Purchasing Technician

PLD Space; Elche; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Physiotherapy

Health insurance discount

Family health insurance

Healthy snacks

Job summary

PLD Space in Elche, Spain, is seeking a skilled procurement professional to manage a group of purchases, inventories and supplier negotiations. You will identify suppliers, monitor orders, and ensure timely delivery while collaborating with internal teams.

The ideal candidate has a university diploma, at least two years in purchasing, strong negotiation and organizational skills, and fluency in English and Spanish; French is a plus.

Qualifications

• Higher Degree, University Diploma in relevant field.
• Experience: minimum 2 years in procurement.
• Ability to handle large purchase volumes.
• Fluent English and Spanish; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify best national and international suppliers by cost, quality and time.
• Monitor orders to ensure timely delivery and manage suppliers to avoid delays.
• Perform supplier evaluations on quality, pricing and terms.
• Seek better prices and product availability as part of continuous improvement.
• Request and assess quotations based on specifications.
• Act as interface between supplier and internal departments.
• Negotiate prices, payment terms and incoterms per strategy.
• Contribute ideas for purchasing strategy and efficiency.
• Update vendors database.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Organizational capacity

Problem solving

Time management

Fluent English

Fluent Spanish

Education

University diploma

Job description

About PLD Space

PLD Space is an international companyon a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space hasestablisheditself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsulepositionthe company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Spaceoperatesover 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in‑class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team, you will be responsible for the management of assigned group of purchases, inventory management, direct contact and negotiation with suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Identify the best national and international suppliers according to cost, quality and time criteria for the product group assigned.
• Monitor order processes to ensure timely delivery of purchase orders and managing suppliers proactively to avoid delays. Escalate issues when necessary.
• Perform supplier evaluation to assess the quality and reliability, pricing, and other purchasing conditions.
• Follow up commercial opportunities and actively seek better price and product availability as part of continuous improvement of purchasing conditions.
• Request, assess and select quotations based on product specifications.
• Evaluate different requirements and options, search and suggest alternatives if/when needed.
• Act as interface between supplier and internal departments.
• Negotiate product prices, payment terms and incoterms in accordance with the business strategy.
• Contribute ideas about the purchasing strategy and come up with proposals to optimise efficiency of the purchasing process.
• Update vendors database.

Required Competencies

• Higher Degree, University Diploma. Valuable fields: Administration, International Business Administration, Logistics and/or Engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position.
• Capacity of handling a large volume of purchases.
• Efficient and structured way of working.
• Troubleshooting and decision making.
• Organizational capacity.
• Negotiation skills.
• Flexibility and dynamism.
• Advanced spoken and written English and Spanish.
• Valuable additional languages: French.

Benefits

Health& Wellness

• Physiotherapywithin our facilities
• 50%discount on your health insurance
• Youcan sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthysnacks and lots of fruit

Findbalance

• 23 days of paid vacation plusDecember 24th and 31st
• Flexible work schedule

Neverstop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional developmentthrough internal mobility and teamwork

Focuson your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

Wehave five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the futureof space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Hardwork.
• Dynamism.
• Commitment.
• Keepit simple.

Joinus to reinvent how rockets are built!