Inventory Manager - Wolt Market

  • Full-time
  • Department: Wolt Market

Company Description

About Wolt 
Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that provides an online platform for consumers, merchants and couriers. It connects people looking to order food and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local logistics to retail software and financial solutions – as well as operating its own grocery stores under the Wolt Market brand. Wolt’s products include Wolt+ (subscription service for customers), Wolt for Work (meal benefits and office deliveries for companies), Wolt Drive (fast last-mile deliveries for merchants) and Wolt Self-Delivery (service for merchant partners with their own delivery staff). Wolt’s mission is to make cities better by empowering and growing local communities. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 29 countries today, 25 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

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.

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Job Description

Are you a motivated and entrepreneurial individual that loves to work in a fast-paced environment with a great eye for detail? Do you love having a direct impact on customer buying decisions and online user experience and enjoy working with a dedicated team? If this sounds like you, then we’d love to chat!

Role background
Wolt is a Finnish technology company and we’re best known for our food delivery platform. Food delivery was just a start, and now we are exploring and expanding our platform with other business verticals in retail and grocery. We’ve grown significantly in the last years, expanding our operations to 27 countries across Europe and Asia today. And we’re just getting started.

The role you are looking at is a part of Wolt Market - our very own grocery stores that deliver a wide selection of products with world leading customer experience. People in Norway and Sweden can order their groceries and have them delivered to their doorstep at the highest convenience.

Wolt Market is growing rapidly and we have ambitious goals. We are looking for a strong Inventory Manager to manage ordering our product assortment in Norway and Sweden. This role includes team lead responsibilities. 

As a Wolt Market Inventory Manager you are responsible for ensuring that all products are ordered, and available to our customers at all times on the Wolt Market online catalog.

You will have an important role in ensuring a world class customer experience and driving conversion. Close collaboration with our Category, Content and Operation team as well as external suppliers will be key for success.

In this role, you’ll get a lot of help and support on the way, but are also expected to be an amazing independent Manager with an exceptional ability to execute every single day.

What you’ll be doing

  • Full responsibility for ensuring supply to our stores  
  • Ongoing follow up on vendors service level to ensure best in class deliveries to our stores
  • Ensuring commercial terms in all aspects of the supply chain
  • Key areas of focus include identifying and delivering improvement opportunities around Supplier Lead Time, PO confirmations and fulfillment, efficient receive process, inventory placement, and reducing input costs.
  • Drive operational process improvements across Wolt Market suppliers to maximize product availability, selection and reduce waste.
  • Focus on vendor operational performance, and how this directly impacts the P&L. 
  • Produce and analyze weekly metrics, follow up on them and be involved with all aspects of operational vendor management.
  • Influence a wide variety of internal stakeholders, using effective communication and interpersonal skills to encourage other teams to support priorities and deliver results.

Qualifications

  • Several years from supply chain, inventory management and/or project management experience with a proven track record of delivering results.
  • Extensive experience in retail, preferably in grocery.
  • The successful candidate must be highly organized, self-starting, highly analytical and thrive in a high energy environment.
  • High level knowledge in using Excel and SQL to turn data into actionable insights. 
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects - prioritization, planning and task delegation.
  • Experience in building and managing partnerships with suppliers and/or external partners.
  • Excellent business judgment, and a practical, common sense approach to getting things done. 
  • The right candidate has a will to go the longer mile to achieve results in a sometimes challenging business with short deadlines and strong partners. 
  • Strong written and oral communication skills in Norwegian or Swedish and English

Additional Information

If you are excited about working in a high-growth environment, taking ownership, and being part of an extremely ambitious team redefining grocery shopping, then click below to apply and get the conversation going!

We will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis, so if this sounds like an opportunity you want to pursue, apply today!

If you have any further questions about the position before submitting an application, you can turn to: Caroline Sørensen, Talent Acquisition Partner: [email protected]

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