Strategic Project Buyer (mfd)
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Job Summary
Your mission
AsStrategic Project Buyer (m/f/d) you are the catalyst transforming procurement from a transactional function into a high-impact strategic engine. You will sit at the intersection of breakthrough R&D and industrial scalability ensuring ourtechnological leadership is backed by a resilient future-proof supply chain. By proactively engaging with engineering teams and global suppliers you will secure the innovation and cost-optimization necessary to translate photonic visioninto market-ready reality.
Your Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing Architecture: Analyze needs and develop sophisticated sourcing strategies aligned with business goals and long-term category planning.
Supply Chain Resilience: Drive proactive risk management through second-source strategies frame agreements and supplier stewardship to secure critical goods and services.
Innovation & NPI Integration: Ensure seamless new product introductions (NPI) by bridging engineering requirements and supplier capabilities within the Product Development Process.
Lateral Leadership: Operate as the connective tissue across R&D Finance Project Management Production and Quality coordinating complex interfaces without formal authority and driving cross-functional alignment.
High-Stakes Negotiation: Design and execute advanced negotiation strategies with full authority to secure optimal terms with global partners.
Strategic Market Intelligence: Build and apply deep market insights into semiconductor and electronics supply markets to anticipate bottlenecks identify opportunities and inform make-or-buy decisions.
Your profile
Educational Foundation: Masters degree in Supply Chain Management Industrial Engineering or a comparable field.
Industry Expertise: Minimum 5 years in procurement functions; experience in high-tech semiconductor computing or advanced manufacturing is a strong advantage.
Ownership Mindset: High degree of accountability with a focus on proactive risk management and solution-finding.
Technical Literacy: Working knowledge of optics semiconductors and electronics to translate requirements into commercial action.
Collaborative Drive: Proven track record of building trust across functions and with external partners. You lead through influence not hierarchy.
Analytical Toolset: Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office to manage complex procurement data and workflows.
Language: Fluent English required; German or another European language is a strong advantage.
Why us
We hire for attitude and train for skills.
We encourage self responsibility and accelerate professional development.
We move fast and encourage experimentation.
You have the opportunity to be part of developing breakthrough photonic computing technology and have a lasting impact on the future of computing.
You can be part of a passionate international highly skilled cross functional team.
You will have access to the founders of the company.
About us
Who we are and what we do
is a deep-tech scale-up developing photonic processing solutions that compute natively with light and deliver a scalable alternative to transistor-based systems. The analog co-processors are optimised for complex computations and enable energy-efficient performance for next-generation AI and HPC collaboration with the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart IMS CHIPS operates its own pilot line for photonic chips based on the material system Thin-Film Lithium Niobate TFLN. was founded by Michael Förtsch in 2018 and is headquartered in Stuttgart Germany.
About Company
Who we are and what we do Q.ANT is a photonic technology scale-up that emerged from TRUMPF’s R&D labs with deep knowledge in light generation, processing and detection. Since its founding as an independent startup in 2018, the company has been advancing and industrializing photonic an ... View more
