VP Supply Chain

The role

Build the supply chain function of a fast-growing hardware/software scaleup from the ground up. Own the commercial relationship with our contract manufacturer. Run cost-down programs that deliver millions in COGS savings. Sit at the design table with our hardware engineers from concept stage shaping the next generation of our product before BOM lock.

This is a foundational role on the operations leadership team reporting to the COO. Weve grown to 120 people gone international across five markets and built a product farmers love. The next chapter is about scaling the engine behind it and were hiring a VP Supply Chain to lead that work.

About Nofence

We invented virtual fencing for livestock. Farmers draw a fence in our app; our GPS-enabled collars guide animals using audio cues with a mild pulse only as a last resort. The result: rotational grazing without physical fencing animals that graze land that would otherwise go unused and farmers who get their evenings back.

Were a Norwegian scaleup well-funded growing fast across Norway Sweden the UK & Ireland the US and Spain. We design our hardware and software in-house collars PCBA battery plastics app backend the lot and partner with an EMS for manufacturing.

What youll own

Strategic sourcing. Build direct commercial relationships with Tier 1 suppliers across our top BOM categories semiconductors battery cells plastics mechanicals. Negotiate pricing and supply commitments. Make should-cost analysis a standing discipline not a one-off project.

The EMS commercial relationship. Renegotiate our manufacturing agreement to drive transparency and unlock cost-down levers. Establish a structured cadence with EMS leadership. Be the senior commercial point of contact; partner with the VP Manufacturing on execution.

Design-for-cost with engineering. Embed sourcing intelligence into product development from concept stage. Bring should-cost data supplier capability insights and component roadmap visibility to design decisions before BOM lock. Establish DfC gates in the NPI process. Turn design-for-cost from a slogan into a discipline.

The operational engine. Run sales and operations planning logistics inventory and flow. Translate the commercial forecast into rolling commitments. Build the planning capability the company needs as we scale. Youll inherit a small capable team and grow it deliberately likely adding sourcing planning refurb and buyer roles over the next 618 months.

What were looking for

• 1015 years of supply chain leadership in hardware with both OEM and EMS exposure. Youve sat on both sides of the table.

• A track record of real COGS reduction. You can talk specifically about programs youve led the savings delivered and how you got there.

• Direct experience renegotiating EMS commercial agreements pricing structure transparency clauses AVL governance consignment economics. You know what good looks like because youve done it.

• Strategic sourcing depth in electronics. Relationships with Tier 1 component suppliers or the credibility to build them quickly.

• Real partnership with engineering. You can hold your own in a technical conversation about component selection second-source qualification or DfM/DfC tradeoffs and engineers respect you for it.

We care more about what youve done than where you did it. If youve delivered real COGS-down in hardware scaleups or EMS-led setups we want to talk.

Practical details

• Reports to: Axel Lindnér COO

• Direct reports: 1 (Logistics Manager) at start growing to 4 within the first year

• Location: Open across Europe. Regular travel to our Norwegian HQ and to our EMS. Stockholm or Oslo a plus not required.

• Languages: Our working language is English. Norwegian or Swedish is a bonus not a requirement

• Process: First conversation with the COO then interviews with the CEO CPTO VP Manufacturing and a panel. Reference and case discussion in the final stage. We move quickly for the right candidate.

Why this is worth your time

Most VP Supply Chain roles at this stage are about keeping the trains running. This one is different. The mandate is to build the COGS opportunity is real and quantifiable and the leadership team CEO CPTO VP Manufacturing COO is genuinely aligned on what success looks like.

Youll be hired to do strategic work given the scope to do it and backed when it gets hard. Were a serious company with a product that works customers who love it and a long runway ahead.

If thats the role youve been waiting for wed like to hear from you.