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Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.

Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

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 the role

If you are up for the challenge of developing our future Operations and want to be a part of the innovative world of Volvo Group, this is the position for you!

With us, you, as Incumbent of the position, can push your professional skills and drive change together with committed people. We are in an exciting transformational phase - come, learn, and create a new future with us!

We are looking for a VPS coach passionate about lean principles and continuous improvement journey to work in cross functional teams being part in all Tuve plant process, including production and supporting areas. You will have opportunity to develop improvements with production teams and participate in projects that will introduce the trucks of the future in our plant, a great opportunity for development!

Collaboration, agility, communication, and leadership skills are core values to be explored by leading improvements and coaching people. You must secure a tight relation with all Tuve EBM organization and a strong connection with other counterparts in GTO functions (local and global), as well other areas as GTT, GTP, VGRE and the Brand.

You will be driving continuous improvement side by side with cost efficiency and lean practices in all concerned plant processes. Your focus will be to help the organization to secure process performance, but innovation will be part of your daily challenges. New and more efficient ways of working are welcome! You and the teams will define and drive strategies to improve quality, efficiency, flexibility and how can bring more opportunities. You will also develop and support the growing competence needs ahead both to yourself and the plant.

This position holder will be part of Tuve VPS team, reporting to the Director of Quality, VPS & Environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Your contribution will help in VPS Journey, going beyond gold through systematic competence development activities for all people.
• Promote and facilitate cross-functional problem-solving methodologies that drives continuous improvement culture.
• Designing, coordinating, and conducting training sessions on Leadership, Lean & VPS Culture, Concepts, tools, and improvement methodologies.
• Coaching managers and teams in lean within a constantly evolving environment.
• Drive kaizens and support the plant in the methodology.
• Drive focus areas teams.

Required Knowledge / Experience

• Your contribution will help in VPS Journey, going beyond gold through systematic competence development activities for all people.
• Promote and facilitate cross-functional problem-solving methodologies that drives continuous improvement culture.
• Designing, coordinating, and conducting training sessions on Leadership, Lean & VPS Culture, Concepts, tools, and improvement methodologies.
• Coaching managers and teams in lean within a constantly evolving environment.
• Drive kaizens and support the plant in the methodology.
• Drive focus areas teams.

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Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.