Supply Chain Specialist

At Swytch, we’re changing the way people move. We fundamentally believe that sustainable transport shouldn't cost the Earth, so we've made it our mission to make electric transport accessible to everybody.

Founded by engineers Oliver Montague and Dmitro Khroma back in 2017, we’re a London-based startup with an industry-leading product and global recognition. To date, there are over 50,000 loyal Swytchers across 50 countries, who’ve collectively ridden over 10 million miles!

We’re now in a new and exciting phase of our journey - the launch of a truly ground-breaking new product. We're excited to be growing faster than ever, and are building out a team of world-class talent!

Check out our latest video for the all-new Swytch Kit: youtube.com/watch?v=x1D0VZrXHTc&t

The Manufacturing Team

We have redefined the eBike kit product category with excellent design and innovative technology, with our Manufacturing Team being key to producing our kits and delivering products to our customers.

To achieve the best possible manufacturing process, we are assembling a world-class manufacturing team consisting of Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Operations experts.

The Role

This opportunity is for a Supply Chain Specialist to support our supply chain with a focus on maximising supply chain efficiency, reducing supplier costs and building excellent supplier relationships (our core suppliers are based in China), enabling Swytch to consistently deliver our kits to our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting Supply Chain Manager in achieving Supply Chain KPIs
• Daily communication with suppliers and order management
• Resolving Supply Chain issues
• Collaborative working with teams from across the business to drive availability of goods and development of joined R&D – Manufacturing projects
• Forecasting and planning
• Monitoring and managing supplier KPIs
• Sourcing new suppliers
• Price Queries
• KPI & Data Reporting
• Cost reduction (identifying and implementing cost reduction opportunities)

Requirements

• 2-3 years of Supply Chain experience

• Experience with Chinese suppliers
• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Good understanding of international logistics
• Very strong with Excel / Google sheets (pivot tables, charts) and PowerPoint
• Excellent attention to detail

• Great communication skills
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to exercise autonomy and challenge the status quo

Nice to haves:

• Chinese language ability (HSK4 Or higher)
• Experience with components sourcing and supporting R&D projects
• Electronics sourcing experience

• Knowledge of SQL

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary of up to £33,000
• Flexible hybrid working, with 2 days per week required at HQ where you will get free lunch every day!
• Cycle to work scheme
• The latest gadgets via our tech scheme
• A free Swytch Kit!
• Uncapped annual leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Meditation app subscription
• Regular socials
• Electric Penny Farthing lessons

Diversity

Diversity is important to us: We are a mixed group of people from many different backgrounds, each with our unique experiences. We respect and admire our differences and believe everyone can contribute to Swytch. Our recruitment process is reviewed regularly to maintain its fair and unbiased approach, and our management team has undergone unconscious bias training. We believe our success is based on the innovation of our team, the differing opinions, and the ability to respect each other enough to brainstorm our way to new ideas.