Flexis - Product Portfolio Leader

Flexis is the new company in the green logistics sector, with the mission to create more sustainable societies and change the way we move goods through cities.

Mission
Lead product strategy deployment (vehicle & service development) and family lineup integration with analysis of internal and external stakeholder’s inputs and market intelligence.

Main activities

1. Focus on FlexEvan family models execution with full ownership about product specification, value positioning, vehicle & connected service convergence & lifecycle enrichment framing.
2. Lead market and customer analysis primarily on electrification and digitalization in light commercial vehicle market and logistic customer segment in Europe.
3. Consolidate Brand key-accounts inputs/outputs and manage Entry charge process for product development.
4. Support B2B co-creation process with sales marketing and solution team as product representative.
5. Identify company mid and long-term product needs with a holistic view, and improve Flexis value-up positioning.

Main interfaces

1. External: OEM product team, B2B fleet customers & tech partners.
2. Internal: All the functions (esp. Chief vehicle engineers, Sales marketing, Software solution, Design).

Skills:

1. Holistic understanding of customer, market & competition environment esp. in European light commercial vehicle and its electrification shift (market knowledge for other matured EV market as plus).
2. Strong ability to communicate product orientation with data-driven analysis (quantitative & qualitative).
3. Broad knowledge of vehicle engineering, milestone techniques & process.
4. Effective documentation and lean-start-up collaborative skills in fast-evolving project environment.

Experience:

1. Experience in product planning and strategy framing on vehicle & car connected services especially for European market – e.g ability to translate market/customer analytical inputs into compelling solution (hardware/software).
2. Experience in project arbitration with mixed methods (cost/value analysis, business justification).
3. Business plan process and customer-centric value creation – e.g customer value framing such as TCO/TCU.
4. Cross-functional management experience on vehicle framing (upstream and downstream).

Travel Frequency:

1. 20% of time.

We want to become the primary provider of electrified urban logistics services through connected solutions and vehicles for our B2B partners and customers.

To make this project come true, the Joint Venture Flexis has received initial funding and support from 3 major players of the commercial vehicle sector.

We are a team of diverse peers looking to create a future company which will grow to 100+ collaborators over the next six months. We aim to make this project raising significant investments and reach rapidly a significant size with sales in excess of 2Bn. We are thinking big and fast. We will operate at the junction between electric vehicles and the digital world.

Being part of the team will offer you a strong opportunity to work on a Joint Venture creation and bring your passion, experience, startup mindset to move forward with a more sustainable environment.

Organization: Group Strategic Initiatives

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead, we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.