Procurement Manager (m/f/d) - Defense Tech

Autonomous Teaming Solutions; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomous Teaming Solutions seeks a strategic Procurement Lead to build our procurement function from scratch, centralizing international buying and creating unified structures, standards, and processes. You will own supplier negotiations, evaluation systems, and risk management in collaboration with Engineering and Product Management.

You will implement a unified buy-to-pay process with Finance, define policies and contract templates, and select tools like Business Central and e-procurement.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier management and negotiations for components needed in product development and production.
• Develop supplier evaluation system and conduct regular reviews.
• Establish second-source strategies and risk management for critical components.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management on supplier qualification.
• Design and implement a unified buy-to-pay process with Finance.
• Define procurement policies, approvals, and standard contract templates (NDAs, QA agreements).
• Select or expand tools (Business Central, e-procurement) with Finance and IT.
• Establish procurement KPIs and reporting.
• Handle day-to-day PO processing, delivery tracking, and shortages.
• Ensure material availability at all times.
• Resolve claims with Quality Management and suppliers.
• Address export control requirements and compliance.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Supplier relationship management

Ownership mindset

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

German language

English language

Travel willingness

Entrepreneurial mindset

Technical solutions passion

Education

Business Administration / Industrial Engineering / Supply Chain Management degree

Tools

Business Central

e-procurement

Dynamics

Job description

What we offer

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.

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.

Processes, Standards & Tools

• 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.

Operational Procurement & Material Availability

• 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.

Compliance & Export Control

• 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.

Keywords

Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Buying, Purchasing, Supplier Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Risk Management, Cost Optimization, Spend Analysis, SRM, ERP, Business Central, Dynamics, Supply Chain, SCM