What awaits you at Mynaric

• Build and maintain category sourcing strategies for mechanical parts, assemblies, and passive optics. 
• Analyze cost drivers, and supply risk across the supplier market. 
• Identify and develop suppliers in Germany, Eastern Europe, and other key markets. 
• Lead outsourcing/transfer of internally or locally manufactured parts. 
• Run RFQs, cost breakdowns, and commercial negotiations. 
• Negotiate long-term agreements: pricing, capacity, and contract terms. 
• Lead supplier evaluation, selection, and qualification with Engineering and Quality. 
• Develop alternative sources for critical, high-cost, and single-source parts. 
• Monitor supplier performance and own corrective actions. 
• Maintain category roadmaps and risk registers; support transfer to series purchasing. 
• Cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Finance 

What you bring with you

• Degree in engineering, industrial engineering, supply chain, business administration or similar 
• Substantial experience in strategic purchasing, category management, or industrial sourcing, with a proven track record sourcing custom, drawing-based components 
• Experience with precision manufacturing, CNC machining, or optics 
• Solid grasp of manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and technical drawings, with strong cost breakdown analysis and cost-reduction capability 
• Track record leading RFQs, supplier selection, and commercial negotiations, including contract management 
• Experience with supplier qualification and development, industrialization, and production transfers 
• Structured project management and stakeholder management skills 
• Sound judgment balancing cost, quality, lead time, and risk with a data-driven approach, and able to work both proactive and independently 
• Experience in aerospace, space, defense, automotive, semiconductor, or similar is a plus - international sourcing experience preferred 
• SAP or comparable ERP experience a plus