Job Vacancies at Volvo Group

Job Objectives:

• Relationship manager for the assigned business areas consisting of the Retail Distribution Centre, Volvo Logistics, Assembly Plant, Volvo Bus, Volvo Penta and Volvo Construction Equipment.
• Timely and accurate accounting for the assigned financial line items.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal Volvo Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP).
• Adherence to Financial, Company and Group Internal Controls and associated frameworks.
• Support the business through the monthly closing process and accounting inquiries.
• Manage and train offshore Accounting Services teams.
• Responsibility for preparing reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and key income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and validity of general ledger balances.
• Responsibility for the preparation and reporting of month-end results in the group reporting system. Providing timely, accurate, complete and compliant financial, commercial and statistical data.
• Analyse and provide financial reports as required to support Financial Planning, Forecasts and associated processes.
• Approve and ensure accuracy of journals processed by the business.
• Liaise with the business to stay abreast of business developments and resolve concerns.
• Understand business operations and systems and proactively identify areas of efficiency and effectiveness improvement within FCA.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager.

Qualification & Job Experience:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant - CA(SA).
• Experience in financial accounting, reporting and consolidation will be preferable.
• Good technical knowledge of IFRS.
• Practical experience working in an international environment and in cross functional teams.

Key Competencies:

• A holistic business and process awareness and understand the link to the financial statements.
• Identify the key control points in the processes and secure adherence from a financial reporting risk perspective.
• High level of accuracy and reliability.
• Excellent communication skills and good team spirit approach.
• Analytical and driven person with high integrity and with a structured, and well-organized way of working.
• You have a solution-oriented mindset who deals with different matters in a logical and structured manner, and you have a can-do-attitude and not afraid of taking own initiative.
• You have a strong ethical compass and are not afraid to speak up.

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Job Objectives:

• Relationship manager for the assigned business areas consisting of Retail (12 branches), Retail Distribution Centre and Aftermarket division.
• Timely and accurate accounting for the assigned financial line items.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal Volvo Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP).
• Adherence to Financial, Company and Group Internal Controls and associated frameworks.
• Support the business through the monthly closing process and accounting inquiries.
• Manage and train offshore Accounting Services teams.
• Responsibility for preparing reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and key income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and validity of general ledger balances.
• Responsibility for the preparation and reporting of month-end results in the group reporting system. Providing timely, accurate, complete and compliant financial, commercial and statistical data.
• Analyse and provide financial reports as required to support Financial Planning, Forecasts and associated processes.
• Approve and ensure accuracy of journals processed by the business.
• Liaise with the business to stay abreast of business developments and resolve concerns.
• Understand business operations and systems and proactively identify areas of efficiency and effectiveness improvement within FCA.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager.

Qualification & Job Experience:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant - CA(SA).
• Minimum of three years working experience in financial accounting, reporting and consolidation, financial planning, business analysis and tax Good technical knowledge of IFRS.
• Practical experience working in an international environment and in cross functional teams.

Key Competencies:

• A holistic business and process awareness and understand the link to the financial statements.
• Identify the key control points in the processes and secure adherence from a financial reporting risk perspective.
• High level of accuracy and reliability.
• Excellent communication skills and good team spirit approach.
• Analytical and driven person with high integrity and with a structured, and well-organized way of working.
• You have a solution-oriented mindset who deals with different matters in a logical and structured manner, and you have a can-do-attitude and not afraid of taking own initiative.
• You have a strong ethical compass and are not afraid to speak up.

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Job Objectives:

• Relationship manager for the Volvo Trucks division consisting of New Trucks, Used Trucks and Market Africa.
• Timely and accurate accounting for the assigned financial line items.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and internal Volvo Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP).
• Adherence to Financial, Company and Group Internal Controls and associated frameworks.
• Support the business through the monthly closing process and accounting inquiries.
• Manage and train offshore Accounting Services teams.
• Responsibility for preparing reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and key income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and validity of general ledger balances.
• Responsibility for the preparation and reporting of month-end results in the group reporting system. Providing timely, accurate, complete and compliant financial, commercial and statistical data.
• Analyse and provide financial reports as required to support Financial Planning, Forecasts and associated processes.
• Approve and ensure accuracy of journals processed by the business.
• Liaise with the business to stay abreast of business developments and resolve concerns.
• Understand business operations and systems and proactively identify areas of efficiency and effectiveness improvement within FCA.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager.

