Head of Buying and Category Management

**About Glovo**: We're a Barcelona-based startup and the fastest-growing delivery player in Europe, Africa, and Western Asia. With food at the core of the business, Glovo delivers any product within your city at any time of day. At Glovo, you'll have the job of your life while working together towards our shared vision to give everyone easy access to anything in their city. We welcome top performers that will bring new ideas, diverse perspectives, and provide you the opportunities and freedom to grow and make a real impact on millions of livesall while having fun We believe that diversity adds incredible value to our teams, our products, and our culture. We know that the best ideas and solutions come by bringing together people from all over the world and by fostering a culture of inclusion where everyone feels heard and has the chance to make a real impact. It's because of this that we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds. **Your work-life opportunity**: In the context of "giving users easy access to anything in their city", Glovo Express is our ultra-fast groceries delivery business unit. We aim to provide immediacy to all groceries product needs, delivering essentials in under 15 minute from our Micro Fulfillment Centers. The MFCs team is organized in sub-teams: Warehouse Operations, Supply Operations, Growth, Finance, People Operations and Buying. We are looking for a leader who can take our assortment and our buying department to the next level. This is an exciting time at ultra-fast landscape, join us in redefining the way humans shop **Be a part of a team where you will**: We're looking for a Head of Buying and Category Management for our Spanish market. Reporting directly to the MFCs General Manager, you will: - Together with operations, growth and finance teams, **shape the strategic direction of Glovo's ultra-fast solution**, Glovo Express - **Define and execute the strategy** for the category management and buying organization - **Define and execute our assortment strategy to provide the most relevant assortment to Glovo Express users **in all categories (ranging from fresh to ambient, frozen, hygiene, drinks, etc). Delighting the user with our assortment will be your northstar - **Determine the supplier strategy** (define portfolio of suppliers, negotiate commercial terms and define buying workflows and systems) and **own the supplier relationships**. Balancing customer needs and business needs will be your priority - **Define and roll out our supply chain strategy** to ensure the defined assortment effectively reaches the Micro Fulfillment Centers. Work directly with suppliers to minimize procurement costs across our assortment and ensure high instock rates - **Design and implement the buying and category management organization, hire, onboard and train** a team of buyers, category owners and supply chain / instock managers - **Undertake huge financial responsibility,** acting as the ultimate decision-maker behind our biggest financial streams In a nutshell, you are leading the Buying department of Glovo's ultra-fast groceries offering and together with the General Manager are defining the future of the business. **You have**: - 8+ years of experience in Grocery Buying/Category Management/Vendor Management - Experience in a senior role, involving team management, project management, and ownership of a budget and structure - Experience managing and inspiring people - 360 degrees profile: you feel comfortable discussing operations, sales, and growth - Analytical mindset but with excellent execution skills - Excellent strategic thinking, including structuring complex problems and prioritizing effectively - You love and succeed building things from scratch - blank canvas - and scaling them up - Proactive, organized, and obsessed with details- An empathetic, inclusive and curious attitude**Experience our Glovo Life benefits**: - Enticing equity plan (if applicable)- - Top-notch private health insurance- - Monthly Glovo credit to spend on our restaurant products and zero delivery fee on all Glovo orders- - Discounted gym memberships- - Flexible time off (take the time you need) and hybrid working model (own your time)- - Enhanced parental leave including nursery support- - Online therapy and wellbeing benefit- - External learning budget**What you'll find when working at Glovo**: - Gas: Driven to deliver quality results quickly- Good Vibes: Bring positivity and communicate openly - Stay Humble: Self-aware and open to learning - Care: Uplift people and the planet - Glownership: Act as proud owners - High Bar: Focus on Top Performance If you believe you match these values, we look forward to meeting you Wanna take a peek into what it's like to work at Glovo? Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook