Hybrid Technical Buyer: NPI to Production for Robotics

Avular; Eindhoven; Hybride; EUR 52 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary based on experience level

Non-contributory pension scheme

Travel cost reimbursement

30 paid vacation days

Résumé du poste

Avular is seeking a Technical Buyer to own purchasing for production, prototypes, and service parts. You’ll work across Engineering and Operations to secure components, negotiate contracts, and manage supplier relationships in a fast-growing robotics scale-up from Eindhoven.

You will support NPI with supplier selection and design-for-manufacturing improvements, while maintaining budgets and optimizing ERP-driven workflows.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in technical buying, strategic procurement, or supply chain.
• Experience supporting supplier selection during NPI or product development.
• Understanding of BOM structures, production techniques, and manufacturing methods.
• Strong negotiation skills on price, contracts, and supplier quality.
• Hands-on with procurement processes and ERP-based workflows.

Responsabilités

• Take ownership of purchasing for production, prototypes, service & support, and other operational purchases.
• Facilitate timely re-ordering and proactive re-order rules based on planning data.
• Partner with Engineering during NPI to drive supplier selection and design-for-manufacturing improvements.
• Build strong supplier relationships and lead discussions on pricing, lead times, and contracts.
• Own procurement workflows in the ERP system and optimize supplier collaboration.
• Monitor component lifecycles, market developments, and supply risks.
• Identify alternative sourcing options and mitigation strategies for at-risk components.
• Manage budgets and purchasing targets with focus on cost control and value creation.

Connaissances

Technical buying

Strategic procurement

Supply chain

Negotiation

NPI involvement

Formation

Applied University degree

Outils

ERP system

Description du poste

Avular is seeking a Technical Buyer to own purchasing for production, prototypes, and service parts. You’ll work across Engineering and Operations to secure components, negotiate contracts, and manage supplier relationships in a fast-growing robotics scale-up from Eindhoven.

You will support NPI with supplier selection and design-for-manufacturing improvements, while maintaining budgets and optimizing ERP-driven workflows.