Qualifications & Job Experience:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant - CA(SA).
• Minimum of three years working experience in financial accounting, reporting and consolidation, financial planning, business analysis and tax.
• Good technical knowledge of IFRS.
• Practical experience working in an international environment and in cross functional teams.

Key Competencies:

• A holistic business and process awareness and understand the link to the financial statements.
• Identify the key control points in the processes and secure adherence from a financial reporting risk perspective.
• High level of accuracy and reliability.
• Excellent communication skills and good team spirit approach.
• Analytical and driven person with high integrity and with a structured, and well-organized way of working.
• You have a solution-oriented mindset who deals with different matters in a logical and structured manner, and you have a can-do-attitude and not afraid of taking own initiative.
• You have a strong ethical compass and are not afraid to speak up.

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Job Objectives:

• Relationship manager for the Accounts Receivable (O2C), Accounts Payable (P2P), Treasury and Fixed Assets offshore Accounting Services teams.
• Relationship manager for financial institutions.
• Support the business in resolving payment and invoice queries.
• Ensure interaction/collaboration between FCA and the Business Controllers and Credit controllers.
• Cash Flow management including liquidity balances, cash flow forecasting and group company loans.
• Liaise with Group Treasury and the Chief Accountant on the legal entities ability to request loans.
• Manage bank accounts and online banking process.
• Manage and monitor the KPIs for the O2C and P2P offshore Accounting Services teams through regular one to one session(s).
• Oversight and ownership of O2C, P2P, Treasury and Fixed Assets related financial statement items and balance sheet reconciliations (BSR).
• Ensure compliance with the Asset Management process and ensure compliance with IFRS.
• Compute IFRS 9 provision and debtors ageing for month-end reporting.
• Represent FCA at the monthly Credit Committee Meetings.
• Weekly feedback to the Director of FCA on the O2C and P2P KPI’s.
• Oversee credit card management including employee travel credit cards.
• Oversee compliance to Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP) and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Standardise ways of working, thereby gain efficiency within the process.
• General assistance to other members of the team as required.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager.

Education & Job Experience:

• Process expert.
• 3+ year experience managing the credit and collection function.
• Understanding of the Volvo business operations preferable.
• Broad understanding of account principles.
• Knowledge and experience in the Shared Service Environment.
• Change management experience.
• Extensive experience in managing people – ideally managing managers.
• Communicate effectively in English (verbal and written format).

Key Competencies:

• Identify the key control points in the processes and secure adherence from a financial reporting risk perspective.
• High level of accuracy and reliability.
• Excellent communication skills and good team spirit approach.
• Analytical and driven person with high integrity and with a structured, and well-organized way of working.
• You have a solution-oriented mindset who deals with different matters in a logical and structured manner, and you have a can-do-attitude and not afraid of taking own initiative.
• You have a strong ethical compass and are not afraid to speak up.

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Job Objective:

• To sell Heavy Commercial vehicles of highest quality to existing customer base and grow customer base in order to achieve sales targets and improve customer satisfaction.
• To adhere to legislation, policies and procedures as per requirements to ensure compliance.
• To build exceptional relationships to ensure growth and customer retention.
• To ensure optimum profitability and volume for the brand in line with business plan.
• To ensure good communication channels and give regular feedback to customer and key company personnel.
• To add value to the customer by giving advice and support through good understanding the customer’s business and transport needs.

Qualification & Job Experience:

• Matric.
• Industry specific development program.
• 5 years Commercial Truck sales experience.

Job Knowledge:

• Knowledge of finance.
• Knowledge of sales process.
• Product knowledge.
• Industry knowledge.
• Customer Knowledge.

Key Competencies:

• Selling skills.
• Very Good Interpersonal skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Conflict-management skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Communication skills.
• Time-management skills.
• Planning and organization skills.

