Procurement Specialist

Stealth Rocketry Startup; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock options and equity

Relocation support

Meals provided

Company housing

Zusammenfassung

Stealth Rocketry Startup is seeking a Procurement Specialist to own purchasing activities, build supplier relationships, and support negotiations across a growing industrial environment. You will coordinate contracts and documentation, work with finance and engineering teams, and help scale procurement processes as the company expands.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, autonomy to resolve supplier and process challenges, and ensuring compliant, timely delivery of materials and services for

Qualifikationen

• Proven procurement experience in industrial/manufacturing/aerospace environments.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Hands-on and pragmatic approach to operational challenges.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills across functions.
• Experience supporting supplier negotiations and supplier performance monitoring.

Aufgaben

• Manage end-to-end purchasing activities including requirements, quotes, POs and delivery follow-up.
• Build and manage supplier relationships, support negotiations and monitor performance.
• Coordinate supplier contracts, renewals, and issue resolution.
• Maintain procurement records and collaborate with finance, operations, engineering and quality teams.
• Help establish standardized procurement processes for a growing function.
• Support the implementation of ERP (Dynamics) and ensure compliance with policies.

Kenntnisse

Procurement experience

Organization + analytics

Attention to detail

Stakeholder collaboration

Negotiation support

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics

Jobbeschreibung

Procurement Specialist

As Procurement Specialist, you will take a hands-on role in managing purchasing activities, developing supplier relationships, supporting negotiations, and coordinating contracts across the business.

You will help build scalable procurement processes, designed to work within a growing industrial and manufacturing environment. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure the timely, cost-effective, and compliant delivery of materials and services.

About us:

We're a Germany-based rocketry startup currently in stealth mode, scaling up rapidly to meet the demand for high-performance, reliable, and scalable solid propulsion technologies for space and defense applications.

We are already launching suborbital and ballistic rockets on a regular basis, generating significant revenue and applying our knowledge toward the development of an orbital rocket.

We are working hard to build something truly spectacular.

To thrive here you will need to be comfortable working at pace, with the autonomy to make decisions and execute on them quickly. If you're excited by hard technical challenges and want a role where you will make a real difference each day to the future of the company, we may be the place for you.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end purchasing activities, including requirements, quotations, purchase orders, and delivery follow-up.

• Build and manage supplier relationships, support negotiations, and monitor supplier performance.

• Coordinate supplier contracts, documentation, renewals, and commercial issue resolution.

• Maintain accurate procurement records and collaborate with finance, operations, engineering, and quality teams.

• Help establish standardized procurement processes as purchasing activities move into a structured procurement function.

• Support the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and ensure procurement activities follow company policies and compliance requirements.

• What we're looking for

• Proven procurement experience in an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, defence or similar high stakes high reliability environment.

• Experience managing suppliers, purchasing materials or services, and supporting commercial negotiations.

• Strong organizational and analytical skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.

• A hands-on, pragmatic approach to solving operational and supplier-related challenges.

• Strong communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across functions.

Desirable experience

• Experience using an ERP system such as SAP or Microsoft Dynamics.

• Experience with procurement process improvement, ERP implementation, or structured procurement controls.

• Experience in a high paced startup environment, building scalable processes from scratch

Benefits and important information:

• We offer top-decile compensation packages, bonuses and meaningful equity, to attract exceptional aerospace talent.

• Every employee is awarded stock options in the company, you will directly benefit from your own hard work and success.

• Comprehensive relocation support including flights, shipping and visas.

• Lunch, dinner and drinks provided everyday

• Free access to shared company housing

Please note, we are a fast paced, hyper-scaling startup. You will need to be comfortable working extended hours with high levels of autonomy, our contracts require a minimum of 48 hours per week and all roles are based onsite.

We are committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, has equal access to opportunity, and can thrive. We welcome different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences-and believe our differences make us stronger.