Ceilix
Technical Procurement Engineer (EN) (m/f/x)
5mo ago
EuropeMiddleRemoteprocurementsupplier managementquality controlcontract management
Join a robotics hardware startup to take over day-to-day procurement, manage supplier relationships, and improve operational excellence.
Nice to have
- Automation, robotics, or mechatronics industry experience
- Quality management (QM/QA) background
- Contract and supplier agreement experience
- Existing supplier network in relevant categories
Other
- You're joining a robotics hardware startup at the exact moment where operational excellence becomes the bottleneck. CeiliX has proven product-market fit - €800k+ in orders, live installations in EU and US, and a pipeline outpacing what the current team can handle.
- Right now, one of our best engineers spends 70% of his time on procurement instead of designing products. You'll change that immediately. This isn't a back-office role - you'll be the critical interface between suppliers, customers, engineering, and finance.
- Growth trajectory: Start with tactical procurement, then expand into full operations leadership - quality management, supplier strategy, contracts, and potentially managing a team.
- We've built ceiling-based robots that move freely in all directions, solving fundamental problems in industrial logistics. The market is responding: €800k+ in pre-orders and we already have live installations in EU and US.
- Why procurement matters now: We're purchasing €200k+ in components in Q1 alone. Total volume heading toward €500k–1M this year. Every week without dedicated procurement is a week our engineers aren't engineering.
- Take over day-to-day procurement from engineers
- Manage supplier relationships across Germany and internationally
- Handle incoming goods control - verify quality, coordinate payments
- Build basic process documentation (we're currently on Excel)
- Negotiate with larger suppliers and integrators
- Develop quality assurance processes
- Create scalable procurement workflows
- Support contract work with suppliers and customers
- Technical education background (engineering, Wirtschaftsingenieur, or technical apprenticeship)
- Understanding of mechatronic components - motors, mechanical and electrical parts, ability to evaluate substitute components
- Several years in technical procurement for physical products
- Supplier relationship management
- Process knowledge - order management, payment coordination, incoming goods control
- Fluent German (C1/C2) and strong English (C1+)
- Excellent communication - this role is 60%+ talking to suppliers, engineers, finance, customers
- Startup-compatible - comfortable with ambiguity, willing to build processes from scratch
- Location: Hybrid with regular on-site in Euskirchen (Cologne–Bonn area)
- Start date: ASAP
- Interested? Apply and we'll get back to you within 48 hours.