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Since 2018, Voi has been on a mission to create safe, sustainable and reliable micromobility for everyone. Today we are the #1 shared micromobility operator in Europe, operating in 100+ cities with over 275+ MILLION rides to date. It has been an amazing journey and we have no intention of stopping now! To continue to optimise and drive improvement programs to achieve best in class cost for the organisation we are looking for a Category Purchaser to join us at HQ in Stockholm. Are you ready for the voyage of a lifetime?
YOUR MISSION AT VOI
As Category Purchaser you will have the full ownership for sourcing and renegotiations projects of indirect procurements across all markets. In this role you will be accountable for the process end-to-end, driving spend analysis and cost benchmark studies, managing supplier relationships and evaluation, and building negotiation strategies and execution to achieve optimal solutions and minimise total cost of ownership. This will include:
- Continuously driving cost optimisation and improvement programs in close collaboration with stakeholders across the organisation
- Managing spend analysis and benchmarking to find opportunities to optimise categories and cost
- Driving sourcing projects across all indirect categories, continuously scouting the market for new potential suppliers and opportunities for cost reductions
- Building negotiation strategies and managing negotiations with new and existing suppliers, including the contracting process and administration of renewals
- Maintaining and developing supplier relationship management, continuously evaluating performance and working strategically with key suppliers to ensure successful long-term partnership
- Working proactively to identify supply risks and applying relevant strategies to mitigate them
- Collaborating closely with stakeholders across the organisation as a subject matter expert in the procurement field, assisting with sustainability and supplier code of conduct activities and work continuously to drive the organisation towards best in class cost and performance
WHAT YOU NEED TO EMBARK
We are looking for an energetic and analytical team player, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously. In addition to being professionally fluent in English, we believe the right person has:
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, or similar
- +2 years experience from purchasing or procurement functions
- Experience from managing procurement and purchasing projects end-to-end with short deadlines
- Experience from sourcing for new products and services
- Experience from managing multiple project and stakeholders simultaneously
- Experience from successful negotiations and building strong long-term relationships
- Good knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets
- Professional fluency in English, additional languages is a merit
- Knowledge of IT tools, e.g. Steep or Tableau, is a merit
WHY VOI?
Working at Voi is more than just a job; Our People Promise includes a personal voyage where you will grow as a professional and be a part of a team and culture that builds something meaningful for society. In addition to this you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Join Europe’s #1 micromobility company and one of the fastest growing scaleups
- Get “skin in the game” through our employee options program and have a direct impact on cost reductions for the whole company
- Work with inspiring, motivated and fun colleagues towards a common goal
- Join the micromobility-revolution and be a part of creating sustainable cities made for living, free from noise and pollution
- Business area
- Business Operations
- Role
- Operations
- Locations
- Stockholm
- Employment type
- Full-time
Stockholm
Our values
Push boundaries - Dare to design the future of mobility
Build with empathy - Create long-lasting, sustainable impact
Ride together - Collaborate with the ambition of changing the world
About Voi Technology
Founded in 2018, Voi is a Swedish micromobility company offering e-scooter and e-bike sharing in partnership with towns, cities and local communities. We believe e-scooters can play a central role in changing how people move in our towns and cities in the future. We want to ensure that the micromobility transformation happens the right way - through real innovative technology, open and transparent dialogue with towns, cities and governments and by adapting our products to local needs. Voi’s holistic Environmental Action Plan tackles emissions and promotes renewable energy use and circularity along its supply chain.
Voi operates in over 100 towns and cities across 12 countries. It is headquartered in Stockholm and employs around 1000 people. To date, Voi boasts more than seven million riders and has served more than 180+ million rides.
DIVERSITY MATTERS
We believe that having a wide diversity of people with different backgrounds and perspectives within Voi is essential to our success in delivering the best user experience to our equally diverse user base. With employees from over 50 nationalities working within Voi, we believe we have made good progress but know we can still do more. Regardless of your gender, background, or sexual orientation, we welcome applications from whoever you are including those actively serving as a Reservist or those who have served in the military and their spouses - what’s important for us is what skills and value you can bring to the Voi team. And of course that you’re a great Voi culture add! Therefore we actively discourage any photos, personal letters, or disclosure of any information that concerns other information than your professional experience.
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