Procurement Specialist Projects (m/f/d)

Procurement Specialist Projects (m/f/d)

Karlsruhe

Full-time

Permanent employee

We want you for...

Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH is an innovative, fast-growing company in the field of sustainable lithium extraction and renewable energy. With our lithium production facility, we make a decisive contribution to the decarbonization of European industry and to securing a sustainable lithium supply in Europe. Join our dedicated team and help turn our vision of a climate-neutral future into reality.

For our dynamic and ambitious team in Karlsruhe, we are looking for you to join us full-time (40 hours per week) as a Procurement Specialist Projects (m/f/d).

Your mission

• You convert purchase requisitions into purchase orders, ensuring cost, schedule, and quality objectives are met—including delivery tracking and handling of complaints.
• You review offers, request quotations, and actively negotiate with suppliers to continuously optimize terms, pricing, and sourcing strategies.
• You build and maintain sustainable supplier relationships, including conducting annual supplier reviews to ensure high delivery performance.
• You are responsible for supplier and commodity group management, as well as researching, evaluating, and selecting potential new suppliers.
• You identify risks and issues at an early stage and work closely with suppliers and internal project teams on sustainable solutions, escalating in a timely manner when necessary.
• You support contract and price negotiations and take responsibility for process-related topics, as well as contributing to cross-functional projects.

Your profile

• You have completed a commercial or technical education or possess a comparable relevant professional background.
• You bring initial practical experience in procurement or expediting, ideally in an engineering-related industry such as plant engineering or construction.
• You are confident working with SAP and routinely use systems to manage procurement-related processes.