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Our vision is to make a healthy and sustainable lifestyle the most attractive choice. So we defy: the status quo, misleading product, and nonsense rules! We truly believe in the power of ideas and are thirsty to realize the ones that could have impact. We're an eclectic bunch of creative minds, experts, builders, and improvers. Our perspectives, cultures, backgrounds, dreams, skills, and life paths may have nothing in common, but we gather behind a vision and sail together towards our ambitious goals.

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We're seeking a visionary Head of Procurement to lead our global sourcing strategy, shaping a resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient procurement processes tailored to our dynamic business needs.

As a seasoned leader, your expertise will be instrumental in driving our procurement excellence to new heights.

In this role, you'll oversee the development and enhancement of our sourcing processes, contract management, and supplier relationships, ensuring we stay ahead of the curve. Reporting directly to the SVP of Supply Chain & Logistics as part of our executive team, you'll guide a team of strategic procurement and supplier relationship managers towards achieving our ambitious goals.

If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for shaping procurement excellence and driving transformative change, we invite you to bring your expertise to our team!

Your responsibilities

Leading and mentoring our procurement teams, you guide them through strategic initiatives, foster supplier relationships, and ensure alignment with our warehouses and production lines processes.
Your negotiation skills are unmatched, securing optimal terms for high qualitative raw materials, machinery and supplier services, guaranteeing seamless operations across the board.
With a keen eye for data analytics, you continuously evaluate cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality, always on the lookout for ways to enhance processes.
You're shaping our supplier network, delving deep into our business landscape to innovate and optimize operations, charting the course for our success.
Leveraging your exceptional communication and analytical skills, you forge strong relationships with stakeholders across departments, ensuring organizational cohesion and driving us towards our goals.

That's you

With a proven track record in leadership across global FMCG and D2C/eCommerce industries you excel at rallying teams towards strategic objectives.
Navigating diverse, globally dispersed teams in a remote-first culture comes effortlessly to you, fostering collaboration and synergy.
Leveraging your strategic thinking and analytical prowess, you drive forward-thinking procurement processes, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.
With your effective communication expertise, you skilfully express vision and strategy, adeptly gaining support from stakeholders at all levels.
Your comprehensive overview and attention to detail shape the future of your team and strategy as you drive impactful change within procurement processes.

But what’s in for you?

🏖 30 days of vacation

🏷 discount on our products

💰 employer-funded pension & location related insurances

🏡 purpose built office

📈 personal development

🎉 regular team events

🏁 start-up spirit

🌍 workation

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air up® have developed an innovative and world-first drinking system. Through scent alone, the air up® bottle brings flavour to simple tap water and can be enjoyed without any single-use plastic bottles, sugar, or additives. air up is a young, fast-growing company filled with ambitious and creative minds from various backgrounds.

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