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.
Currently, we are looking for two different positions as Head of Procurement directly reporting to our Director of Global Procurement Sergio Lopez.
We are looking for Head of Procurement Mattresses, focusing on constantly finding ways to improve our D2C supply chain and further develop our global sourcing strategy. The European mattresses division is our biggest spent account in procurement, managing the largest network supply chain and backbone for the growth of the company.
As well as a Head of Procurement Retail, closely working with our retail sales and operations team, focusing on actively building our B2B supply chain. The challenge here is to meet our retail team needs in terms of high quality products, still keeping fast delivery conditions whilst achieving optimal costs and using synergies between D2C and Retail wherever possible.
Our vision is to create a global supplier network in the most lean and cost-efficient way to accelerate the growth of Emma and thus strengthen our competitive position on the market.
To reach this, we are looking for great strategists with outstanding business sense and an entrepreneurial spirit. As well as passionate team leaders, who can easily identify strengths & weaknesses of a team, develop each individual and bring the team to the next level.
What you´ll do
- You will be responsible to continue professionalizing the network securing building the optimal global sourcing set-up for our products considering innovation capabilities, lean process and cost-optimized structures.
- You will need to understand global trends, identifying regions with beneficial sourcing options, analyzing and evaluating the opportunities, and having a full global understanding of the category.
- You will build and have ownership of key supplier relationships building the long-term strategy and deciding with which partners to work with, thereby making a direct impact on the category and Emma’s bottom line.
- You will analyze cost break downs provided by the suppliers and understand the main cost drivers per category as well as market trends.
- You will lead negotiations with our suppliers, including price, margin, exclusivity, and delivery terms.
- You will develop risk mitigation strategies for the whole supply chain and create introduction and exit strategies for suppliers, ensuring the continuity of supply.
- You will work together with internal teams such as Markets, Product Development, R&D, etc. to advance the categories’ business agenda and drive strategic decisions.
- You will work together with the rest of the Operations teams (Logistics, Replenishment, OPEX) improving the operational process as well as working hand in hand with Finance striving for healthy and strategical financial decisions.
- As part of the Emma leading team, you need to create companywide impact outside of your area or responsibility contributing to the overall growth of the company.
This is what we are looking for:
- You have a strategic, decisive and analytical mindset.
- You have very strong executional skills paired up with an exceptional hands-on mentality.
- You are communicative with great ability to build strong relations and successfully negotiating high volumes
- You can juggle multiple priorities and effectively deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- You have gained practical experience and acquired deep knowledge in sourcing.
- You have an independent, responsible, and structured way of working and you think in a process-oriented way.
- You are passionate about leading and developing, we are looking for a team player who can easily identify weaknesses and strengths of a team
- You are able create value outside of operations and your scope, keeping a holistic overview on our overall business and contribute to cross team projects
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!
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