Procurement Officer

About us

Every refrigerated truck and trailer moving goods across the country has relied on diesel for decades. It's polluting, expensive, and the technology has not changed. Two companies have dominated the market, selling the same legacy technology with minor updates.

Sunswap makes the electric refrigeration that's replacing it — zero emissions, lower operating costs, built from the ground up for how fleets actually operate. Endurance runs frozen goods for 24 hours on a single charge and chilled goods for up to two months. Those numbers matter on the road, and getting them right took years of obsessive engineering from a team drawn from automotive, aerospace, and motorsport.

We have gone from founding to manufacturing at scale globally in just six years. We built our own production facility in Surrey. Today we are 200 times larger by square footage than when we started. We operate on three continents — units run across the UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Chile, and Australia. And we are trusted by major brands like Tesco, Ocado, Birds Eye, and Happy Eggs every single day.

We have been named Sunday Times Best Place to Work in 2024, 2025 and 2026. We have won awards for innovation, technology, and marketing excellence, including Transport Refrigeration Manufacturer of the year in both 2024 and 2026. We have backing from leading investors including BGF, Barclays, Clean Growth Fund, Shell, and Rabobank.

We have got the customers, the traction, and the momentum. Now we are taking this British-engineered product global — scaling manufacturing, opening new markets, and building the team that will make legacy polluting technology obsolete across the world.

If you want to be part of a company that is setting new standards for the industry and scaling internationally, this is it.

Our benefits

• 30 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays, including a Wellbeing Day
• Sabbatical leave after 3 years with us
• 5 free counselling sessions every year
• Generous family leave ranging from 4 weeks to 4 months
• 5% matched pension
• Monthly company lunches & quarterly socials
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free Sunswap merch

Key responsibilities

• Manage specific Commodities, including but not limited to Procurement, Purchasing, System update, Delivery on time and Stock availability based on demand

• Identify and evaluate suppliers

• Lead standard RFQ processes and supplier negotiations

• Manage supplier performance and relationships

• Raise purchase orders and monitor demand requirements

• Produce procurement reports and identify cost-saving opportunities

• Work cross-functionally to support business objectives and process improvements

Qualifications & experience

• At least 2 years of direct procurement experience, ideally in manufacturing or automotive.
• Comfortable using ERP and Microsoft systems.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Works autonomously, with confidence.
• Skilled at managing stakeholders.

Desirable

• Experience managing a wide supplier base.
• Experience setting up new processes.
• Proven track record of delivering savings.
• Exposure to internal shipping.

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