Procurement Manager for Nordics in fast-growing foodtech Scale-up 🇸🇪/ 🇩🇰

Salary Competitive

Fresh.Land is a fast-growing foodtech scale-up that allows consumers to buy directly from farmers, bypassing up to 5 middlemen. We developed a pioneering digital platform that shortens and digitizes the food supply chain. Our aim is to make Fresh.Land an integral part of our daily lives — allow consumers to make climate-smart choices and order fresh, natural produce directly from trees and fields.


The Position

We are looking for a stellar Procurement Manager for Denmark/Sweden. The role is to source seasonal fresh produce from Danish and Swedish organic farmers and continue to renew and innovate the product assortment. The position is fulltime and based out of Copenhagen.


Responsibilities

  • Maintain, renew and expand Nordic product assortment of seasonal organic fruits and vegetables, nuts, legumes and oil etc.

  • Build and maintain long-term relationships with suppliers

  • Negotiate supplier contracts and prices

  • Optimize shipment logistics for Nordics

  • Ensure full compliance with the Food Authorities and Organic Regulations

  • Develop branded emballage and white-labels

  • Validate purchase orders, deliveries, and financials

  • Control quality upon arrival

Requirements

  • In-depth knowledge of fruits and vegetables (quality, prices, seasonality, bio/organic etc.)

  • Proven experience managing and optimizing food supply chain operations and logistics

  • Experience in sustainable and organic/bio products

  • Proven track record negotiating and closing contracts

  • Ability to connect and build relationships with suppliers

  • Quantitative and analytical skills, strong user of excel

  • Degree in relevant field from top university

What we offer

  • Exciting and challenging work

  • Opportunity to be part of a fast growing startup

  • Development of problem-solving and communication skills

  • Fast learning environment, with performance-driven culture

  • Exposure to senior management team

Conditions

  • Schedule: Full-time

  • Start date: May 2021

  • Compensation: competitive

The applications are reviewed on a continues basis as they come in.

Fresh.Land is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.

Central office
Central office

Your local office is your anchor point, thus, we placed it centrally at your convenience.

Skill development
Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

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Working at
Fresh.Land

Fresh.Land is a scale-up with a new model for the food industry. We developed a pioneering platform that shortens and digitizes the food supply chain. It allows farmers to sell fresh products directly to consumers, using the trees as their “warehouse” and cutting 3-5 middlemen. Our platform provides all the logistics, payment, legal, and knowledge required in one integrated solution. Fresh.Land was coined “truly pioneering” and “one of the most promising green startups in Denmark”. Our disruptive startup won the Sustainary Award (Denmark), Frederiksberg Iværksætterpris (Denmark), European Youth Award (Austria), EcoSummit Gold Winner (Germany), Nordic Cleantech Open (Sweden), WWF Climate Solver Award (Denmark), Portugal Digital Awards (Portugal), and Green Tech Challenge (Denmark). We have offices in Copenhagen and Portugal. The company is profitable and growing at a very fast pace. We are preparing to launch commercially in 8 EU countries. The management team includes former senior McKinsey consultants and senior executives, with a proven track-record in building and exiting successful companies in the past. According to WWF, “Fresh.Land can save 88% of CO₂ from storage and reduce food waste by 10%, saving 12.7 million tons of CO₂ annually by 2026”. Our just-in-time model is at the forefront of the green transition in the food industry and fostering a shift to a more plant-based diet.

Read more about Fresh.Land

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