Project Manager, Purchasing - Hagerstown, United States - Volvo Group

Volvo Group
Volvo Group
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Hagerstown, United States

3 weeks ago

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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 match.

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


Our Offer to You:


Volvo Group offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and team-focused environment in a company that is well known for its state-of-the-art company culture and benefits.

Our culture is about how we interact with each other, our customers, and with society.

It helps us to achieve our business objectives, is firmly rooted in our history, and is critical to our company's long-term success.

It is the foundation on which everything else is built.


Volvo Group is defined by a set of five carefully chosen values, which include Customer Success, Trust, Passion, Change, and Performance.

These values are a major force in guiding our day-to-day behavior and drive our decision making at all levels of the organization.

Our values are easy to understand, and yet fundamentally important.

They express our shared beliefs across countries and entities to form the basis for a high-performing culture that can help maximize the full potential of the organization.


To work with us is to work with some of the world's most iconic brands, and to be part of a reputation that has been earned for over a century.

It is our responsibility to honor that heritage and build an even stronger future for our company moving forward. Each of our individual actions collectively define who we are as a company and how the world sees us.

Would you like to be a part of our team and join us on our journey?


What You Will Be Doing:


Project Office, North America Purchasing is an organization within Group Trucks Purchasing (GTP) responsible to lead all projects supporting the North American truck brands from project inception to completion and review.

Project Office consists of Project Managers, Purchasing (PMP's) and Project Planners working across multiple projects with varying priority, timelines, and resource requirements.


The North America Project Office team is looking for a proactive leader with accountability of planning and executing the project needs for key projects in the North America region.

As a Project Manager, Purchasing - Powertrain, your purpose is to represent the Purchasing Group in assigned product development projects.

Using a proactive approach, you will achieve an understanding of the purchasing requirements and drive/follow up the Purchasing activities necessary for a specific project.

Your objective will be to deliver the Purchasing project on time with agreed Quality, Delivery, Cost, Features, Technology, Sustainability, and Risk Management targets (QDCFTSR) according to requested volumes and production capacity.

Tasks include managing schedules, following up with stakeholders, tracking progress, and reporting the results. Confident decision-making and a sharp eye for detail will be as essential as tactical thinking and clear communication.


This position will be based out of either Hagerstown, MD (preference) or Greensboro, NC and will report to the Head of Powertrain Project Management Purchasing North America.


Main areas of responsibility include:

  • Work in accordance with Volvo processes, Code of Conduct, and Volvo Values
  • As a part of a Volvo Group crossfunctional team, bring GTP North America voice/business into the Projects
  • Drive the projects performance with the GTP teams through active leadership to fulfill the Purchasing Gate deliverables according to Volvo's Develop Product and Aftermarket Product Portfolio process (DVP):
  • Manage Project integration phase
  • Be accountable for sourcing performance/sourcing plans for the projects
  • Be accountable for supplier involvement in projects activities
  • Be accountable that material costs and tooling costs are aligned with project budget and cost engineering objectives
  • Be accountable for Supply Network Quality (SNQ) activities for the projects to ensure input and involvement in planning and executing of the parts (i.e. APQP, PPAP)
  • Be accountable for Parts planning/securement for the projects
  • Be accountable for Cost change management for the projects leading buyers to follow Product Change Request (PCR) process
  • Manage Purchasing stakeholders with great communication and focus on projects demands, targets, and time schedules
  • Strive towards having Purchasing resources secured for projects and provide performance inputs to concerned manag
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