manage suppliers and spare parts, contribute to supply planning, and collaborate with Volvo brands, buyers, engineering and inventory planning teams.

The role focuses on optimizing stock levels, reducing backorders, and driving improvements in the material planning process within a global automotive environment.

Qualifications

• University degree in Logistics or supply chain management.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into priorities.
• Fluent in English with strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience with Excel, Office 365 and Power BI.

Responsabilités

• Manage a portfolio of suppliers and spare parts references across multiple brands.
• Ensure supplier delivery performance and on-time availability of spare parts.
• Provide customers and stakeholders with ETA and minimize backorders.
• Drive continuous improvement in material planning processes.

Connaissances

Analytical mindset

Negotiation skills

Team player

Formation

University degree in Logistics or Supply Chain Management

Outils

Excel

Office 365

Power BI

Description du poste

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.

The VIE, International Voluntary Abroad, is a French international corporate placement programme for young professionals between the age of 18 and 28 who are European Union nationals. For these reasons, we thank you in advance to mention these items on your CV. For more detailed information about the eligibility conditions to this program, we invite you to go to Business France website.

New VIE opportunity as a Continental Material Planner in Ghent (Belgium)! The duration of the mission is 24 months, and we would like you to start on January 1st, 2027.

What You Will Do

We have 5300 employees on more than 60 locations world-wide. Our job is to design, handle and optimize the supply chain for all Volvo Group brands and for selected customers within the automotive industry.

At SO&T (Service Operations & Technology) you will contribute to the transformation of our company, the transport industry, and society at large.

You will manage a portfolio of suppliers and spare parts references for multiple group brands. This includes supplier management, parts availability, backorder handling, and supplier escalation. We also drive the development of the supply planning process through continuous improvement. The work activities are carried out in close collaboration with Volvo Group brands, buyers, engineering, demand/inventory planning.

Responsibilities

• You will have overall responsibility for a portfolio of suppliers and supplier relations
• You ensure and develop supplier delivery performance
• You provide customers and stakeholders with information on expected delivery date (ETA)
• You actively work to avoid customer backorders
• Secure spare parts availability for our customers by keeping optimal stock levels
• Ensure inventory level is coherent with our stock holding policy
• Optimise transport cost
• With a mindset for continuous improvement, you actively participate in finding improvements in the material planning processes
• Explore the network for optimizing deliveries and escalating suppliers in case of deviations

Your future team

In our team we truly believe that a supportive environment, curiosity and team effort gives you a passion for what you do. And when you have that passion, our customers will notice the difference!

We are on a fantastic journey where we explore new technologies and solutions with the aim to develop future competitive differentiators for the Volvo Group. You will play an important role in creating the supply chain of the future.

This is a great time to join us as the cooperative environment and explorative mindset that we have in our organization is quite unique!

Who are you?

You have a university degree, preferably in Logistics or Supply Chain Management, or equivalent experience.

You bring a strong analytical mindset and enjoy turning data into clear priorities and decisions. You are an action-driven team player and an effective networker, comfortable working across functions and cultures in an international environment.You are confident challenging suppliers to meet agreed targets, and you combine strong communication with solid negotiation skills.

You are fluent in English, both written and spoken, and you work confidently with Excel, Office 365, and Power BI. Experience in continuous improvement is a plus.

What’s in it for you?

• You will be part of a multicultural team where trust, respect, and passion are core values
• This position gives you an opportunity to build a broad international network internally and externally
• We work with flexible working hours, with care and with inclusion
• In short, an experience of a lifetime.

Last application date: October 10th,

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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 Division

hire 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.