Volvo Trucks

Volvo Trucks is one of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy trucks and the Volvo Group's most international company with operations worldwide. We sell and service our products in more than 130 countries and we are in total appr. 20.000 employees. Our ambitions are to always offer the most efficient, the safest and the most environmentally considerate vehicles on the market and to be valued as the world’s leading provider of commercial transport solutions. These ambitions can only be realised through competent and motivated personnel.

Global Manufacturing (GM), a division within Volvo Trucks, is responsible for the production and delivery of trucks manufactured at our 18 plants worldwide. 


The organisations within GM that will be a part of the Development program for young professionals are divided in Cab Manufacturing Plant in Umeå (Sweden), Truck Assembly Plant in Gothenburg (Sweden), Truck Assembly Plant in Ghent (Belgium) and Truck Assembly Plant in Kaluga (Russia). Outside Europe the program will include Volvo de Brazil that is based in Curitiba and manufactures trucks for South America and our plant in Brisbane (Australia), which manufactures trucks primarily for the Australian market. There are also two supporting process organisations within the GM organisation that will take part of this program; Global Manufacturing Engineering (GME) and Global Manufacturing Logistics (GML).

In order to assure the supply and quality of our future leaders and ensure one GM culture, we are now seeking suitable candidates for our
Development Program for Young Professionals

Content of Development Program:
The 12 month program offers a range of opportunities for professional and personal growth. The participants will work closely with experienced Volvo-professionals in consecutive assignments at different parts of the plant. Hands-on experience is combined with insight into the company’s strategic processes.

The Young Professional program contains different blocks combining common and individual segments such as:

Internships at our production sites, including meetings with the top management team as well as international networking possibilities
•         In depth knowledge of the Volvo organisation, values, culture, products production philosophy and customers.
•         Personal development - in areas such as teambuilding, communication skills, Volvo leadership competencies

Locations:
Cab Manufacturing Plant in Umeå (Sweden)
Truck Assembly Plant in Gothenburg (Sweden)
Truck Assembly Plant in Ghent (Belgium)
Truck Assembly Plant in Kaluga (Russia)
Truck Assembly Plant in Brisbane (Australia)
Truck Assembly Plant in Curitiba (Brazil)

Each location will advertise separately and these adverts can be found at our career site.

Candidate Requirements:
•         Master of Science in Engineering or Business Control.
•         Desire and energy to continuously improve.
•         Strong analytical and conceptual thinking.
•         Ability to handle challenges in a courageous way.
•         Excellent communication skills with the ability to network/team work.
•         Sound knowledge of written and spoken English and preferably the local language at the site you seek (Swedish, Flemish, Portuguese or Russian).
•         Prepared to move within our global organization.

Employment conditions:
Participants will be employed, according to specific country employment policies.

Are you interested in working in production atmosphere?
Do you have what it takes to be a future leader in a rapidly expanding industry? Are you interested in development and like challenges?
Then we would like you to apply for our Development program for Young Professionals.