Excelher - Supply Chain Developer

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure 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. About ExcelHer program: Are you looking for an opportunity to restart your career? Do you want to work with an organization that would value your experience no matter when you gained them? How about working with the best minds in the transportation industry where we need more women power? We are pleased to launch the ExcelHer program – the career returnship program at Volvo Group in India. The program is for women who have been on a career break for a year or more. This is our step towards empowering women to relaunch their professional journey after their absence from the workplace due to personal commitments. Exciting work assignments have been identified which you can refer in the list below. The assignments are for a tenure of 9 months. The participant of this program would have access to professional development programs, mentoring assistance by a business leader, apart from the experience of working with people from different functions/technologies/culture. YOUR NEW ROLE In this position, you will be a member of the Transport Design and Optimization (TD&O), which includes transport network optimization (TNO), TMS key users and supplier management functions with the responsibility for design, implement, optimize, and secure quality of the transport network for transport material, transport product and manage packaging. Your most important assignment in this role is to design & optimize transport network, explore new supply chain trends, prepare master data, and implementation. Support in sourcing projects, cost improvements, landed cost calculations, digitalization and sustainability are also main deliverables from this role with the aim to optimize the Volvo transport network in terms of cost, lead time and sustainability You will work in a global supply chain context that provides an interesting diversity both in people and responsibility areas. You will work together with colleagues within TO INTER but to a great extent also with colleagues in other parts of Production Logistics, in other regions and in development functions. Your main interface will be towards Transport Operations, Volvo IT, Logistics purchasing and Volvo plant logistics organizations. Purpose: To drive assignments in end-to-end optimization. To evaluate, challenge and develop existing methods and standards in the end-to-end supply chain optimization work. To coordinate, support and follow up on preparation and implementation of logistics sourcing projects. To support development projects in the area of logistics. To coordinate and drive optimization forum, focusing on external logistics in collaboration with plant logistics. Responsibilities Optimization: Manage and lead Optimization forum with Plants Identify optimization opportunities in the external transport network taking the end-to-end supply chain into account (holistic view). Challenge existing methods internally as well as externally to be able to lower the logistics cost, Leadtime and/decrease the Co2 impact from transports Implement new or changed transport setup from single cases to bigger scopes. Develop new as well as existing methods and standards how to optimize the transport network: Explore new supply chain trends and implement Evaluate and challenge the current methods and standards how to optimize the transport network. Develop new standards how to optimize the transport network Work agile, meaning; interact with colleagues to find continuous improvements on the of way of working and listen to the users and stakeholders. Collaborate with system experts to create knowledge and find methods that are feasible also in the digital landscape. Coordinate sourcing project preparation and implementation with the transport design responsible: Secure handover to Logistics purchasing of transport relations for all contracts part of the sourcing project. System compliance check and maintenance process for new relations to be agreed. Define risk and mitigation plan Secure needed IT test before go-live. Follow up on implementation activities needed to implement changes in logistics systems. Plan and drive pulse meetings after go-live. Drive assignments/smaller projects in the area of end-to-end optimization. Support development projects with your end-to-end logistics knowledge. Digitalise the activities to gain efficiencies

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. Group Trucks Operations encompasses all production of the Group's manufacturing of Volvo, Renault and Mack trucks, as well as engines and transmissions. We also orchestrate the spare parts distribution for Volvo Group's customers globally and design, operate and optimize logistics and supply chains for all brands. We count 30,000 employees at 30 plants and 50 distribution centers across the globe. Our global footprint offers an opportunity for an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, where continuous improvement is the foundation. As our planet is facing great challenges, we - one of the largest industrial organizations in the world - stand at the forefront of innovation. We are ready to rise to the challenge.