Category Sourcing Manager
Bolt
Tallinn, Estonia
Posted on Jul 2, 2025
We’re looking for a Category Sourcing Manager to manage and develop strategic, sourcing and commercial activity.
About Us
With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.
We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!
About The Role
The role holder oversees and delivers strategic procurement, including negotiations, processes, compliance, contracting, and stakeholder management for the designated category and business units. This role will also advise the business on best Procurement practices and work to mitigate any possible commercial risk/exposure to Bolt.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
Why you’ll love it here:
About Us
With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.
We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!
About The Role
The role holder oversees and delivers strategic procurement, including negotiations, processes, compliance, contracting, and stakeholder management for the designated category and business units. This role will also advise the business on best Procurement practices and work to mitigate any possible commercial risk/exposure to Bolt.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- Develop and lead strategic sourcing strategies for the procurement of goods and services, while supporting the Head of Sourcing in developing and executing the category strategy.
- Proactively monitor and understand the market and source opportunities resulting from new product offerings and/or market shifts.
- Perform spend analysis on large datasets to identify trends and opportunities that drive value and contribute to continuous data enrichment, ensuring accurate spend data provides valuable business intelligence.
- Develop and manage RFx (Requests for Proposals, Quotes, and Information) using Workday and support the business in bid evaluation processes, including collecting requirements, managing bidder communications, and analysing bid responses within the system.
- Develop strategy and lead the negotiation process - negotiate enterprise-wide agreements that minimise financial and business risk exposure and provide optimal value.
- Manage external supplier relationships and monitor agreement expirations for renewal, develop and manage the supply base in collaboration with internal partners, and evaluate and measure supplier performance.
- You have over 7 years of experience in sourcing, with detailed knowledge of the supply market, supplier capabilities, and competitor activity, as well as an understanding of emerging trends at a geographic and global level.
- You possess expertise in the successful development of sophisticated, multi-country contracts and agreements, while managing global and regional projects and programs to enhance performance and deliver services.
- You possess a detailed understanding of financial evaluation and the interpretation of suppliers’ records, including their key costs and business drivers. Additionally, you have a comprehensive understanding of the category total cost model, cost drivers, and all factors necessary to ensure a robust agreement for Bolt.
- You are a proven creative problem-solver, able to analyse information and processes and present cases using data and metrics.
- You have demonstrated leadership skills with a passion for collaborative teamwork, with solid communication skills to provide clear direction both visually and verbally to individuals at all levels of the company.
- You are extremely well-organised, with proven ability to work in a fluid, fast-paced environment.
Why you’ll love it here:
- Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
- Enjoy a rewarding salary and stock options, knowing that as Bolt succeeds, so do you.
- Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.
- Celebrate 5 years at Bolt with a 1-month paid sabbatical to recharge.
- Connect with colleagues at annual company events and smaller team gatherings.
- Balance flexibility and in-person collaboration with our hybrid model, including at least 12 monthly in-office days.
- Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.
