Operations Manager

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Summary: This high-impact Operations Manager role involves leading hardware procurement, optimizing supply chains, and driving innovative energy solutions within a fast-growing sustainable mobility company. Highlights: 1. Accelerate sustainable mobility and shape the future of EV charging. 2. Freedom, ownership, and responsibility to experiment and scale ideas. 3. Manage a team, lead high-stakes negotiations, and drive innovation. Charging your car should feel as natural as charging your phone. That's the future we're building: a network of EV chargers where life happens. We don't just install chargers. We **accelerate sustainable mobility.** We **ob****sess over partnerships.** We **grow** **relentlessly**:our network, our partners, ourselves. If you're here, you're probably not looking for "just a job." Neither are we. We're driven by impact, and always looking for people who thrive on turning bold ideas into reality. If that sounds like you, you'll feel at home here. **We're looking for people who** see challenges as puzzles, not problems, thrive in fast\-growing, high\-energy environments, want to shape the future of mobility, not just watch it unfold. At Powerdot, you'll get **freedom**, **ownership**, and **responsibility**. The space to experiment. The chance to scale your ideas. And a team that's always pushing the edge of what's possible. **Don't stop reading, the best part's coming up** ------------------------------------------------- * **Type:** Manager * **Languages:** English (main) / Portuguese (required) * **Location:** Lisbon * **Bonus / Commissions:** Yes * **Equity:** Yes * **Benefits:** Health insurance, gym membership, flexible hours, annual offsite, english training, free office snack, special discounts to charge your car * **Contract Type:** Permanent * **Your Manager:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassan\-rahil\-0b920326/ **How You'll Shape Our Story:** ------------------------------- As our **Operations Manager**, you will hold a key role in professionalizing and scaling our Hardware procurement engine. This is a high\-impact, strategic role where you will define how we buy, who we partner with, and how we optimize our infrastructure costs. Your mission includes: * **Team Leadership:** **Manage, mentor, and develop a team of two**, ensuring they are empowered to hit operational targets while aligning with our broader hardware procurement strategy. * **Operational Performance \& Scalability:** You own the "heartbeat" of our hardware availability. Your mission is to ensure our supply chain never becomes a bottleneck, optimizing lead times and production schedules to match our aggressive deployment speed. * **Strategic Hardware Sourcing \& Negotiation:** Partner with the Deployment Operations Director to **co\-lead high\-stakes negotiations** with our primary hardware manufacturers. You will not be desk\-bound; you will **visit our suppliers** across Europe to audit facilities, maintain relationship health, and ensure our partners are deeply aligned with Powerdot's quality and delivery standards. * **Budgeting \& Capital Allocation:** You will lead the preparation and management of our hardware procurement budget. You will be responsible for a **significant multi\-million euro annual spend**, ensuring capital is deployed efficiently to meet our ambitious pan\-European growth targets. * **Flagship Innovation Project:** Drive the transversal launch of **new, innovative energy storage and grid\-edge solutions**. This is a first\-of\-its\-kind initiative for the company, requiring you to coordinate across technical and operational teams to deploy disruptive infrastructure. * **Hardware TCO Strategy:** Develop and evolve our **Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model** for our Chargers. You will be the primary driver in identifying cost\-saving levers and collaborating with technical teams to improve the long\-term profitability of our infrastructure. * **Systems Architecture \& Governance:** Design the operational blueprint for how we source and deploy assets. You will build high\-performance sourcing frameworks, RFQ designs, and automated workflows in collaboration with Finance to ensure we scale with surgical precision. * **Centralized Asset Oversight:** Reinforce a centrally\-led procurement model for core assets (EV Chargers, LVMBs, Transformers, etc.), empowering local teams to execute while maintaining strategic alignment and central governance. * **Contract Oversight:** Oversee strategic supplier and charger contract management, focusing on SLA adherence and risk mitigation. **This Is About You, Not Us :** ------------------------------- * **The "Swiss Army Knife" Profile:** You have **4\+ years of experience** in operations consulting or have held a similar high\-stakes operations role in a fast\-paced startup. * **Financial \& Commercial Acumen:** You are comfortable managing multi\-million budgets and understand how procurement decisions flow through to the P\&L and Balance Sheet. * **Technical \& Commercial Hybrid:** A degree in **Engineering** (highly preferred) or Business. You can talk technical specs with our Hardware team and financial strategy with a Director in the same afternoon. * **Self\-Starter:** You are a natural builder. You don't just suggest strategies; you have the hands\-on capability to implement them from scratch. * **Analytical Mindset:** You are comfortable with complex data, TCO modeling, and developing standardized frameworks that scale. * **Language Skills:** You are fluent in **English** (required), with fluency in **Portuguese and /or French** being a significant advantage for local coordination. * **Pragmatic \& Rigorous:** You avoid getting lost in the details and find simple, scalable solutions to complex supply chain problems. * **Entrepreneurial Spirit:** You thrive with autonomy and have the independence to make important decisions quickly in a fast\-paced environment. * **Mission\-Driven:** Passionate about sustainable mobility and eager to conquer a rapidly growing market with a disruptive value proposition. **The Kind of Energy We're Looking For:** ----------------------------------------- * We're not into titles, egos, or corporate buzzwords. We're into people who make things happen. * You lead and listen. Whether you're steering the ship or rowing alongside the crew, you bring others with you and keep communication wide open. * You own your stuff. You don't wait for instructions: you see an opportunity, grab it, and make it better than anyone expected. * You've got a green heartbeat. Sustainability isn't just cool, it's core. You care about doing work that leaves the world a little better than you found it. You balance hustle with humanity. You love the buzz of in\-person teamwork, but you also know when to recharge (pun totally intended * ). * You grow on purpose. You're hungry to learn, to stretch, and to build something meaningful, not just rack up LinkedIn bullet points. **How you'll be Powered up?** ----------------------------- * Private health insurance coverage * Gym membership to help you stay active * + Flexible working hours: you own your time * Annual offsite where we celebrate the year's achievements and spend quality time together (this year we went to Algarve, Portugal!) * Regular team\-building events with your local teammates * English Training as English is our language used to connect with all markets and teams * Free office snacks and unlimited coffee \& Meal allowance for every worked day * + ️Special discounts for charging your electric vehicle **‍‍‍ Our Promise To You** -------------------------- The best solutions come from different voices. We're building a culture where inclusion, respect, and equal opportunity aren't policies they're lived every day. At Powerdot, everyone has the space to speak up, challenge the status quo, and make a difference. At Powerdot, your voice powers the future, literally.