Volvo Group Employee Portraits

Project Manager Purchasing (PMP) Suranjeeta Behera likes to think of herself as a connector between teams as she manages electromobility projects at Volvo Group Purchasing. She balances different viewpoints coming from various stakeholders and fosters cross-functional collaboration to drive resilient and sustainable sourcing.

When a customer needs a very specific truck application, this is when the Adaptation buyer steps in to make sure the customer gets exactly what they need and in the shortest lead time possible. Meet Bertrand Tissot, Adaptation Buyer in Volvo Group Purchasing to learn more.

For Virginia, every minute and every hour counts when making sure that our customers’ vehicle gets back on the road again after a disturbance due to wear and tear - to transport goods to their customers, and people to where they are going. It’s all about solving challenges together with stakeholders and suppliers globally to secure vehicle uptime for customer success.

Noora Hammar is the Head of Security Assurance at Enterprise IT Security, an organization under Volvo Group Digital & IT. She loves working with cybersecurity – and with the new initiative Women in Cybersecurity, she wants to help get more women into the field.

For Loic Boudarel it was never obvious that he would pursue a career as a purchaser. But now, three years down the line, he is very clear that he doesn’t want to change path any time soon and is thriving in his role as a buyer within Volvo Group.

Juggling work with a private life and family isn’t always easy. At Volvo Group we believe that good communication and trust, together with supportive employee benefits, provide the basis for a healthy work-life balance. Sarah Townsend, Analyst, Parts & Services Financing, is very happy with the work culture at Volvo Group – a company she’s proud to describe as socially conscious.

“The best thing about working at Volvo Group is the diversity, which I think is beneficial to our business and increases the commitment of employees. Here at Tuve, we have colleagues with different backgrounds and skills - you can be yourself and everyone is equally welcome.”

“I started working at Volvo as an apprentice when I was 14. The work environment, the relationships we establish with people, the opportunities for development that I have are things that make me come to work and want to develop more every day” says Christian De Jesus Camilo, Factory Operator, Volvo Buses, Brazil