Ready to lead, disrupt and reinvent the sleep industry?
We are Emma – The Sleep Company. Created in 2013, we are now the world's largest D2C sleep brand, available in over 30 countries and recommended by many consumer associations in EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. We're pushing the boundaries of technology to transform the world of sleep and we want your help to pull it off.
We're a highly ambitious, hard-working team that pushes you to produce your best work yet. We focus on how we approach problems, we chase growth, and set ambitious goals. Want your ideas to have an impact and your career to grow? Then Emma is the right place for you.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Emma and our Global Procurement team. You will be responsible for key projects and will play a pivotal role in shaping and optimizing procurement strategies. You will engage in a variety of tasks, from leading negotiations to analyzing market trends, ensuring each day is dynamic and impactful. You will hold a crucial position in Emma's growth strategy, influencing expansion plans in both current and new markets. 🚀
What you'll do
- Create Global Impact: In your role within the global Strategic Procurement team, you contribute significantly to Emma's worldwide supply chain growth, actively managing relationships with suppliers across the globe.
- Strategic Cost Management: You lead substantial cost reduction projects, orchestrating multimillion-dollar price negotiations with key Business Partners to optimize financial efficiency.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Implementing cost-saving strategies is your key strength. You leverage a strong business sense and entrepreneurial mindset to identify and capitalize on opportunities within the supply chain.
- Supplier Expertise: Your focus includes developing in-depth knowledge of suppliers, understanding cost drivers per category, and staying abreast of sourcing markets and industry trends to ensure Emma sources at the most competitive prices.
- Risk Mitigation: You lead supply chain risk assessments, minimizing the impact of unforeseen events. You develop and communicate risk management techniques to enhance Emma's resilience in the face of challenges.
- Strategic Sourcing: You analyse and explore new sourcing regions, continuously identifying and developing relationships with strategic suppliers to optimize Emma's supplier network.
- Collaborative Leadership: You drive strategic vendor development through close collaboration, identifying and leveraging value-adding opportunities. Actively participating in product life cycle decisions, you collaborate with internal stakeholders for successful product launches and transitions.
What we're looking for
- You have a master’s in business administration, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering, or a related subject area with 2+ years of practical business experience.
- You are a strong, out-of-the-box thinker with great business judgment who creates outstanding solutions for complex problems.
- You are analytically strong, can draw meaningful insights when looking at data and have a problem-solving mindset.
- You love negotiating and are intrinsically motivated to strive for the best.
- You have an independent, responsible, and structured way of working and thinking in a process-oriented way.
- As an excellent communicator, you easily manage various stakeholders (external and Senior level).
- You are a team player and have excellent English skills (further foreign language skills are an advantage e.g., Chinese).
- You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are willing to “roll up your sleeves.” Someone who can keep a holistic overview can structure complex problems and link cross-team business implications.
What we offer
- Discounts on our top-notch products;
- Health insurance including dentist;
- 24 days holidays / year +1 day/year at Emma (máx. 29 days);
- The opportunity to collaborate with multinational teams;
- Exciting events that aren't just team-building exercises but opportunities to create epic memories;
- All the tools you need to grow and ownership from the beginning.
Become an Emmie
Emma is transforming the world of sleep - and we want the highest-performing people to help us pull it off. We want you. But only if you're willing to go all in. Only if you're willing to question, disrupt, innovate, and create from the ground up.
We proudly celebrate diversity. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting inclusion in our workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
Our aim is to get back to you in a couple of days, however, we are currently receiving a large number of applications and this might lead to a delay in the process. We will get back to you as soon as possible!