Business Development Manager, Supply
Swappie is looking for a Business Development Manager to join our team and secure our growth!
To continue to fuel Swappie’s profitable growth and our mission of making refurbished electronics mainstream, we are seeking a new colleague to join us as a Business Development Manager, Supply.
In this role, your primary purpose is to secure the supply required to drive our growth at market-leading margins and quality. If you’re ready to take ownership and make a tangible impact on our profitability and competitive advantage, this is your chance to leave your fingerprint on Swappie while helping us create a more sustainable footprint in the world. 🌏 💚
What You'll Work On
Reporting to the Head of B2B Supply Europe and North America, your work will directly impact our company-level revenue and profitability. You will:
- Strategically grow our supply base by identifying, activating, and building new, long-term relationships with iPhone & iPad suppliers.
- Negotiate market-leading terms on a weekly basis, securing the best possible prices and favorable payment terms.
- Enhance supplier relationships through best-in-class supplier management, fostering better collaboration and strategic partnerships and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Drive operational competitive advantage by continuously assessing and improving our procurement processes through data analysis and best practices.
- Act as a key player in risk management, assessing potential risks associated with new opportunities and developing strategies to mitigate them.
- Leverage market intelligence by understanding the latest trends and communicating them to the wider company for competitive advantage.
We Would Love to Hear From You If You Have...
- 4+ years of experience in business development, sales, account management, or sourcing in short-cycle B2B contexts, e.g. consumer electronics, electronic parts, IT equipment, or telecommunications.
- A proven track record of managing multi-million euro deals on a monthly basis.
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to reach the best possible terms and conditions.
- Experience in stakeholder management, including communicating and collaborating with C-level executives.
- The ability to create and maintain long-term business relationships.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- A relevant educational background (Bachelor's or Master’s degree).
- Ideally, previous experience in and knowledge of used mobile phone markets with existing relationships with key players in the industry.
- A can-do attitude, endless optimism, and are highly impact-oriented.
- A creative and results-oriented mindset with the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- A proactive growth mindset and an enjoyment for negotiations and closing deals.
Scroll down ⬇️ and read “Why pursue a career with Swappie” but in addition we offer:
- Flexible working hours & remote working options.
- Supportive and low-hierarchy team environment.
- Clear KPIs and opportunities for growth.
- The chance to have a direct, visible impact on the company's profitability and mission.
- In addition to monthly salary, a competitive option package, topped with local benefits.
- The opportunity to choose the devices that help you do your job in the best way possible.
- A chance to make an impact on making a more sustainable future by making refurbished mainstream.
Practicalities
📍 Location: Finland (priority), Estonia or Germany
📆 Start Date: As soon as possible, negotiable
📝 Contract: Full-time and permanent
⏰ Application Deadline: September 18th 2025
♻️ Ready to make an impact? Apply now! We'll start with the interviews already during the application period.
🤔 Questions? recruitment@swappie.com will happily reply. Kindly note that we don’t accept job applications via email.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS? If yes, we’d love to hear from you! 🤝
Recruitment process:
- Intro with Talent Acquisition Partner (online, 45min)
- Meet the hiring manager (online, 45min)
- Case study presentation & culture discussion (online or on-site, 90min)
- Department
- Supply
- Locations
- Helsinki, Finland
- Remote status
- Hybrid

Helsinki, Finland
Why pursue your career with Swappie?
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Join an ambitious, global team
Swappie is a multi-tiered organization powered by a diverse group of professionals with a broad range of skills. We're happy to employ people from 73 different nationalities in offices located in Helsinki, Tallinn, Leipzig and Berlin. Our working language is English.
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Bring purpose to your everyday
By buying and selling refurbished smartphones, Swappie is shaping the future of consumer electronics and actively reducing e-waste – the largest growing form of waste globally. When we talk about doing good – this is what we mean. And you can help. Get inspired about our positive climate impact by reading our Environmental Impact Report.
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Benefit from a culture of trust
Enjoy the freedom to manage your work in ways that suit both you and Swappie. Benefit from the sharing of information, learnings, plans and achievements. We're all in this together.
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Grow and develop your skillset
Swappie offers a wide range of career development opportunities, as well as the chance to benefit from technical training designed to improve your professional skills. There's room for you to grow at Swappie.
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Belong and be yourself
Our strength as a company comes from the diverse group of people we're proud to employ. Whoever you are – you're welcome at Swappie. We work actively to create an environment where everyone feels safe and welcome.
About Swappie
Swappie is the #1 online destination for buying and selling refurbished iPhones in Europe.
A purpose-driven tech scale-up, Swappie is home to 800 ambitious, international talents serving 1M+ customers in 11 countries across Europe. Annual revenue currently tops €207M in a market with huge opportunities for growth. Refurbished is the business of the future and Swappie is a frontrunner powered by bright, empathetic minds committed to doing good.
Launched by two friends in 2016, Swappie is on a mission to change consumer behaviour and make buying refurbished electronics mainstream. Starting in Europe, and then worldwide – Swappie gives consumers the opportunity to make more environmentally friendly purchasing decisions simply and affordably. Our business is dynamic, exciting and constantly developing, with a broad range of skills required every day across the organization.
Swappie has received consistent recognition for its commitment to solving important sustainability challenges. It has also been recognised by The Financial Times in 2022 as the fastest growing startup in Europe, received The Finnish Innovation Fund's award for contribution to the circular economy – and appeared on Wired's list of hottest startups in Helsinki.
Visit our company page to read more about Swappie's story and the circular economy.
About Swappie
Join our mission of making refurbished electronics mainstream! 🚀
The ambition of a circular economy for technology is at the root of everything we do, and is what drives us on our mission. Our people believe tech doesn’t have an expiry date, and that great tech shouldn’t cost us the earth.