Solution Architect

Let's create the future together.

At Volvo Cars, we believe that being curious and truly committed to understanding people is the key to future success. We are people who care about other people, working together to create new technologies and innovations for safe, sustainable and convenient mobility. Want to join us?

What we offer
You will join the digital area of Supply Chain, you will be a part of the cluster Supply To Line (Production material from suppliers to production line). This product cluster delivers digital solutions that support our business stakeholders in ensuring resilient and optimized logistics flows of production material, to the production lines of our plants globally. Trade and customs handling and compliance are pre-requisites for sustainable supply chain & logistic solutions. Collaboration and alignment on architecture and solutions with the sister cluster of Outbound Logistics and Global trade & Compliance is therefore a part of our daily work. You will play an important role in our transformational journey and be a part of the team that ensures a sustainable and flexible digital architecture that supports current and future demands within an area that is constantly changing.

Main responsibilities

• Enable future proof target solutions that comply with process architectural and digital enterprise architecture principles.
• Work with the Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, Group Product owners, Agile Team Managers, Development teams, Business Analysts and the business stakeholders to specify how the requested solution will be designed and delivered to cater for and support the requested capability and process.
• Aligning and coordinating delivery with Architects and Tech Leads to ensure sustainability and compatibility in solutions.
• Collaborating within and outside the team and cluster to secure resilient solutions and shared technical design.
• Taking part of modernization efforts – Technology evaluation, Technology upgrades, Continued Cloud transformation
• Transforming business targets and end-states to digital roadmap solutions for Supply to Line.
• Lead, guide and coach the dev. teams in solution development and implementation.

Do you fit the profile and what experience do you need to succeed in this role?

• To be successful in the role you possess 10+ years of experience in a Solution Lead/Solution Architect role within Supply Chain and Manufacturing industries.
• You have hands-on experience working with the dependencies between Supply Chain and Manufacturing, preferably within automotive industry.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud and how to build scalable E2E Supply Chain solutions.
• Experience in designing and deploying micro service architecture, API management and other integration methods and supporting services as well as implementing.
• Experience of COTS, SaaS and in-house developed software within Supply Chain Management
• Experience with Java container technology such as Kubernetes and docker.
• Experience of different database solutions (Oracle, MongoDB, SQL, Kafka etc)
• Domain experience from Supply Chain Management & Logistics
  • Specific knowledge of Inbound Logistics, Trade, Customs & Compliance handling, Warehouse management (WMS) Yard Management (YMS), Dock Management Systems (DMS) and Transport Management (TMS).
• Experience of working in a global supply chain context (Americas, EMEA, APAC)

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.