ExcelHer - Supply Chain Developer

Volvo Group; Hoskote; On-site; INR 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Group in India offers ExcelHer, a 9-month career returnship program designed to help professionals restart their careers in logistics and supply chain. The role focuses on end-to-end supply chain development, optimization projects, and collaboration across functions and cultures. Location is Hoskote, Karnataka.

Engineering or MBA in Logistics & Supply Chain management is preferred. The program emphasizes mentorship, professional development, and practical experience with diverse teams and

Qualifications

• Background in Logistics & Supply Chain management, Engineering or MBA.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to end-to-end supply chain development and optimization projects.
• Develop methods and standards for transport network optimization.
• Coordinate sourcing and logistics project preparation and implementation.
• Support and drive optimization forums with plant logistics.

Education

Engineering or MBA in Logistics & Supply Chain management

Job description

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.

About the ExcelHer program

Are you looking for an opportunity to restart your career?
Do you want to join an organization that values your experience, no matter when it was gained?

We are pleased to introduce ExcelHer, Volvo Group Indias career returnship program designed to support talented professionals who are ready to restart their careers. Open to individuals across genders who have taken a career break of one year or more, ExcelHer provides an opportunity to re-enter the workforce with confidence and continue their professional journey.

The program offers a 9-month assignment and provides participants with access to professional development opportunities, mentorship from a business leader, and the chance to work with diverse teams across functions, technologies, and cultures.

Purpose

• To drive assignments in end-to-end Supply Chain development and optimization.
• To lead or participate in projects aimed at improving supply chain efficiency
• To evaluate, challenge and develop existing methods and standards in the end-to-end supply chain optimization work.
• To coordinate, support and follow up on preparation and implementation of logistics sourcing projects.
• To coordinate and drive optimization forum, focusing on external logistics in collaboration with plant logistics.

Responsibilities

• Supply Chain Development
  • Lead or contribute to projects focused on enhancing supply chain efficiency, ensuring supply chain inputs play a key role in decision‑making.
  • Identify and evaluate emerging supply chain trends and innovative solutions.
  • Leverage digital technologies to optimize and streamline operations.
  • Develop business cases and perform landed cost calculations to support strategic decision‑making
• Develop new as well as existing methods and standards how to optimize the transport network
  • Evaluate and challenge existing optimization approaches to drive continuous improvement.
  • Establish new standards to enhance transport network efficiency.
  • Adopt an agile approach—collaborate with colleagues, seek continuous improvements, and incorporate user and stakeholder feedback.
  • Work closely with system experts to develop practical, digitally viable solutions.
  • Educate colleagues on new methodologies and best practices for improved ways of working.
• Manage and lead Optimization forum with plant logistics
  • Identify optimization opportunities in the logistics network with a holistic, end-to-end supply chain perspective.
  • Escalate to and collaborate with Transport design responsible in order not to sub optimized the transport network.
  • Challenge existing internal and external methods to reduce logistics costs and minimize CO impact from transportation
• Coordinate sourcing project preparation and implementation with the transport design responsible.
  • Ensure a seamless handover of transport relations to Logistics Purchasing for all contracts within the sourcing project.
  • Monitor and follow up on implementation activities required for updates in logistics systems.
  • Develop and execute a communication plan, defining key messages and target audiences.

Authorities

• Coordinate sourcing project preparation and implementations.
• Develop and anchor new methods and standards for Supply Chain development.
• Work locally with global process, align with other offices
• Cross functional work with other offices, material suppliers, Logistics Services Providers, material controllers and other departments.
• Continuous improvements regarding ways of working and collaboration

Background : Engineering or MBA in Logistics & Supply Chain management

Location : Hoskote

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.