Procurement Manager

Born autonomous. Born electric.

Since 2016, our technology has connected global communities with the things they need – and all without the emissions. We're made up of experts in multiple fields and that's how we've developed a new way to move goods. This is technology purpose-built for the industry. This is safer, cleaner, and more reliable movement.

We are Einride and this is how we build a better future.

**Want to be part of transforming road freight – for good? Einride is showing the world a new way to move, based on the latest digital, electric and autonomous technologies. Through our offering – freight capacity as a service and software as a service – we enable businesses around the world to accelerate towards their sustainability goals.

Founded in 2016, Einride became the first company in the world to deploy a cab-less autonomous electric vehicle on a public road (Sweden, Today, our team, and our award-winning technology is being deployed across 8 counties ( and counting ). Our clients are world's biggest shippers, including Fortune 500 companies.

The Mission of Procurement and Supply Chain Team at Einride Autonomous Technology is to support the company's business strategies by developing and managing a resilient and sustainable supply chain that enhances Einride's competitiveness and success of its customers.

We are now looking for a procurement manager who is going to be responsible for the Autonomous Driving System ( hardware and software ). This role requires technical acumen, exceptional communication, analytical and negotiation skills. A successful candidate needs to thrive in a pressurized environment using data and facts to help identify risks, manage resources, and solve problems quickly and effectively. A dedicated team ethic with the ability to interact at all levels in the organization and across business boundaries is required to be successful in this role.

You Will Be

• In the core team to develop the procurement strategy, establish the purchasing budgets, plan, policies, systems and procedures within the organization.
• Develop and build the procurement organization to ensure successful project launches that are both timely and cost-efficient.
• Implement a global purchasing commodity team allowing for future scale to leverage innovative programs.
• Develop business intelligence based on continuous market intelligence, monitoring and forecasting against variable market conditions.
• Lead the development of global supplier relationship management at Einride Autonomous Technology.
• Lead the development of data management at procurement to increase business transparencies and to secure the sustainable development of cost efficiencies across the company.
• Lead the strategic sourcing projects and business partner selection, negotiate contractual terms and interpret existing contract frameworks, demonstrating an understanding of legal principles.
• Create supplier scorecards to drive for continuous improvement and creation of best practice-based processes and procedures.
• Product definition, attributes, and specifications cascade for sourcing activities.
• Program gateway delivery and reporting.
• Program metrics generation, including timing delivery status, cost status.

We Expect You To

• Be experienced in strategic procurement in a global environment.
• Be passionate about data and are good at analyzing and visualizing data.
• Be open minded and innovative and welcome changes and uncertainties.
• Be business oriented and customer focused.
• Be a caring leader.
• Be holistic in decision making.

This is a full-time position based in Gothenburg. We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible since selection and interviews are held continually.

Please note that as part of our standard recruitment process, we conduct a background control on the final candidate for this role. This may include verification of education, employment history, any relevant professional certifications or other information that may be of our interest.

At Einride, we are innovators, building solutions the world has never seen before – but urgently needs. That's why we take action, and it's why we are always eager to be challenged. We know that our best innovations come from having a diverse mix of people, including those of different experiences, career paths, and walks of life. By coming together and sharing our perspectives openly – by disagreeing, discussing, and committing – we deliver greater impact.**