Senior Procurement Manager
Helsing is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Senior Procurement Manager to lead and optimize procurement activities essential for defense projects. This role is pivotal in ensuring the timely, cost-effective, and compliant acquisition of goods, services, and technologies, contributing directly to the company's mission of protecting democracies through technological leadership.
The Senior Procurement Manager will develop and execute comprehensive procurement strategies aligned with company objectives and defense program requirements. Responsibilities include identifying and cultivating strategic supplier relationships, leading complex sourcing initiatives, and managing the full contract lifecycle from tender preparation to performance management. Ensuring compliance with budgetary provisions and security regulations is also a key aspect of the role.
Candidates should possess a minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in procurement, with significant exposure to the defense sector, ideally in Germany. Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, complex contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management within highly regulated environments is essential. Strong leadership capabilities, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and fluency in both German and English at the C1/C2 level are required. The ability to obtain and maintain necessary security clearances is also necessary.
Helsing offers a focus on outcomes rather than time-tracking, competitive compensation and stock options, relocation support, social and education allowances, and regular company events to foster team cohesion across Europe. The company operates in a domain with unique technical requirements and constraints, providing employees with the opportunity to face unique engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world. Helsing actively encourages healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about its work and how it chooses to do it, trusting teams and individual engineers to practice responsible autonomy and critical thinking.