Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations

Bamboo Card is a fast-growing e-gift card distribution platform connecting global brands, marketplaces, and digital wallets. We empower clients to offer seamless digital gifting experiences across multiple categories from gaming and entertainment to lifestyle and retail. We are looking for a commercially aggressive, numbers-driven Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations to own our inventory strategy, protect our margins, and secure our global digital supply chain. Requirements Margin Protection & Commercial Hustle Your primary KPI isn't just "keeping items in stock" - it's protecting and expanding our gross margin. Lead hard commercial negotiations with global brand partners, aggregators, and distributors to win better discounts, rebates, and payment terms. Work closely with our Finance team to navigate currency fluctuations (FX) across our multi-currency purchasing operations, turning currency dynamics into margin wins. Digital Supply Chain & Redundancy Build and maintain a robust backup-supplier ecosystem. If Supplier A goes offline or runs out of stock, our API must seamlessly failover to Supplier B with zero interruption and minimal margin hit. Ensure 99.9% uptime and availability for our global catalogue of digital rewards across multiple regions. Supplier Governance & Scorecards Design and run a data-driven supplier scorecard system to monitor vendor delivery speeds, success rates, pricing accuracy, and SLA compliance. Ruthlessly optimize our partner network - shifting volumes to high-performers and cutting out unreliable distributors. Responsibilities Your Background You have cut your teeth in high-volume digital distribution. You come from digital goods distributors, prepaid/airtime platforms, gaming-key marketplaces, MVNO/telco procurement, payments vendor-management, or fast-moving FMCG category management. Your self-described career wins aren't "number of purchase orders processed." Your wins are about costs saved, margins recovered, and rebate structures negotiated. Must-Haves You are commercially aggressive and relationship-savvy. You know how to build deep, trust-based relationships with suppliers while holding a hard line on commercial terms. You live in spreadsheets. You instantly understand how a 0.5% shift in an FX rate or a change in payment terms affects cash flow and unit economics. If your background is in corporate procurement, purchasing software licenses, or facilities management, this isn't the role for you. We need someone who manages inventory as a commercial asset.