Sourcing Specialist 2

About the Team

The DoorDash Global Sourcing team supports DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt across more than 40 markets within the Global Procurement, Sourcing, Travel and Supply Chain organisation. We partner with the business to select the right suppliers, negotiate strong commercial agreements, and deliver value through savings, business enablement, and risk reduction.

Our team covers Technology, Corporate Services, and Marketing. This role sits in Technology and owns merchant hardware sourcing for Deliveroo and Wolt: the POS terminals, tablets, printers, chargers, and handheld scanners that merchants and riders rely on every day. We are building more consistent sourcing practices across brands and improving our tools and ways of working, including the use of AI. This role offers real ownership from day one and the chance to shape how the category is run, in a growing global business.

About the Role

As a Sourcing Specialist II, you will own sourcing for merchant hardware across Deliveroo and Wolt. The category spans several product lines, each with its own vendors and buying mechanics: POS hardware, centrally kitted tablets and printers, and handheld scanners. You will partner with the business to understand requirements, manage vendor relationships, negotiate commercial terms, and keep supply moving, balancing cost, quality, risk, and speed.

Parts of this category are well established; others are still taking shape, and a few don't have a defined process yet. You will be expected to collaborate with the global peers to improve ways of working, problem solve and help evolve the category. This is an individual contributor role with real latitude to shape how the category is run, not just execute an existing playbook.

Teams and functions you will partner with

You will work with business owners and partners across Deliveroo and Wolt, including:

• Category and operations teams managing POS hardware, hardware kitting, and scanner fleets
• Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement Operations, and IT teams
• Device manufacturers and regional distributors across multiple hardware lines

You are excited about this opportunity because you will..

• Own the vendor relationship for one or more hardware categories, from day-to-day contact through commercial negotiation.
• Step into live, time-sensitive issues, such as a stock shortage, a delivery delay, or a vendor price increase, and work out the fastest safe path through them.
• Build forecasting, stock visibility, and vendor performance tracking in areas where none exists today, rather than inherit a finished process.
• Negotiate pricing and commercial terms directly with manufacturers and distributors, across markets.
• Research alternative vendors and devices when the current roster isn't delivering, and make the case for a change.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Finance, and IT on forecasting, stock, delivery, and returns, and say plainly where something doesn't currently have an owner.
• Track delivery performance, pricing, and vendor issues against agreed goals, and raise risks and recommendations early.
• Bring a point of view and say so when something isn't working, even when that means challenging how things have been done so far.
• Use AI tools to speed up research, analysis, and vendor comparisons.
• Learn the category hands-on, through the live issues that come up, rather than from a fixed playbook.

We are excited about you because you…

• Have a strong bias to action and are comfortable figuring things out without a script.
• Bring curiosity and a genuine interest in learning how hardware sourcing and vendor management work, more than existing expertise in the category.
• Speaking to truth, clearly and professionally, including when it means disagreeing or flagging a problem.
• Take ownership of a problem and follow it through, rather than waiting to be told what happens next.
• Exercise sound judgment and take a practical approach to solving problems in a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Bring a creative, entrepreneurial mindset, and would rather build something and improve it than wait for the perfect process.
• Are organised and can manage several live issues and vendors at once, while keeping the right people informed.
• Communicate clearly and build trust with stakeholders across functions and time zones.
• Can use AI tools effectively to speed up research and analysis, and are keen to keep learning.

Experience that would be a plus

• Experience in sourcing, procurement, category management, or a related commercial or operations role.
• Experience with hardware, devices, or technology vendors specifically.
• Familiarity with procurement or contract lifecycle systems.
• Experience in a technology or high-growth business.