Category Purchaser

Full Time
Sveavägen 25, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden
2 days ago

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