Senior Buyer

AB Volvo; Curitiba; Presencial; BRL 80.000 - 120.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Join a leading company as a Senior Buyer for Suspension Systems & Components in Curitiba, Brazil. You'll lead purchasing activities, negotiate supplier performance, and ensure customer satisfaction while working in a dynamic, diverse team focused on sustainable transport solutions.

Qualificações

• Experience in Purchasing and/or negotiation in a supplier/customer relationship.
• Strong negotiation skills and cost management abilities.

Responsabilidades

• Lead purchasing activities and negotiate supplier performance.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through effective sourcing and contracts.

Conhecimentos

Negotiation

Customer Focus

Change Management

Team Player

Financial Analytics

Formação académica

University degree in Business, Engineering or related field

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport 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 matc h.

This is us, your new colleagues

Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) is the global group function covering the purchase of automotive products and parts including aftermarket, for Volvo Group Truck brands.
We are looking for aSenior Buyer for Suspension Systems & Components, inCuritiba – Brazil, to work on our Chassis and Vehicle Dynamics area in South America.

We are a group of highly dedicated and skilled people, we contribute to segment strategies and we are active members of the global network of commodity buyers responsible for selecting the right suppliers, and continuously secure the best supplier QDCFTSR performance (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk Management).

Your mission

You will be leading the purchasing activities on your scope with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the customers maximum satisfaction. You will be negotiating QDCFTSR of the supplier base under your segments. You will perform purchasing activities related to sourcing, contracts, ordering, cost improvement, logistics and financial flows to the suppliers.

You will be responsible to make sure the segment strategy is updated / implemented through the selection of the right suppliers, and by continuously challenging supplier QDCFTSR performance by using tools and purchasing/cross functional network during production and after production for Revenue segments.

The ticket to ride

At Volvo Group, we have a culture of high performance created through employee engagement and we value Customer success, Trust, Passion, Change and Performance. We like to work hard, have fun and we are committed to our customer and to the Volvo Group success.

We believe in the concept‘Hire for attitude, train for skills’. Therefore, what’s most important to get the opportunity to join us on this journey is that you have ability to motivate, engage and involve others with passion for innovation. Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen, customer focus with a holistic view and ability to communicate with facts, to sell your vision and get desired support.

An important part of this job is to develop our organization, which is why strategic ability, service minded and target oriented approach plus integrity and trust based collaborations are your strengths.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Engineering or related field
• Experience in Purchasing and/or negotiation in a supplier/customer relationship
• Strong negotiation skills / Cost management /Financial analytics abilities
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Motivated by change management and ability to drive change
• Positive attitude, service minded and target oriented approach
• Strong team player with the ability to lead
• Ability to be open minded, to encourage collaboration and to add value with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Multicultural experience is an asset
• Automotive experience is a plus

This selection process will be conducted with the support of the consulting firm A Priori

.At Volvo do Brasil, we value the candidate experience and collaborate with approved partners to ensure a professional selection process aligned with our values.

We reaffirm our commitment to protecting the personal data of all participants, in full compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD). Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful experience at every stage of the process.

Who we are and what we believe in
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to joinVolvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Group Trucks Purchasinghas 125 BSEK in purchasing annual spend and 2,550 supply chain partners in serial production. We deliver the best possible products and service that bring value to our customers through scouting and working with high performing supply chain partners. We support Volvo Group's mission ‘Driving prosperity through transport solutions' through sustainability, business ethics and innovation. Joining us means working in a global context with 1,400 colleagues from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities across 25 countries while contributing to the core business and results of Volvo Group.