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Job Objectives:

• Local Champion for Volvo Process Systems (VPS).
• End to End Process and System expert.
• Liaison between FCA and key users/stakeholders in the business.
• Monitor, implement and improve financial and accounting systems and processes.
• Proactively identify areas of efficiency and effectiveness improvement within FCA.
• Prepare and update financial and accounting process documentation.
• Provide training to the respective business areas on financial and accounting systems and processes.
• Drive and be part of projects impacting the financial records and represent FCA where needed.
• Train FCA on new systems and processes implemented by Volvo Group.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and financial policies and procedures (FPP).
• Support and assist FCA and the business.
• Any other duties reasonably assigned by your manager.

Qualification & Job Experience:

• Process expert.
• 2+ years experience managing, implementing, and improving financial systems and processes.
• Lean methodology knowledge preferable.
• Change management experience.
• Understanding of the Volvo business operations preferable.
• Broad understanding of accounting principles.

Key Competencies:

• A holistic business and process awareness and understand the link to the financial statements.
• Identify the key control points in the processes and secure adherence from a financial reporting risk perspective.
• High level of accuracy and reliability.
• Excellent communication skills and good team spirit approach.
• Analytical and driven person with high integrity and with a structured, and well-organized way of working.
• You have a solution-oriented mindset who deals with different matters in a logical and structured manner, and you have a can-do-attitude and not afraid of taking own initiative.
• You have a strong ethical compass and are not afraid to speak up.

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Job Objectives:

• To set appropriate objectives, initiate actions monitor performance and follow-up results for the sales organization.
• Implement Volvo Trucks Southern Africa (VTSA) Commercial Sales initiated projects and national decided projects and plans.
• Total- and Long-Term Volume Market Forecast.
• Total Sales Volume Annually according to agreed plans.
• Complete Price Realization in total and per product group.
• Full ownership of total New Trucks profitability and per product group.
• Customer Mix and Sales Channel development to optimize profitability and market share.
• Market Share Development in accordance to short- and long term objectives defined.
• To manage the Inventory and Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO).
• Drive national customer accounts, incl. international customers being present in the market.
• Implementation of decided price positioning and other applicable strategies.
• Initiate and drive segmentation sales to optimize life cycle earning and to establish insight driven sales and value based selling arguments to increase total offer sales.
• Secure correct competence level within Sales Organization through cooperation with other Volvo business units.
• Joint responsibility for Customer Satisfaction for New Truck Vehicle issues, and to be the main sponsor of the Commercial Crew.
• To manage and develop own department and use resources efficiently through a leadership driven by Volvo values, and to secure competence development.
• To manage, develop and motivate staff within area of responsibility in accordance with Company policy and drive cross functional excellence from all stakeholders to achieve targets.
• Contribute in a professional manner and engage in cross functional cooperation within Volvo Trucks South Africa to secure optimal success for the Company.
• Motivating, developing and encouraging excellent performances to drive profitability.
• Fully accept and demonstrate the complete range of managerial responsibilities and utilise appropriate Volvo tools to drive engagement and performance.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Fully proficient when it comes to general understanding of the truck business and expert knowledge when it comes to business- and customer focus.
• Committed and driven team-player with strong negotiation- and business-oriented skills at executive level to collaborate with different business functions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders on different levels.
• Structured and result oriented with in-depth knowledge with a very good human understanding and ability to build strong teams and employee- and customer relations.
• Be able to drive volume, profit and sales targets through dedicated sales resources.
• Engage in a cross-functionally work leveraging the knowledge and support available in all areas of Volvo Group Southern Africa and external partners to ensure high levels of dialogue, exchange of information and coordination between Service, Sales, Product, Business Control and Co-driving teams on an ongoing basis and as required.
• Lead / drive market activities cross-functionally; product, Volvo Financial Service (VFS), superstructure, connected services, service market, marcom.
• Contributes to Team, Department and Company effort by accomplishing related results and undertaking any requested job as needed.

