Do you enjoy working in a global team? Do you enjoy working in cross functional and a multi-cultural environment? Are you the type of person who sees opportunities instead of problems and is curious how new solutions and technologies can take our business to the next level?

If so, there is now a nice opportunity to join the Sourcing Global Commodities’ Hydraulics team.

We are looking to hire a Senior Commodity Buyer in the Hydraulic Actuation & Fluid team in Changwon. If you are ready for a new opportunity and willing to join a global team working with technologies and projects supporting Volvo CE’s sustainability ambitions, you may be the one we are looking for, so do not hesitate and apply today!

Sourcing Global Commodities - Hydraulic team is a global team of highly motivated and driven members in a diverse and multi-cultural setting. We have a high degree of interaction and collaboration in the team even if we are spread all over the world. We value diversity and our people is what makes the team great!

SGC contains two Hydraulic teams that are AFS team and Controls team. These two teams work closely together that you will also have opportunities to be responsible for leading, collaborating and supporting both commodity areas.

Being a member in this team, you will get challenges and opportunities to be involved in regional as well as global activities together with your open and collaborative colleagues. Come learn, develop and grow with us!

Job Summary 

Through active interaction and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, you will make sure we have solid and up to date sourcing strategies for the sub-commodities you are responsible for. Thanks to your high competence in managing relationships, you build strong networks and ecosystems that secure both stable and competitive operational performance as well as good understanding of the trends and needs of the future.

You will be involved in the strategic sourcing process, giving support in sourcing decisions in projects and you will of course be leading negotiations, both commercial and legal.

The focus for you in this role will be the Changwon plant, but you will be involved in and lead, occasionally, global activities.

Main tasks / responsibilities

- Lead and support in the creation of sourcing strategies for selected sub-commodities in close cooperation with Purchasing, technology, operations, product platforms and other stakeholders.

- Lead the deployment of the sourcing strategies

- Scout for new suppliers and new business opportunities

- Build and maintain good relationships

- Take active part in the work for the Hydraulic commodity team

- Responsibility to optimize products and process to achieve a long-term contribution to Volvo CE’s improvements on quality, sustainability, capacity and cost (QSCC).

- Lead commercial negotiations with suppliers including implementation of full agreement packages. 

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근무부서: 창원 구매팀
직급/직책: 대리, 과장

Who are you?

You have great cooperative and communication skills as you have been dealing with both internal and external contacts in previous roles. Others may refer to you as a leader and you are not afraid of taking on responsibilities and standing up for yourself and influencing others. You are used to working in a multinational and multicultural environment and thus, you are fluent in verbal and written English communication.

You have a strategic mindset and as a person you are target oriented and believe there is always room for improvements. You are self-going, organized and structured and love taking on complex tasks and challenges. When you come across things you do not know or have experience of, you see this as an excellent opportunity for learning and personal growth.

You have at least a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or similar with 3+ years of relevant experience. A high degree of technical knowledge and proven strong negotiating skills is a great advantage.

Experience from working with Hydraulics is a plus.