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About the Role
This newly created role provides dedicated focus to strategic sourcing, building supplier strategies, qualifying new partners, and negotiating deals to ensure reliable production. It's an opportunity to build a function from the ground up, collaborating with various teams to diversify the supplier base and strengthen supply resilience.
Responsibilities
- Define sourcing strategies for hardware commodities and raw materials, balancing cost, quality, supply continuity, and scalability.
- Lead supplier identification, qualification, and selection through RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs, backed by competitive benchmarking.
- Negotiate pricing, lead times, capacity commitments, and contract terms to secure reliable, competitive supply agreements.
- Build and maintain a diversified, resilient supplier base, tracking performance and addressing risks such as single sourcing or capacity constraints.
- Partner with Engineering, Quality, and Operations teams on new product introductions, cost reduction projects, and supplier audits.
- Own sourcing cost targets, track market trends and cost drivers, and report savings and performance to Finance.
Requirements
- Strong track record in strategic sourcing and supplier selection, ideally within hardware, electronics, or manufacturing.
- Confident commercial negotiation skills, with experience securing pricing, capacity, and contract terms that protect quality and supply continuity.
- Solid understanding of supplier contracts, commercial terms, and cost structures, including should-cost and total-cost-of-ownership analysis.
- Experience managing supplier performance through scorecards, reviews, and corrective action plans.
- Comfort working with cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Operations to turn sourcing plans into results.
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Office-first
Benefits
- Virtual Stock Option programme
- Annual L&D budget of €2000
- Corporate pension scheme with up to 20% company match
- 28 days of paid leave plus public holidays and special leave days
- Urban Sports Club subsidy
- Kita placement assistance
- Subsidised office lunches
- 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
- Referral Bonus
About the Company
- SumUp's mission is to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools that allow them to thrive.
- Over 4 million businesses in 39 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner.
- The team consists of over 4,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset.
- The company fosters inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth.
- SumUp strives to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels supported.
Equal Opportunity
- SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce.
- Hiring and employment decisions are not made based on race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy.
- The company is committed to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited.