Category Purchaser
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
Are you ready to become a Voiager?
- Business area
- Business Operations
- Role
- Operations
- Locations
- Stockholm
- Employment type
- Full-time
Stockholm
About Voi Technology
Since 2018, Voi has been on a mission to create safe, sustainable and reliable micromobility for everyone. Today we are the leading shared micromobility operator in Europe, with HQ in Stockholm (Sweden), operating 100,000+ vehicles in 100+ towns and cities across 12 countries, serving 7+ million riders with over 300+ MILLION rides to date, and we have no intention of stopping here! We believe that micromobility will play a central role in changing how people move in our towns and cities in the future and want to ensure that the micromobility transformation happens the right way - through real innovative technology, partnership and transparent dialogue with towns, cities and governments, and by adapting our products to the local needs. In addition to improving quality of life in cities around the world, we are contributing to the solution for climate change by making sustainable transportation options more widely available and promoting renewable energy use and circularity along our supply chain.
Diversity Matters
As a Voiager, we offer you a friendly and fast-paced workplace where you can bring your whole self to work, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, disability or sexual orientation - and welcome applications from whoever you are, including veterans, those actively serving as a Reservist and their partners. What is most important to us is how you treat others and what skills and value you bring to our team. 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 - therefore we discourage any photos, personal letters, or disclosure of any information that concerns other information than your professional experience.
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