Senior Buyer - Bodies & Transformation H/F Volvo Group

Bodies & Transformation Senior Buyer

Do you have an agile and creative mindset?
Do you enjoy tasks diversity and having autonomy in your daily work?
Are you ready to take new challenges and lead purchasing operations in a growing business?
Are you engaged in providing the best Customer Value and being close to the final product?
Do you want to drive changes and develop new services? Are you a team player?

Yes, indeed, these are a lot of questions, but if your answer is yes, then you should apply today: we need you!

We are looking for a Senior Buyer in Uptime & Adaptation (U&A) team to purchase Bodies & Transformation products and services for our trucks.
Going the extra mile is not just words, we walk the talk!

What is our offer to you?

You will be a Bodies & Transformation Senior Buyer within Customer Adaptation.

The Bodies & Transformation segments represent everything Volvo is putting on top of our rigid chassis, such as tippers, boxes, cranes, hook-lifts and mixers.

They are a key success factor to our customers and sometimes even more expensive than the actual truck they are mounted on.
You will have a true role in making sure our customers get a complete vehicle that meet their tough standards, contributing to their satisfaction and success.

We are also handling trucks transformations for special applications, in this area, every new project is unique and innovative

So, are you ready for the ride?

This is us, your new colleagues

You will have colleagues and stakeholders working spread across the world and work in different networks, teams, and groups, both locally and globally.
You will be part of the Adaptation - Bodies & Transformation team within the Uptime & Adaptation (U&A) department, with colleagues both in Gothenburg (Sweden) and Lyon (France).

Uptime & Adaptation is a global organization within Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) who support Service Parts Purchasing and Vehicle Adaptation Purchasing. We operate in small teams with a large degree of freedom, the small machine in the big machine. Team spirit is a key enabler for us, we support each other, and everyone is contributing to build the Uptime & Adaption future.

This is your mission

As Senior Buyer, we want to benefit from your Purchasing experience to support our Group and Brands transformation from Purchasing side.
Our purpose is to always bring more value to our customers without compromising quality or lead time.

You will be leading purchasing activities within your portfolio and supporting business development for the Bodies and Transformation scope to enhance truck brand offerings. Focus is high on cross-functional collaboration and ensuring that work processes are effective, your recommendations for improvements will be valued.

What does that mean?

You build upon your knowledge in complete truck solutions and bodybuilders to secure and strengthen a resilient supplier base, build well-balanced partnership with our suppliers and contribute to Brand offers, their success is our success.

You benchmark and scout innovation in our ecosystem and identify new business opportunities.

You capitalize on your creativity and agility to propose a meaningful purchasing approach to our stakeholders.

You support and coach junior team members throughout the purchasing journey and grow our team purchasing mindset.

This is you

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 the Volvo Group success.

We believe in the concept Hire for attitude, train for skills. Therefore, what's most important is that you have a drive and passion for business, people and to develop yourself and those around you.

Since the job is about customer success it is also important that you have business acumen with a holistic view and ability to communicate with facts, to sell your vision and get desired support.

We also value if you have:

- Master degree in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field
- At least 5 years of previous buyer experience, automotive is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication, good oral presentation skills
- Excellent networking skills and ability to drive stakeholders at different levels
- Ability to secure business requirements and contracts
- Strong analytical skills
- Curiosity for new technologies and business trends
- High degree of autonomy and ability to be pragmatic
- Ability to challenge, convince and make decisions
- Ability to deliver on time with team spirit skills

At GTP, we strive to be a multicultural and global organization. We welcome applicants which can even further increase our diversity.

Come join us, apply today and let's do business together!

Curious and eager to learn more about his opportunity?

Don't wait anymore and apply before the 30/09/2025.
Application screening will start immediately.

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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.

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 passion for innovation, sustainability, 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 customers, society, and the Volvo Group.