Associate - Procurement

Eternal; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Eternal in Bengaluru is building the procurement backbone for autonomous robotic farming. As Procurement Specialist, you will source, negotiate and manage parts from suppliers worldwide, translating designs and BOMs into actionable purchase plans to keep robots moving.

You’ll work with PLM, Manufacturing, and a Cologne team to align supplier performance, manage incoterms and cross-border logistics, and optimize inventory to reduce lead times and cost.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years in procurement, purchasing or supply chain for hardware or industrial goods.
• Experience buying internationally, including India and at least one EU/US market.
• Knowledge of Incoterms and customs documentation.
• Experience with inventory management and ERP systems.
• Ability to read BOMs and technical drawings with engineers.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Run international purchasing end to end.
• Source, quote, negotiate and place orders with suppliers across multiple regions.
• Build and manage the supplier base with performance visibility.
• Translate engineering changes and BOMs into purchase plans.
• Coordinate cross-border logistics and Incoterms.
• Own inventory accuracy and set reorder points.
• Improve procurement processes and report spend and savings.

Skills

Procurement

International sourcing

Supplier management

Incoterms

ERP / Inventory tools

BOM reading

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Transform 800,000 hectares of greenhouses into fully-autonomous food production sites

At eternal.ag, we're building the future of sustainable food production. Our mission is to convert the world's existing greenhouses into fully automated facilities that can produce fresh food year-round - addressing the critical need to double food production by 2050 while facing severe labor shortages, water scarcity, and climate challenges.

About the Role

Join our team and help build the supply chain behind the future of horticulture automation. As a Procurement Specialist at eternal.ag, you’ll own how the parts that power our robots are sourced, bought, moved, and stored across Germany, the EU, the US, and India.

Every Harvester we deploy depends on hundreds of components from suppliers and contract manufacturers around the world. Your mission is simple: get the right parts to the right place, at the right cost, exactly when they’re needed.

You’ll be based in our Bengaluru office, working closely with the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team, the manufacturing team and our team in Cologne. As our robots evolve, you’ll turn changing designs and bills of materials into a procurement operation that can keep up.

The opportunity? Build the procurement backbone of a fast-scaling hardware company from the ground up.

The challenge? Lead times shift. Customs cause delays. Suppliers miss dates. BOMs change. You’ll need to move fast, stay ahead of problems, and make smart calls with incomplete information.

What You’ll Do

• Run international purchasing end to end

  Source, quote, negotiate and place orders with suppliers in Germany, the EU, the US and India, from request to goods receipt and invoice match.

• Build and manage the supplier base

  Qualify new suppliers, compare offers on cost, quality and lead time, and keep performance visible so we can act early when a supplier slips.

• Work hand in hand with PLM and Manufacturing

  Translate engineering change orders and bills of materials into purchase plans, flag long-lead or single-source parts early, and propose alternatives when a part becomes a risk.

• Coordinate cross-border logistics

  Plan shipments between Germany and customer sites in Europe and the US, handle Incoterms, export and customs documentation, and work with freight forwarders to keep parts moving.

• Own inventory accuracy

  Track stock across locations, set reorder points for critical components, and keep our inventory records matched to invoices and delivery notes.

• Improve how we buy

  Turn recurring purchases into standard processes, templates and approval flows, and report spend and savings in a format finance can use.

Who you are

• Precise and reliable: your numbers, documents and promises to suppliers hold up.
• Hands-on: you chase a delayed shipment yourself rather than wait for an update.
• A strong collaborator who speaks the language of engineers and suppliers alike.
• Calm under ambiguity: you make a sound call when the bill of materials is still moving.
• Willing to challenge a spec or a price early, and then commit to the decision.

Core requirements

• 1-3 years in procurement, purchasing or supply chain for hardware, electronics, automotive or industrial machinery.
• Proven experience buying internationally, including import and export from India and at least one of the EU or US.
• Working knowledge of Incoterms, customs documentation and freight forwarding.
• Experience with inventory management and an ERP or inventory tool.
• Comfortable reading bills of materials and technical drawings with engineers.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience in robotics, mechatronics or a hardware start-up.
• Sourcing experience with sheet metal, CNC parts, electronics or EMS partners.
• Knowledge of Indian GST and import duty processes, or EU customs procedures.

What we offer

• Real ownership: You will set up and run procurement for a fleet of autonomous robots, with direct impact on how fast we deploy.
• Build from scratch: Define the supplier base, processes and inventory system that will carry us through scale-up.
• Cross-disciplinary exposure: Work directly with PLM, Manufacturing, Finance and Operations.
• Global team: Collaborate closely across our Cologne HQ and Bengaluru office with high autonomy and rapid execution loops.
• Mission at scale: Help build resilient, autonomous food production infrastructure to make global agriculture more sustainable.