Key Competencies and Personal Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills – including excellent written and oral communication with the ability to communicate appropriately with all levels of management and colleagues.
• Strong business decision making and problem solving skills.
• Various Country Market exposure.
• Project management experience and expert Negotiation skills.
• Heavy duty truck customer experience.
• Personal drive & learning agility.
• Service-minded, ability to manage national and international stakeholders with a proactive approach.
• Work in accordance with the Volvo Group processes, the Code of Conduct and the Volvo Group Values.
• Global exposure will be an advantage.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Other Responsibilities:

• Risk Management and Compliance
• All managers must be aware of and abide by the principles in the critical policies and directives found on violin and specified in a document list. Every role holder on management level is particularly accountable for adherence of policies and guidelines own responsibility area.
• All employees should understand and comply with the principles in:
• The Volvo Way.
• Code of Conduct.
• Anti-Trust.
• Compliance guidelines.
• Whistle blower procedures.
• General Data Protection Regulation.

Health and Safety

• Ensure a culture of safe working and safe work environment for all staff.
• Raise concerns or actively address any health & safety issue identified.
• Attend and apply all required safety trainings.
• Follow all instructions given for working safely.
• Identify and report all hazards, incidents, injuries and near misses immediately.
• Report for work in a safe manner, unaffected by drugs and/or alcohol.
• Protect own safety and health and not adversely affect the safety and health of others.
• At all times wear safety equipment provided for the job task or area.
• Do not misuse or tamper with the safe use of equipment.
• Promote wellbeing and health in your team (if any) by supporting positive work-life-balance, having an awareness of mental health and other health issues, and understanding support networks.

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Job Objectives:

• Fault-finding and diagnosis on Volvo Products by interpreting product “under performance” and/or failure.
• Interpret and implement information in Volvo Manual and Service Literature.
• By following directives provided in Workshop Manuals, produce work of Volvo acceptable standards.
• Follow repair, maintenance instructions and specifications as per the manual.
• Ensure excellence in customer service delivery through meticulously following procedures/processes.
• Provide comprehensive and accurate reports on diagnosis, assessment of component/part, failures, observations, actions and recommendations.
• Follow procedures for breakdown work:
• Liaise with driver before responding to customer breakdowns;
• Ensure the correct documentation is in place and accurately completed before submission.
• Compliance to ISO 9001 and other Safety standards.

Qualification & Job Experience:

• Matric / N3.
• Trade Test Certificate - Qualified Diesel Mechanic.
• 3 years Dealership experience in maintenance and repairs of heavy commercial vehicles.
• Must be in possession of a Code 14 driving license or a Code 10 driving license with a valid PDP.

Key Competencies:

• Ability to read all relevant measuring equipment.
• Knowledge/skills to effect correct repair work.
• Ability to interpret technical manuals and specifications and put into practice.
• Must be able to speak, read and write in English.
• Computer literacy.

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Job Objectives:

• Drive and manage understanding of the full Retail Network in Closing and Estimate activities.
• Implement a new way of working that aligns with our future Financial goals and the exciting future of Electromobility.
• To drive and secure Volvo Group way of working within Business Control. This also entails to clean out any other tasks not Business Control related.
• You are experienced in indirect leadership which will drive success in implementation of new activities in line with Volvo Group Values.
• Actively propose and drive the support of improvements of all controlling related revenue and expense reporting, ensuring proactive control, accuracy, predictability and timely delivery of results, analysis and forecasts.
• This role requires knowledge of SAP general ledger accounting, however, follow up is done in pre-systems GDS Fusion, SAP, Essbase and planning tool Hyperion.
• Be a business partner and contribute to continous improvement.
• Provide financial information to stakeholders according to set deadlines.
• Liase with other Finance colleagues for decision making, analysis, reporting and consolidation.
• This role requires travel to the dealers in the network in South Africa.
• No direct staff reporting, but collaboration with the 12 dealers for their explanations and input is required.
• Change management and structural implementations to align with Volvo Group of reporting financials.

As a successful Finance Retail Manager you will:

• Perform current work.
• Develop the work.
• Develop yourself.
• Develop the team.

