Would you like to smile on rainy days?

As Dripdrop’s Production Lead, you’ll play a key part in putting an untraditional eco-friendly Danish rain tech startup on the map. Dripdrop is the leading hotel umbrella service in the world. Our customer base primarily consists of the biggest and most recognized brands such as Radisson, Hilton, Marriott, Scandic, and so on. Before you know it, Dripdrop will be a standard service offering in most hotels. The road to that is paved with building a highly-skilled, extremely customer-focused, and well-greased team that delivers top-class products on a very regular schedule.

The Dripdrop team is already multinational and multilingual with a dream team of people from Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, The US, and Hungary in the company. What's next? 🌍

Deadline for applications: Wednesday, May 14 🔔

About the role

• You care about the environmental and social impact of Dripdrop. We plant a tree for every umbrella rental. The umbrellas are made from recycled materials and our business model is intentionally focused on less and better.

• You are a highly motivated and experienced person that will manage and coordinate our products across a series of suppliers and manufacturing partners. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in production management, sourcing, and stakeholder management.

• You’re motivated by working hard and smart towards big goals, making an impact, and developing your career within the tech and startup scene.

• You are highly structured and precise.

• You are not afraid to get your hands dirty - For example at our partner factory in Aalestrup.

• You’ll work closely with and report to one of our founders, Mattias Edström.

  
  

What you’ll do

• Manage the production process of umbrella stands and umbrellas

• Plan and execute production plans with several external partners and stakeholders

• Manage supply chain, inventory, and spares for our products

• Collaborate with the rest of the internal Dripdrop team to make sure we live up to our customers and our own very high expectations and quality standards

• Define timelines, milestones, and resources, and ensure deadlines are reached on time and within budget

• Identify potential risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate them

• Oversee the production process, including supply, production scheduling, budgeting, and quality control

• Preparing and configuring our products and components for production

• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, including vendors, freelancers, and clients

• From time to time travel to meet with suppliers and customers

• Ad-hoc tasks like everyone else in the small and agile team

What you have

• Bachelor's degree in a related field

• 5+ years of experience in production management of steelwork and electronics goods or similar relevant work

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Ability to understand and create technical drawings

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

  
  

What’s in it for you?

In a few years, you can say you were among the first employees in Dripdrop, a company everyone knows at that point in time, and you played a crucial part in shaping the whole organization and business. At that point, you’ll be a senior and central member of the core leadership team. If you've come this far, please add a green heart emoji early in your application so we know you read the full job description.

Our lovely and not very huge office space is placed centrally in Aarhus (Nørre Alle 70).

NOTE: This position requires the candidate to be in the Dripdrop office some days of the week, i.e. fully remote is not an option at this point. Specifically in the beginning, we’ll be expecting to spend a fair amount of time together to get to know each other.

For more information or questions please contact us - or just apply.