As Europe's fastest-growing unicorn, we revolutionize eCommerce globally. Through strategic acquisitions, scaling initiatives, and cutting-edge technology, we're the top player in the industry. Following our recent acquisition of Perch - the leading US aggregator - and a successful Series D funding round led by Presight Captial, we’re aimed toward a $1 billion top-line business!
YOUR ROLE
As Vice President of Planning & Negotiation, you will be responsible for driving the entire purchase order (PO) process from planning through execution. Your role will encompass leading cross-functional collaboration with regional teams, negotiating with procurement, and ensuring alignment with global inventory and revenue goals.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing the end-to-end process of purchase order (PO) planning and recommendation based on demand forecasts and revenue targets.
- Leading the negotiation process for POs in collaboration with procurement teams until the PO is confirmed and ready for execution
- Working closely and lead teams based in China, India and Germany to implement negotiation strategies and ensure alignment between all regional operations (North-/ South-Amercia, Europe, Asia)
- Managing and optimizing the supply chain forecasting tool, ensuring that PO recommendations are timely, accurate, and reflect current and future inventory requirements
- Ensuring that final POs meet the strategic goals of maximizing revenue and minimizing excess inventory, collaborating with finance and commercial teams to align on budget and forecast expectations.
- Facilitating effective cross-border collaboration, ensuring that global operations are aligned and the execution of POs in sourcing regions (e.g. China and India) is seamless
- Leading the negotiation and procurement team especially Category Managers who are responsible for the RfQs (request for quotation).
YOUR PROFILE
To succeed in this role you:
- Have extensive experience in procurement, planning, and negotiation, particularly in a global eCommerce or retail environment, and in leading team
- Be experienced (minimum 5 years) in leading preferable international teams with minimum 5 team members.
- Are an excellent communicator, able to work with international teams and drive collaborative negotiations across different time zones.
- Bring a strategic mindset, capable of optimizing complex processes and implementing best practices across multiple regions.
- Thrive in dynamic, high-stakes environments and can manage procurement activities efficiently.
- Demonstrate proficiency in forecasting, budgeting, and inventory management tools.
About Razor Group
We are revolutionizing the e-commerce world, reaching over $1 billion in value and over $700 million in revenue, with the backing of top investors like Black Rock, VPC, and Fortress, Apollo, 468 Capital, Rocket Internet. Along with Perch and our previous acquisitions of Factory14 in Spain, Valoreo in Latin America, and our German competitor Stryze, we now operate a catalogue of over 40,000 products across 3 continents and 10+ countries. Headquartered in Berlin, we are also present in Austin, Boston, Delhi NCR, Hangzhou, and Mexico City!
