Strategic Sourcing Leader

2 days ago


Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden Arrive Full time €90,000 - €120,000 per year

Strategic Sourcing Leader (IT)

We've signed up to an ambitious journey. Join us

As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn't a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let's grow better, together.

The Role

You will lead end-to-end sourcing activities for the global IT portfolio which includes infrastructure, software, SaaS, telecom, cloud services, and IT professional services. 

Within your team, you will drive value creation through cost optimization, supplier innovation, and risk mitigation, aligning sourcing strategies with evolving technology needs and business objectives.

How to make an impact

  • Category Strategy & Planning: develop and execute global sourcing strategies for the IT category, in alignment with business priorities and digital transformation goals.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: partner with CIO, IT teams, and business units to understand requirements, build sourcing roadmaps, and ensure alignment with technology strategies.
  • Supplier Management & Negotiation: lead commercial negotiations, contract structuring, and performance management for key IT vendors (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.).
  • Cost Optimization & Value Delivery: drive savings initiatives, cost transparency models, TCO analyses, and value-added partnerships beyond price.
  • Risk & Compliance: ensure supplier compliance with legal, regulatory, cybersecurity, and ESG standards. Assess and mitigate supply chain risks.
  • Innovation & Market Intelligence: stay abreast of IT trends, emerging technologies, and evolving supplier landscapes to influence sourcing strategies.

About you

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Procurement, IT or related field,
  • 8+ years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience, with at least 4 years in the IT category,
  • Strong knowledge of IT contract structures (cloud, SaaS, license agreements, etc.) and negotiation levers,
  • Knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity or digital procurement trends is highly appreciated, 
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, 
  • Being able to manage complex, cross-functional sourcing initiatives,
  • Experience with ERP and e-sourcing tools (Oracle, Procurement Orchestration tools etc),
  • Fluent in English,
  • Another language such as French or Swedish is a plus, 
  • Soft skills:  team spirit, flexibility, problem solving, negotiation abilities, communication, adaptability.

Few travels will be planned (2-3 x/year).

This job can be also based in Besançon, France.

About us

Arrive, including brands like EasyPark, Flowbird, RingGo, ParkMobile, YourParkingSpace and Parkopedia, is a leading global mobility platform. Present in over 90 countries and 20,000 cities, the company helps people and decision-makers make smarter decisions about urban mobility and ease the experience of travel worldwide. 

Arrive delivers a unique combination of the core ingredients to make cities more livable: from smart payments and optimized car parks to data-driven traffic reduction and support for reinvestment in public transport and green space. It's about more than function, it's about saving time and simplifying the experience of travel for everyone. Travel is more than a journey, it's how you Arrive.

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Acheteur Stratégique IT H/F

Le Groupe Arrive comprend EasyPark, Flowbird, RingGo, ParkMobile et Parkopedia…Présent dans plus de 90 pays et villes, nous accompagnons nos clients et nos communautés vers un avenir meilleur et des villes plus agréables à vivre dans le but de transformer la mobilité urbaine et de simplifier le stationnement.

Ensemble, nous rendons les villes plus agréables à vivre. Rejoignez-nous

Le poste

Au sein de l'équipe, vous jouerez un rôle clé dans l'optimisation des coûts, la stimulation de l'innovation fournisseur et la réduction des risques, en veillant à aligner les stratégies d'approvisionnement avec les évolutions technologiques et les objectifs du Groupe.

À ce titre, vous serez responsable de la gestion de bout en bout des achats IT à l'échelle mondiale couvrant l'infrastructure, les logiciels, les solutions SaaS, les télécommunications et les services informatiques.

Les missions

  • Stratégie & Planification : définir et mettre en œuvre des stratégies d'achats globales pour l'IT, en ligne avec les priorités du Groupe et les ambitions de transformation numérique.
  • Partenariats internes: collaborer étroitement avec les équipes IT et les départements métier pour comprendre les besoins, co-construire des feuilles de route et garantir l'alignement avec les orientations technologiques.
  • Gestion fournisseurs et négociations: piloter les négociations commerciales, la structuration contractuelle et le suivi des performances pour les fournisseurs stratégiques (Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.).
  • Conformité & Risques: s'assurer que les fournisseurs respectent les exigences réglementaires, juridiques, cybersécurité et ESG, tout en maîtrisant les risques liés à la chaîne d'approvisionnement.
  • Innovation & Veille marché: suivre de près les tendances du marché IT, les technologies émergentes et les évolutions de l'écosystème fournisseurs afin d'anticiper et d'orienter les décisions d'achat.

Votre profil

  • Diplômé(e) d'un Bachelor ou Master en commerce, achats, informatique ou équivalent,

  • Avoir minimum 8 ans d'expérience en achats stratégiques ou sourcing, dont au moins 4 ans dans la catégorie IT,

  • Solide compréhension des modèles contractuels IT (Cloud, SaaS, licences logicielles…) et des leviers de négociation,

  • Anglais courant (à l'écrit comme à l'oral),

  • La maîtrise du français ou du suédois est un atout,

  • Connaissances appréciées en cybersécurité, protection des données et achats digitaux,

  • Capacité à piloter des projets complexes, multi-interlocuteurs et internationaux,

  • Maîtrise des outils ERP et e-sourcing (Oracle, plateformes d'orchestration des achats…),

  • Qualités personnelles : esprit d'analyse, sens de la communication, diplomatie, écoute active, persuasion, avoir des bonnes aptitudes en négociation

Des déplacements ponctuels sont à prévoir (2 à 3 fois par an).




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