Your mission You lead procurement for complex, international product development projects, ensuring that sourcing strategy is fully integrated into design and delivery.
You will:
- Own procurement for new product development projects
Manage sourcing activities across multi-site, multi-country projects involving critical electronic technologies.
- Shape product architecture early
Contribute to Make-or-Buy decisions and influence design choices to ensure competitiveness, scalability, and supply resilience.
- Be the bridge between R&D and suppliers
- Drive supplier and component selection
- Promote standardization and reuse
- Challenge technical and commercial choices
- Ensure alignment between engineering requirements and market capabilities
- Lead sourcing execution end-to-end
- Identify and onboard new suppliers
- Lead qualification processes (including audits)
- Secure sourcing readiness in line with project milestones
- Negotiate and secure competitive agreements
Own cost, contracts, and commercial negotiations for key components and assemblies.
- Deliver project performance
Ensure procurement targets are met across:
- Lead time / time-to-market
- Drive industrialization and ramp-up
Ensure smooth transfer to manufacturing and secure production ramp-up, in close collaboration with global plants (North America & Asia).
- Act as a procurement leader within the project team
Influence cross-functional decisions, drive value engineering initiatives, and ensure procurement excellence throughout the product lifecycle.
Key competencies - Electronics-driven mindset
Ability to understand and challenge technical discussions related to electronic design and components
- Influence & leadership
Able to engage R&D, suppliers, and stakeholders without direct authority
- Strategic thinking with execution discipline
From early design decisions to industrial ramp-up
- Supplier ecosystem knowledge
Understanding of global electronics markets and supply chains
- Collaboration in international environments
Experience working across regions, cultures, and functions
- Change and impact driven
Proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable in fast-moving environments
What qualifications will make you successful?- Bachlors Degree in Engineering Business or related
- Master's degree in Engineering or Business
- 5+ years of experience in procurement/sourcing in a multinational environment
- Strong exposure to electronics
- Electronic components and supply chains
- Experience in project procurement or new product introduction is a strong plus
What's in it for me?- High-visibility role where your decisions shape competitive market offerings
- Collaborative culture with cross-functional exposure and leadership engagement
- Opportunities to grow expertise in sustainable and digital procurement
- Autonomy to drive results with flexibility and professional independence
Bring your procurement expertise to a team that values strategic impact-apply today!
