Manager Product Preparation Volvo Buses Uddevalla
About this role
Company description:
"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."
Job description:
Do you enjoy creating safe, well-run operations and improving how work gets done together? At Volvo Buses, you will lead a skilled team in Uddevalla and help build a culture where people feel supported; performance grows, and continuous improvement is part of everyday work.
Responsibilities
- At Volvo Buses in Uddevalla, we bring together proud welding craftsmanship from the shipbuilding era with the precision and care shaped by decades of local car manufacturing. With a supportive, committed team, we produce high-quality frames and structures that help create world-class buses.
- Our plant has around 130 engaged colleagues and is the first step in the chassis supply chain. We weld bus frames, cross members, and other welded components, mainly for Volvo Buses and also for other parts of the Volvo Group. Each year, we manufacture approximately 2,000 to 3,000 bus frames.
- As Product preparation manager you will lead a team of preparation engineers, product technicians, and welding- and referens system specialists. You will focus together with your team on improving our product introduction process. This will be a key success factor in an environment where changes increase and time to market is a challenge. Your team will also drive our internal process projects and our improvement activities.
- Who are you?
- You are a steady, inclusive leader who enjoys helping others succeed and believes great results come from clarity, trust, and teamwork. You bring:
Requirements
- Proven