Product Engineer Procurement

Container xChange is building the distribution channel for global container trading
.

We operate in a huge, fragmented and still highly inefficient market. Our ambition is to make it dramatically easier to access the right inventory, compare opportunities, transact and fulfil container purchases across sellers and locations globally.

To win, we need to get a few things exceptionally right:
more of the right containers, in the right locations, at better prices — from sellers who are fast, reliable and easy to trade with.

That is where you come in.

As Product Engineer – Procurement
, you will own our Procurement function end-to-end in close collaboration with our CEO Christian
.

This is a hands‑on commercial builder role: you run Procurement, improve the economics, and build the processes, automations and product solutions that make the function scale.

You will start hands‑on: run day-to-day procurement, work directly with sellers, negotiate prices and promotions, support Sales on supply opportunities and understand where our current processes work well — and where they break.

But your mandate goes further:
Build a Procurement function that becomes a competitive advantage for xChange.

We want you to constantly ask:
How can we improve the economics? How can we make this process faster? What can we standardize? What can we automate?

You will use Claude and other tools to build lightweight solutions yourself, experiment with deterministic and agentic automation, and work closely with Engineering where solutions need to become part of our core product.

Over time, repetitive operational work should decrease while your focus on Seller Performance, Procurement strategy, automation and product improvements grows.

This is a position based in Hamburg
, where you will work closely with our Sales, Product and Engineering team as well as directly with our CEO Christian
.

Ultimately, your work should help xChange transact more containers at better margins
, while allowing Procurement to scale without scaling manual work at the same rate.

You will:

• Own and run day-to-day Procurement and tactical Seller Management
  , using what you learn from operating the processes yourself to continuously improve, streamline and automate the function.

• Improve our buying economics and Seller Performance by identifying pricing opportunities, negotiating with sellers, driving promotions and improving listing quality, reply speed, release speed and reliability.

• Use Claude and other tools as part of your day-to-day work to solve problems faster and improve our processes and systems.

• Build lightweight, bootstrapped solutions yourself when they can solve an immediate problem — from deterministic workflows to agentic solutions.

• Work closely with Engineering when those solutions need to become more robust, scalable or part of our core product.

• Build a more systematic, data-driven view of Procurement
  , so we can identify and prioritize the biggest opportunities across our seller portfolio.

• Drive larger strategic initiatives such as gatebuy, future pickups and new ways of sourcing inventory that help us build a structurally better trading engine.

We are looking for someone who combines commercial intuition, strong execution and a product/automation mindset
.

You are likely a great fit if you:

• Get genuine satisfaction from negotiating a better deal and spotting commercial opportunities others might miss.

• Have a passion for trading, pricing and markets — whether that comes from work, the stock market, sports betting or simply how you think.

• Are commercially confident enough to own seller relationships, make decisions independently and push back when needed
  .

• Perform well under pressure and at…