Technical Buyer

Kappa; Steinsmühle; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bike leasing

Job car

English courses

German courses

Corporate benefits

Kindergarten allowance

E-charging stations access

Germany ticket subsidy

EGYM Wellpass

Flexible working hours

30 days annual leave

Company pension

Job summary

Kappa optronics is seeking a procurement specialist to support development and customer projects through to series handover. You will collaborate with development, project management, and other technical departments, evaluating requirements for procurability, costs, and risks.

Join a team with close cooperation across engineering and supply disciplines, working in a bilingual German-English environment and contributing to ongoing supplier negotiations and handover processes.

Qualifications

• Completed studies in engineering or a comparable qualification.
• Experience in project procurement and strategic/technical procurement.
• Strong technical understanding of specifications and assemblies.
• Experience collaborating with development, PM, and technical departments.
• Fluent in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Procurement support for development and customer projects up to handover.
• Collaborate with development, project management, and other technical teams.
• Early evaluation of technical requirements for procurability, costs, and risks.
• Select suppliers; issue inquiries, compare offers, and negotiate.
• Ensure smooth handover from project to series procurement.

Skills

Procurement experience

German-English

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical understanding

Education

Engineering degree or comparable qualification

Job description

Safety Beyond – Join the team behind the world’s safest vision systems!

At Kappa optronics, everything revolves around high-tech with real impact. Our vision systems are among the global leaders in defense, aviation, and automotive. With our cameras, international customers rely on the highest safety and innovation.

Your Tasks:

• Procurement-side support of development and customer projects up to series handover
• Close collaboration with development, project management, and other technical departments
• Early evaluation of technical requirements regarding procurability, costs, and risks
• Selection of suitable suppliers as well as conducting inquiries, offer comparisons, and negotiations
• Ensuring a structured handover from project procurement to series procurement

Your Profile:

• Completed studies in industrial engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a comparable qualification
• Professional experience in project procurement, strategic or technical procurement
• Very good technical understanding and quick comprehension of technical specifications and assemblies
• Experience in collaboration with development, project management, and technical departments
• Structured, solution-oriented, and communicative working style
• Very good German and English skills

We Offer:

• Professional tasks as diverse and varied as our technology
• Career prospects for employees who want to work independently and actively contribute
• Short decision-making paths and excellent development opportunities
• A highly motivated team, family-like company environment
• Job-related training and company pension scheme
• Employee benefits (e.g., bike leasing, job car, English courses, German courses, corporate benefits)
• Kindergarten care allowance (up to €300.00 per month per child)
• Option for free use of e-charging stations or subsidy for the job ticket (Germany ticket)
• EGYM Wellpass: Access to 8,000+ fitness & wellness facilities – personal contribution €30/month
• Flexible working time models
• 30 days of annual leave