Swile (swile.co) is a French start-up   created in 2017 by French serial entrepreneur Loïc Soubeyrand: Swile offers digital solutions for employee rewards and benefits (meal/food vouchers and corporate gifts) through a card and an app that also helps foster engagement. We disrupted the traditional and outdated French paper meal voucher market and were able to gain significant traction. After mastering meal vouchers, Swile is now tackling new rewards and benefits (meal vouchers, corporate gifts, transportation and commuter benefits, vacation allowances and more) that will be stored and managed via a single account, card and app.

Our ambition is to enable employers to also improve their employees’ engagement and experience by recognising key moments and milestones of their lives at work. As such, celebrations (birthdays and work anniversaries), money pots, team events, P2P payments among coworkers are brought together in a single app.  

As of today, we have raised €11 million (Series A) in 2018, €30 million (Series B) in 2019, we completed a third round of fundraising (series C) of €70 million and more recently, a final round of €+180 million (Series D), spearheaded by Soft Bank. After an in-depth study of the growth potential for Swile across global markets, the company is poised to expand into the Brazilian market this year as Brazil is the world’s largest employee benefits market and more generally the perfect place to develop our new HR features namely our “Engagement” offer.

Your role:
At Swile, we are growing at a fast pace. We are operating at a worldwide level (France & Brazil) and expanding in new geographies. We are searching for an experienced and dedicated Director to build and lead the Procurement function at Swile. This role will play a critical role in Swile’s future success, as the ultimate objective is to deliver significant value creation and innovation in support of the expansion and growth of our business. The role will report to our CFO.

Your mission 🦄

• Define, implement and strategically lead the Procurement function, processes and structures across the Swile organisation.
• Develop and manage the procurement and supplier management strategy and deployment; partner across different functions to ensure an effective administration of annual operating budget (inc. saving potential)
• Negotiate key contracts - both technical and non-technical, this includes payment-related, product-related, IT-related contracts.
• Use your procurement expertise and knowledge to up-skill colleagues and the wider business on negotiation and vendor management.
• Own Supplier Relationship Management and lead local & global contract negotiations. 

Your Experience 💼

• You have 8 years+ of experience managing procurement.
• In-depth knowledge of best-in-class procurement processes - ideally in scale-up or entrepreneurial contexts.
• Knowledge of digital companies and their products, ideally in the area of financial institutions / payment companies.
• A commercial mindset, excellent negotiation skills and ideally experience with vendor management.
• You are well connected and know how to build sustainable partnerships with suppliers.
• Business fluent in English.

Our culture will match with your ambitions if you are 😍

• A team-player
• Ambitious and dynamic: at Swile, sky’s the limit 🛫
• Autonomous, organized and resilient
• Reactive in a fast-paced environment and pleasant to work with
• Excellent interpersonal and editorial skills, with exceptional listening skills
• Passionate and curious: you are constantly on the lookout and like to interact with your peers … you are in a state of perpetual learning #testandlearn🤓100% at ease with Salesforce CRM, and other tools like Slack, Google Suite.

Our values 🦄

• We are Team-Players: We succeed as a team! Learning, growing and taking off together is what drives us on a daily basis
• We are Doers: Being creative, curious, and wanting to build things with a test and learn mindset, this is who we are!
• We move Fast: The ability to be organized, adaptable and innovative to keep up with technological advancements in the market!
• We Stay Hungry: Our ambition has no limit, and this requires humility, questioning, and the will to always set the bar higher!
• We are Ambassadors: As we are the first and daily users of our product, speaking about Swile gives us pride!
• We cherish our Values: Very committed, Swilers are passionate about maintaining our culture.

Diversity 🌎

• We are proud to consider people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or race.
• Every candidate will be treated equally in the recruitment process. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, please don’t hesitate to apply and tell us why you would be a good fit!