Engineering Manager - Commodity Front Structure

Let's introduce ourselves

Here is a golden opportunity within Manufacturing Engineering Commodity, where we are looking for a new Engineering Manager who will be a part of Manufacturing Engineering Painted Body & Geo assurance, belonging to Manufacturing and Supply Chain organization. Your future team is responsible for global process design along with securing a manufacturable product that can be implemented in Body shops globally.
 

You will work as an engineering manager and lead a commodity team that is part of Manufacturing Engineering Painted Body & Geo assurance. Your responsibility will be to secure a manufacturable product and to develop and implement process solutions for new car projects, model years and running changes into our body shops. The team consists of 13 people, and you will report to the director of Commodity Painted Body & Geo. We are looking for a person who can demonstrate personal leadership in support the company business objectives, coach and guide people in change and is a person who truly lives our Volvo Cars WE Culture.
 

We offer a fun and challenging role where you can demonstrate and develop your leadership skills. As a member of the management team, you will be able to contribute and change so that we work as a truly global ME organization

What you'll do

Your main tasks will be to lead, develop and manage the ME Commodity Front Structure team. We believe that you can organize work and resources so that company objectives, short and long-term are met in an efficient manner. You will also contribute as an active member in the commodity management team where you can bring in new ideas and reflections. Based on analysis and scenarios of the future skills needs, you will support the business to identify gaps and opportunities and develop solid plans for how, and where, to acquire, upskill and re-skill talent to secure business critical competencies
 

Our managers at Volvo Cars play a very important role as ambassadors both within the company and with external contacts. We want you to truly live and lead according to our Volvo Cars Core values. Lastly, you will also manage and allocate the assigned work effectively to ensure that each employee is able and motivated to contribute to their maximum potential to sustainable business success. To bring out the best!

What you'll bring

This is the role for you with several years of experience in working within a global company. You also have a university level education and experience of process and product design for body in white or other relevant areas. For us it is essential that you are curious in learning and will be the go-to person for expertise related to this area. Therefore, a positive attitude and understanding of different perspectives combined with balancing stakeholders is important. This together with the willingness to coach and support to contribute to organizational development.
 

Fluency in English is required, both written and spoken and you also need to have the flexibility to travel. We believe in the importance of diverse groups and in this recruitment process we welcome applicants both inside and outside Manufacturing Engineering.
 

The position is located in Gothenburg, Sweden.