E-Bike Spare Parts Manager

E-Bike Spare Parts Manager

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Amsterdam

Compensation: €24,000 - €30,000 / month

About us At Upway, we are making electric mobility accessible to everyone. As the global leading platform for certified pre-owned and refurbished e-bikes, we serve customers across nine countries (including Netherlands, Germany, France, and the US). In just a few years, we've achieved fast-paced growth, ambitious expansion, and raised over $120M from top investors like Sequoia, Exor Seeds, Korelya Capital, and GFC.

Our mission:
Make e-bikes the norm and reshape how the world moves. Join high-intelligence, high-energy, and high-integrity people to help us get there!

As our E-Bike Spare Parts Manager in Amsterdam, you will be the key person ensuring smooth operations in our workshop:
You order, manage, and optimize our spare parts inventory so our mechanics can repair and refurbish e-bikes quickly and efficiently. Your work directly impacts repair speed, cost control, customer satisfaction, and our ability to scale.

Your main tasks

• Daily ordering and re-ordering of e-bike spare parts (OEM and aftermarket) from various suppliers
• Supplier management:
  Negotiate prices, conditions, and delivery times – build strong relationships
• Inventory management:
  Monitor stock levels, avoid stockouts and overstock, optimize capital tied up in parts
• Perform inventory postings (entries, adjustments), conduct physical stocktakes
• Supply the correct parts to mechanics in a timely manner
• Early identification of critical parts (discontinued items, price increases, supply bottlenecks)
• Close collaboration with the workshop team, operations, quality, and logistics
• Maintain clean and accurate master data in our own ERP system
• Contribute to smarter stocking strategies for fast- and slow-moving parts

• Practical experience in purchasing / managing spare parts (ideally automotive, bicycle/e-bike, moto, or industrial aftermarket)
• Strong organizational skills and a numbers-driven mindset – you hate when things are out of stock or money is wasted on excess inventory
• Very good English (spoken and written) – our teams are international, no dutch needed
• Hands-on mentality:
  You're not afraid to pick up the phone, chase suppliers, or jump into the warehouse when needed
• Independent working style with full ownership of your area
• You are not afraid to take ownership, you tackle things until they are done

• Experience in the e-bike / bicycle sector
• Familiarity with ERP systems
• Knowledge of inventory concepts (safety stock, reorder point, MOQ, lead times)
• Previous negotiation of supplier agreements

• Very high degree of responsibility and direct impact on our core operations
• Be part of one of Europe's fastest-growing scale-ups in a booming market
• International environment with teams across Europe and the US
• Attractive compensation + potential for performance-based bonuses
• Modern onsite workspace in Amsterdam, close to the Ziggo Dome
• Flat hierarchies, fast decisions, and lots of room to shape things