Senior Procurement Manager (m/f/d)

Cylib; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Cylib, a fast-growing company pioneering battery supply chains, seeks a senior procurement leader based in the United States to own end-to-end P2P, SAP MM, and procurement-finance interfaces. You will drive KPI-based dashboards, category strategies, spend analyses, and AI-enabled automation, partnering with Finance and Controlling to align forecasts and budgets.

You will coach cross-functional projects and lead negotiations for indirect materials and services.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in strategic and operational procurement.
• Degree in business administration or industrial engineering.
• Deep SAP S/4HANA MM expertise with FI/CO integration.
• Proven design of end-to-end P2P processes and master data management.
• Strong analytical skills with KPI systems and familiarity with BI tools (Power BI) and AI-based automation.
• Excellent negotiation skills and knowledge of contract law.

Responsibilities

• Own Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process from requisition to invoice, standardize and document workflows.
• Act as business owner of SAP S/4HANA MM in procurement and drive optimization with IT and partners.
• Build and own KPI-based steering model with dashboards and regular management reporting.
• Align procurement planning with budgets and forecasts in collaboration with Controlling.
• Develop category strategies, conduct spend analyses, manage RFI/RFQ processes, and lead negotiations for indirect materials and services.
• Drive automation and digitalization of procurement using AI tools and SAP capabilities.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Operational procurement

SAP S/4HANA MM

P2P process design

KPI & reporting

Power BI

AI-based automation

Negotiation

Contract law

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent degree in business or engineering

Tools

Power BI

BI tools

Job description

In this role, you’ll take ownership of procurement excellence and build the bridge between Procurement and Finance. You’ll report directly to our Head of Procurement and work closely together on shaping our procurement strategy:

• You own our Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process and to end, from purchase requisition to invoice: you design, standardize and document it, ensure compliance with approval workflows and the procurement policy and optimize the interfaces to Accounting (e.g. three-way match).
• You act as business owner of SAP S/4HANA (MM) in procurement: you drive further rollout and optimization with IT and external partners, ensure clean master data and enable users.
• You will build and own a KPI-based steering model for procurement including dashboards and regular management reporting.
• You establish a close link between Procurement and Finance: together with Controlling you align procurement planning with budgets and forecasts, validate savings and make cost developments transparent.
• You develop category strategies, conduct spend and market analyses, manage RFI/RFQ processes and lead negotiations for indirect materials and services. Where needed, you also take over operational purchasing yourself, e.g. for urgent or ad-hoc requirements.
• You drive the automation and digitalization of procurement: you identify repetitive tasks and use modern AI tools, workflow automation and SAP standard functionalities to make processes faster and leaner.

• You bring at least 6 years of professional experience in strategic and operational procurement, including several years in a role with process or system responsibility, ideally in an industrial or scale-up environment.
• You have a degree in business administration, industrial engineering or a comparable field, ideally with a focus on procurement, supply chain management or finance/controlling.
• You have in-depth expertise in SAP S/4HANA MM, including integration with FI/CO, and have actively shaped SAP implementation or optimization projects. You are the go-to person for all SAP questions in procurement.
• You have proven experience in designing and optimizing end-to-end P2P processes, including approval workflows, master data management and policy compliance.
• You have a strong analytical skills and digital tools: experience with procurement controlling, KPI systems and management reporting, ideally complemented by hands-on experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI) and AI-based automation.
• You understand the financial impact of procurement decisions (P&L, budgets, accruals, cash flow) and communicate confidently and as a partner with Finance and Controlling.
• You have experience in leading cross-functional projects and driving change without disciplinary authority, combined with strong negotiation skills, and sound knowledge of contract law.
• You work in a structured, hands-on way and take initiative to move topics forward.
• You round off your profile with business fluent German and English.

• You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
• You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
• You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
• You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
• You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.