In this new role, you get the chance to own our procurement function in full responsibility from scratch based on your experiences and ideas. By leaving your footprint, you will centralize our international buying activities in an efficient and cost-saving way. As we continue to grow, this will lead to interesting career opportunities and a leadership perspective.
Procurement Manager (m/f/d) - Defense Tech
Munich (DEU), Berlin
Full-time
Permanent employee
What we offer
Your mission
You will build our procurement function from scratch by establishing unified structures, standards, tools, and processes to implement purchasing as a strategic function. This is a role with a high degree of ownership, reporting directly to our COO.
Supplier Management & Negotiation
- Build and maintain a structured supplier portfolio mainly for all components needed for product development and production (hardware, electronics, mechanical parts, camera, sensors, services, etc.).
- Lead price, contract, and framework agreement negotiations with strategic partners and suppliers
- Develop a supplier evaluation system (quality, delivery reliability, pricing, security of supply) and conduct regular reviews.
- Establish second-source strategies and risk management for critical components, including handling long lead times and obsolescence.
- Work closely with Engineering and Product Management on the selection and qualification of new suppliers and partner products.
- Design and implement a unified purchase-to-pay process in close collaboration with our Finance department.
- Define procurement policies, approval thresholds, standard contract templates (incl. NDAs, quality assurance agreements), and purchasing terms.
- Select or expand suitable tools (Business Central, e-procurement) together with Finance and IT.
- Establish procurement KPIs and valuable management reporting.
- Handle day-to-day purchase order processing, including delivery tracking and escalation in case of supply shortages.
- Ensure material availability at any time.
- Resolve claims and deviations together with Quality Management and suppliers.
- Ensure export control requirements are addressed in procurement (incl. dual-use goods).
- Implement supply chain due diligence obligations and compliance requirements.
- Support requirements arising from security clearance regulations and customer audits.
Your profile
- Degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a comparable qualification.
- 5+ years of experience in strategic and operational procurement, ideally in a tech scale-up with complex products (hardware, software, integration).
- Strong in contract negotiations and building solid supplier relationships.
- Experience in building or restructuring procurement processes and organizations (greenfield mindset).
- Confident use and implementation of ERP systems (f.e. Business Central).
- Ownership mentality, entrepreneurial mindset, number-driven and strong communicator.
- Passion for technical solutions and products.
- Business-fluent German and English.
- Willingness to travel and to work from the office in Munich or Berlin.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of export control regulations.
- Experience with procurement in regulated industries.
- Experience working with international suppliers.
What else
- Citizenship of a NATO member country or close ally.
- Office first company.
Why us?
- Interesting complex product environment with latest technologies (autonomy, AI, robotics).
- Purpose-driven mission.
- Strong international and agile culture.
- An environment for personal and professional growth.
Über uns
Wer wir sind: ein Start-up der Verteidigungstechnologie, das sich auf Lösungen für die industrielle Bildverarbeitung spezialisiert hat. Wenn Sie eine Leidenschaft für bahnbrechende Innovationen haben und Ihre Fähigkeiten einsetzen möchten, um Lösungen der nächsten Generation zu entwickeln, ist dies eine Chance für Sie!
Was wir tun: Wir entwickeln Lösungen, die es Computern und Sensoren ermöglichen, in Teams zusammenzuarbeiten, um neue Sicherheitsherausforderungen zu bewältigen. Unsere Hauptaufgabe ist die Abwehr von KI-gestützten asymmetrischen Bedrohungen in großem Maßstab, wie z. B. Drohnenschwärme und andere UXVs.
Wie wir arbeiten: Wir setzen auf eine hybride Arbeitskultur - wir schätzen die Zusammenarbeit im Büro, ermöglichen unseren Teammitgliedern aber auch die eigenverantwortliche und selbstständige Arbeit aus der Ferne.
Wo wir sind: Mit Sitz in München, Berlin und Toulouse expandieren wir schnell in ganz Europa und planen, bald weitere Büros zu eröffnen.
Was wir tun: Wir entwickeln Lösungen, die es Computern und Sensoren ermöglichen, in Teams zusammenzuarbeiten, um neue Sicherheitsherausforderungen zu bewältigen. Unsere Hauptaufgabe ist die Abwehr von KI-gestützten asymmetrischen Bedrohungen in großem Maßstab, wie z. B. Drohnenschwärme und andere UXVs.
Wie wir arbeiten: Wir setzen auf eine hybride Arbeitskultur - wir schätzen die Zusammenarbeit im Büro, ermöglichen unseren Teammitgliedern aber auch die eigenverantwortliche und selbstständige Arbeit aus der Ferne.
Wo wir sind: Mit Sitz in München, Berlin und Toulouse expandieren wir schnell in ganz Europa und planen, bald weitere Büros zu eröffnen.