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Job Objectives:

• Fault-finding and diagnosis on Volvo Products by interpreting product “under performance” and/or failure.
• Interpret and implement information in Volvo Manual and Service Literature.
• By following directives provided in Workshop Manuals, produce work of Volvo acceptable standards.
• Follow repair, maintenance instructions and specifications as per the manual.
• Ensure excellence in customer service delivery through meticulously following procedures/processes.
• Provide comprehensive and accurate reports on diagnosis, assessment of component/part, failures, observations, actions and recommendations.
• Follow procedures for breakdown work:
• Liaise with driver before responding to customer breakdowns;
• Ensure the correct documentation is in place and accurately completed before submission.
• Compliance to ISO 9001 and other Safety standards.

Qualification & Work Experience:

• Matric/N3.
• Trade Test Certificate - Qualified Diesel Mechanic.
• 3 years Dealership experience in maintenance and repairs of heavy commercial vehicles.

Key Competencies:

• Ability to read all relevant measuring equipment.
• Knowledge/skills to effect correct repair work.
• Ability to interpret technical manuals and specifications and put into practice.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English.
• Computer literacy.

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Job Objectives:

• Fault-finding and diagnosis on Volvo Products by interpreting product “under performance” and/or failure.
• Interpret and implement information in Volvo Manual and Service Literature.
• By following directives provided in Workshop Manuals, produce work of Volvo acceptable standards.
• Follow repair, maintenance instructions and specifications as per the manual.
• Ensure excellence in customer service delivery through meticulously following procedures/processes.
• Provide comprehensive and accurate reports on diagnosis, assessment of component/part, failures, observations, actions and recommendations.
• Follow procedures for breakdown work:
• Liaise with driver before responding to customer breakdowns;
• Ensure the correct documentation is in place and accurately completed before submission.
• Compliance to ISO 9001 and other Safety standards.

Qualification & Job Experience:

• Matric/N3.
• Trade Test Certificate - Qualified Diesel Mechanic.
• 3 years Dealership experience in maintenance and repairs of heavy commercial vehicles.

Key Competencies:

• Ability to read all relevant measuring equipment.
• Knowledge/skills to effect correct repair work.
• Ability to interpret technical manuals and specifications and put into practice.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English.
• Computer literacy.

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Job Objectives:

Receiving/Inbound

• Ensure and oversee that the receiving of goods are done according to Volvo procedure.
• To ensure that all parts are received accurately against documentation and within prescribed time as set by KPI standards.
• To timeously record all discrepancies on the GDS system when parts received are not conforming to standards and to document descriptions and part numbers.
• Ensure that parts are binned according to system allocations and not according to label allocations.

Outbound

• Process all customer order requests and ensure correct picking, packing and distribution of parts according to the Volvo procedures.
• Must at all times make sure that the system is updated after authorization.
• To make sure the correct parts and quantities are dispatched as per invoice.
• To provide an efficient and effective service to the workshop by ensuring that all Technicians receive their parts as soon as orders are processed, and parts are picked.

Credit Notes

• To ensure that credit notes are checked and signed off for processing. All credit notes to be filed in sequence and stored.
• To ensure that the correct procedures are followed when processing credits i.e. No electrical parts are returned etc.
• Perpetual Stock Counts and Bin Verifications.
• Ensuring that perpetual counts are done on a daily basis as per set quantities on the total volume of the Warehouse.
• To make sure a thorough investigation is done when discrepancies occur.
• All adjustments to be investigated and updates to be authorized before the system is updated.

House Keeping

• Ensure warehouse premises (inside/outside) always neat and tidy.
• Ensure parts stored correctly.
• Ensure all parts are binned correctly.
• Ensure waste collected timeously.
• Perimeter secure.

Exchange Parts

• Ensure parts from customer are at the agreed exchange standards (See Manual).
• Responsible for physical receiving & storage.
• Responsible for preparing supplier/core returns.
• Ensure that the packing and labeling of core parts be returned to PDC.

Health and Safety

• To ensure that all warehouse personnel abides by the rules and regulations set aside in the Volvo procedures regarding health and safety.

Qualifications & Job Experience:

• Grade 12.
• Diploma in Warehouse management or a minimum of three years warehousing experience.

Key Competencies:

• Self-motivated.
• People orientated.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Customer Orientated.
• Resource Management abilities.
• Teamwork.
• Quality orientated.
• Ability to plan and organize.
• Stock control.
• Time Management.
• Attention to detail.