Specialist Procurement​/Supply Chain​/Logistics; f​/m​/d

From 01.10.2026 onwards.

MAGNOTHERM builds refrigerant-free magnetocaloric cooling systems, and our STELLAR program is a hardware program in the most literal sense: its schedule is set by what we can buy and when it arrives.

Superconducting tape, a bespoke cryostat, cryocoolers, rare-earth magnets and magnetocaloric raw material from overseas, hundreds of catalogue components for a production run - the critical path runs through purchase orders, not just engineering hours. You are our first dedicated procurement hire: you own every order from RFQ to goods receipt, the inventory those goods live in, and the worldwide logistics that get them here.

When you do this job well, the program moves at the speed physics allows - not slower.

• Long-lead procurement (the critical chain). The handful of custom, first-of-kind items that pace the entire program: superconducting conductor, the bespoke cryostat, cryocoolers and compressors, and large heat-rejection hardware. You run the RFQs against engineering specifications, negotiate contracts, qualify second sources where a single supplier is a program risk, track first-article builds, and expedite relentlessly. These orders fire the moment funding lands - you make sure they are ready to fire.
• Supplier management & contracts. Build and maintain the supplier base across very different worlds: research-grade material producers, specialized cryogenic and magnet manufacturers, machine shops and fabricators, and high-volume catalogue distributors. Quoting, framework agreements, delivery and quality terms, supplier performance tracking, and the escalation calls when a delivery slips.
• Series & batch purchasing. Our first machine takes a production run of roughly 50 identical core units - batch ordering of motors, gearboxes, drives, pumps, sensors, fittings, magnets and fabricated parts, synchronized with the production schedule, including incoming inspection and quantity margins for scrap and spares.
• Inventory ownership. You own company inventory end to end: stock levels, storage organization, goods receipt and issue, spares and consumables, and per-unit material traceability - run through our ERP system, which you keep accurate and make authoritative. What we own, where it is, and what it’s for is your single source of truth.
• Worldwide logistics. Sourcing is global: raw materials and magnets from Asia, specialized components from across Europe and the US. You own freight (including oversized, heavy, and magnetized goods), incoterms, customs and import handling, duties and FX exposure, and - as systems ship to customers - outbound logistics for container-scale machines.
• Procurement data & documentation. Every quote you land replaces an assumption in the program cost model. You keep procurement documentation, order status, and cost data clean and current, working hand in hand with program management on budget tracking - and with our internal tooling (agent-supported, built in-house) rather than paper processes.

• Several years of technical procurement in machinery, plant engineering, or hardware manufacturing - you’ve bought custom-engineered components from drawings and specifications, not just catalogue goods.
• Proven long-lead and single-source management: RFQ processes for bespoke items, contract negotiation, first-article coordination, expediting, and dual-sourcing strategies.
• Hands-on ERP-based inventory management: goods receipt, stock control, storage organization, traceability - you’ve owned the numbers, not just used the system.
• International logistics competence: incoterms, customs and import procedures (especially ex-Asia), freight…