Here at Volocopter, we are the pioneers of electric air taxis (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft - eVTOLs). We have pledged to bring sustainable urban air mobility to life by getting electric air taxis off the ground in a way that complements existing transportation options in megacities across the globe. In 2011 we carried out the first-ever crewed flight of a fully electric multicopter and have since conducted more than 2,000 public and private test flights across the world (www.volocopter.com).

Your mission during this flight:

• You support, manage and consult the departments in the entire purchasing process for the responsible commodity, taking into account applicable purchasing processes and targets.
• You identify, develop and evaluate suppliers, as well as strategic development and consolidation of a supplier pool.
• You independently prepare and conduct negotiations within a complex scope of work, involving relevant departments and legal if necessary.
• You prepare contracts, purchase orders and closings using existing purchasing systems.
• You are directly involved in the product development process by helping to shape cross-functional collaboration between development, logistics, accounting and suppliers.
• You ensure timely awards in compliance with strategic business objectives.
• You are regularly in touch with international suppliers in order to keep an up-to-date market overview.
• Together with colleagues of other departments you develop cost effective standard designs and smart quality control concepts.
• You optimize purchasing processes.

Check in your professional skills:

• You have 5+ years experience in direct procurement or supply chain management, ideally but not neccessarily from the aviation or automotive industry.
• You have an academic background in the field of Business Administration or Industrial Engineering or a completed apprenticeship in this area.
• You bring experience from commodities like modules/systems, electronic instruments, batteries, motors, cables, harnesses, standard and norm parts, buy- and COTS parts, consumables OR others.
• You have shown strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as the ability to work cross-functionally and effectively with engineering and production teams before.
• You have a good command in MS-Office and preferably MS Dynamics 365 Business Central - Navision ERP.
• You have an excellent command of spoken and written English, as well as German.
• You are willed to travel from time-to-time.