The Procurement Manager will play a critical role in delivering Fairphone’s strategic procurement objectives. In addition to managing key procurement categories, the role is instrumental in supporting a healthy P&L by ensuring cost-effective sourcing and delivering the right value for money across current goods and services. The Procurement Manager will be responsible for gathering and analyzing robust market intelligence on suppliers, with a particular focus on the phone and audio industry, to inform negotiation strategies and sourcing decisions. 

• Category owner for Audio products within existing markets, spare parts, accessories 

• Responsible for scouting and sourcing of Audio products in existing markets,

• spare parts and accessories

• Responsible for value engineering activities for phones, audios and accessories existing in the market.

• Support in Annual negotiation preparation which includes benchmarking, market research and intelligence.

Your skills:

• High level of ownership and accountability,

• Strategic mindset, problem solving,

• Data driven decision making,

• Ability to maintain strong relationships with suppliers.

• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience within Procurement in consumer goods, FMCG, pharmaceutical etc

• You have proven experience in sourcing within New Product Introductions (NPI)

• You have proven experience in understanding costed BOM.

• Demonstrated ability to lead successful negotiation with suppliers

• Demonstrated ability to lead value engineering initiatives by collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers to reduce costs while maintaining or enhancing functionality.

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of Mandarin or Cantonese is a plus!

• You have experience in working with dashboards like Power BI, Google looker studio etc is a plus.

1. The opportunity to create an impact on the electronics industry around the world.

2. A diverse work environment full of international, passionate, warm-hearted team members.

3. 25 paid holidays per year (based on a full-time contract) next to the other public holidays in the Netherlands. You’ll also get a day off on your birthday! Additionally, the longer you stay, the more holidays you get! 

4. Daily, healthy lunch, organic FairChain coffee, and many more tasty things.

5. You will join Fairphone’s collective pension scheme, and we will contribute to building your pension.

6. You will receive a MacBook, Fairbuds,  and a Fairphone as working devices.

7. Hybrid working model - We are remote-friendly, and you can work up to 60% of your time per month from home or any other location you want. We also contribute up to €250 for your home office set-up.

8. Public transport allowance – we fully cover your 2nd class commute from your home to the office

9. Bike allowance – We support you with a bike purchase of up to €300, and you’ll also have a yearly repair budget of up to €80! We also cover 23 cents per km for your biking distance from home to the office (or train station) and back!

10. Grow with us! We encourage you to develop at Fairphone. That’s why we’ll support your career goals with coaching (Inuka), trainings, workshops, or courses that you can join with your development budget. 

11. Kitchen with beautiful views to the IJ waterfront.

12. There’s a gym and recreation and yoga rooms in the building where you can build healthy habits, stay active and have fun with your colleagues, as well as a subscription to our mental & physical well-being services (Inuka & Urban Sports)