As Head of Indirect Procurement you will lead a transformation. This is a rare opportunity to build a modern, digital procurement function with full support from senior leadership, and make a meaningful impact on the commercial performance.

The Mission

Your purpose is simple but ambitious:
Migrate all indirect spend centrally and build a scalable, technology-enabled procurement organization across 13 departments.

By fostering strong supplier partnerships and internal stakeholder relationships, you will help reMarkable become a frugal-minded organization where each department takes ownership of its costs. IPRO will serve as a strategic enabler , not a policing function.

You will be accountable for leading the change across these major areas

Indirect Spend Management

• Own, develop, and continuously improve sourcing processes and policies.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve sourcing policies and processes
• Drive visibility and control over indirect spend across all categories
• Enable effective reporting with traceability and scorecards

Vendor & Supplier Management

• Lead contract negotiations and define commercial terms with suppliers
• Build strong supplier relationships to position reMarkable as a preferred customer
• Optimize pricing and service levels through strategic engagement and performance management
• Ensure supplier practices align with reMarkable's sourcing policies and processes.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Align sourcing processes and policies with the needs of departments across reMarkable.
• Build trusted relationships and act as a strategic advisor.
• Conduct market analysis and present insights to inform sourcing decisions and business planning.
• Establish clear communication and decision-making protocols to harmonize cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership

• Balance strategic vision with hands-on operational execution
• Coach and mentor, fostering a safe and supportive culture for the team
• Design and implement a robust, scalable sourcing organization that supports long-term growth
• Champion adherence to sourcing policies and processes, embedding them into the organization's culture.

What Makes This Role Exciting

• You get to build from scratch. Greenfield opportunity to design the entire indirect procurement ecosystem with full support from management
• You have a high level of influence. Work directly with C-level leadership plus cross-functional stakeholders; and play a pivotal role in shaping reMarkable's future commercial culture
• You have genuine impact. Your work will be visible across all departments and directly influence business performance
• You will lead the deployment of modern procurement technology and analytics
• A culture open to being challenged, you'll define the new standard

How will you know you are succeeding?

• A measurable % of indirect spend migrated to centralized IPRO management
• A digital procurement toolset in place with clear controls and automated reporting
• Full spend visibility across indirect categories
• No unmanaged automatic renewals
• Documented ways of working with all 13 departments
• Contract templates & supplier repository (contacts, terms, performance)
• Achieved savings and improved commercial terms (e.g., payment terms)
• Demonstrated cultural impact, with stakeholders owning their spend, IPRO enabling the business
• Strengthened supplier relationships and predictable governance processes

To thrive as Indirect Sourcing Lead at reMarkable, you will need strategic depth, leadership experience and the ability to operate comfortably in fast-evolving and ambiguous environments. You know how to prioritize impact and move ideas into action.

The experience that will help you succeed

• Experience in managing indirect categories
• Sourcing strategy experience
• Experience being a leader to senior sourcing experts
• Strong financial literacy and understanding of cost structures
• Negotiating secure competitive terms and conditions such as, pricing, and service levels
• Building trust, drive alignment, and collaborate across diverse functions and stakeholders
• Data-driven, comfortable with spend analysis, KPIs/OKRs, dashboards, and analytics
• Building scalable procurement processes.
• Experience with procurement systems (e.g. SAP ERP, e-sourcing, analytics platforms)
• Background in leading cross-functional or change-management initiatives
• Insight into vendor sales dynamics e.g. payment gateways
• Experience in paper tablets (preferable) and/or broader consumer technology sectors, bringing industry-specific knowledge to sourcing and supplier engagement

Practical information:

We will consider applications on a rolling basis, so apply as soon as possible.

Language requirements: Our company language is English.

Location: Oslo, Norway

Visa requirements: Citizenship/valid work permit from the EU/EEA.

reMarkable creates hardware and software products that help people all over the world find focus. We want to combine the best of both worlds: the digital and the analogue, and to create tools that enhance learning, focus and presence for knowledge workers. Our tablet isn't just another screen - it's an experience. We add the warmth of paper to digital solutions, creating something brand new. We are enabling better thinking through technology.

Join us in preserving human creativity amidst a sea of technological time thieves!

As part of our hiring process, we assess candidates' affiliation with high-risk countries, defined by PST (Norwegian Police Security Service), for security purposes. We also conduct background checks for candidates in the final stages. Data is handled in full compliance with privacy regulations. Should you reach the final stages of the recruitment process, you will be informed. Background checks will not be performed without your knowledge.

Department Supply Chain Locations Oslo, HQ Employment type Full-time Positions 1