Global Buyer (Technology)
- Full-time
- Department: Global Logistics
Company Description
Wolt is a technology company that makes it incredibly easy to discover and get the best restaurants, grocery stores and other local shops delivered to your home or office. Since launching 7 years ago, Wolt has expanded from a restaurant food delivery platform in the Nordics to a leading player in the delivery of everything across EMEA. Wolt works together with tens of thousands of restaurant and retail partners, as well as with over a hundred thousand courier partners across 23 countries and 250+ cities. In November 2021 Wolt and DoorDash announced they are joining forces, and the transaction is expected to close in H1 2022. We continue to expand rapidly and are looking for more talented individuals to join us.
Wolt not only offers great apps to customers and partners, but is also developing a broad range of technologies and solutions. Our apps (iOS and Android) have the industry’s highest reviews, largely because of our customer-centric approach to how we build our products and operations. For example, our customer service team responds in a matter of minutes, in the customer’s own language.
So, why work at Wolt?
At Wolt, we’re about getting things done.
You’ll probably enjoy it here if you like taking ownership, developing yourself and being around friendly, humble and ambitious people.
We work hard to make cities into better places, and it’s pretty cool seeing us grow every week. If you’re passionate about building things that just… work, Wolt might be for you.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.
Join us today to build Wolt together.
Job Description
Are you a people person that can successfully manage multiple internal and external relationships? Do you like moving in the fast lane and working with data? Are you a creative problem solver that is seeking a dynamic environment where you can learn and develop new skills and you are not afraid to get your hands dirty? If so, then Wolt’s Global Procurement team is the place for you!
As such, we are now looking for a Global Buyer for Technology to join Wolt's Global Procurement team, to help our HQ teams’ and be responsible for our everyday activities. Your daily tasks will cover database and order management, vendor and item management and small to medium sourcing projects of different complexity levels. You will play a pivotal role in helping our team to manage different vendors, support our category manager in sourcing projects and run small or medium size projects independently.
As a Global Buyer for Technology, you will be responsible for raising purchase orders, maintaining our vendor and item database and ensure it is up to date, liaising with different vendors and stakeholders in various sourcing projects, lead or support contract negotiations and act as the first contact point for new vendors. We are growing fast and, while our processes and tools are constantly evolving, you will be in a key position to contribute on building the best tools and processes for Wolt.
While you’ll get lots of help and support on the way, you are also expected to take the lead and make sure that procurement continues to be an enabler for the company’s growth. This position is part of our procurement team, directly reporting to the Procurement Manager and working daily with the Technology Category Manager in Wolt’s HQ, Finland.
What You'll Be Doing
- Project Management: lead small and medium projects incl. negotiations
- Business support: support our category managers in their projects
- Vendor management: manage vendor communication and contracts
- Database management: keep our vendors and items records up to date
- Reporting: run and build reports and conduct basic analytics
- Ordering: raise and manage purchase orders, purchase requisitions and contracts
- Sustainability: support the team to achieve our sustainability goals;
- Learning and development: at Wolt willingness to teach and to learn are among our core values. Your colleagues are always happy to teach or learn new things
- Other tasks include sampling or helping to improve our systems and processes
Qualifications
- Relevant years of experience in procurement
- Ability to drive projects independently
- Strong interest in Technology is a plus
- Eagerness to learn and develop new skills
- Well organized
- Tech-savviness and analytical skills are a plus
- Hands-on mentality
- Excellent English skills and eligible to work in the EU
- Location to be based in Helsinki with travel up to 20 days annually
Additional Information
If you are creative, like moving fast, and thrive in a dynamic environment where you get to be proactive and figure out what to do (rather than wait to be told) – then apply today.
What you’ll get by joining us
- Opportunity to be part of building something exceptional, in an international environment
- Lots of learning and growth in a globally scaling tech company
- Competitive salary + stock options available
If you have any further questions about the position, you can turn to:
Chene Elliot, Talent Acquisition Partner - [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept applications sent by mail. You should submit your application through our careers website!
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