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Procurement Project Manager

Helsing· Core Operations
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MunichPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Procurement Project Manager at Helsing, a defence AI company, responsible for leading procurement activities across development and customer projects, coordinating with engineering, supply chain, production and external partners throughout prototyping to production ramp-up.

Responsibilities

  • Support and lead procurement activities across development and customer projects, ensuring cost, quality, and schedule targets are met across assigned workstreams
  • Engage early in project planning phases to contribute to sourcing strategies, flag potential supply risks, and align procurement timelines with engineering and programme milestones
  • Research, evaluate, and recommend suppliers for technical components and systems, applying clear assessment criteria and escalating trade-offs for senior review where appropriate
  • Serve as a reliable interface between engineering, procurement, suppliers, and production teams, ensuring technical requirements are clearly communicated and that issues are surfaced promptly
  • Support prototyping, industrialisation, and serial production ramp-up phases, adapting procurement approaches as projects move through different stages of development
  • Track supplier performance against agreed commitments and flag deviations in cost, quality, or delivery early enough for corrective action to be taken
  • Contribute to building and maintaining a qualified supplier base that meets Helsing's technical and compliance requirements

Qualifications

  • Have managed procurement activities within technically complex or project-driven environments, taking responsibility for defined workstreams from requirements through to delivery
  • Can read and interpret technical documentation well enough to engage meaningfully with engineering teams and assess supplier capabilities without constant support
  • Have coordinated across cross-functional teams, keeping engineering, production, and supplier stakeholders aligned on priorities and timelines
  • Have supported or led supplier negotiations and relationship management for technical components, with an understanding of what good contract terms look like
  • Bring a structured and methodical approach to managing competing priorities, with the ability to escalate clearly when trade-offs arise
  • Communicate clearly in both written and spoken English and German, adjusting your level of detail to suit technical and non-technical audiences

Skills

Required:Procurement managementCross-functional collaborationSupplier evaluation and selection
Nice to have:Contract/negotiation understanding

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • VSOP options
  • Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
  • Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
  • Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
  • Social: regularly company events and monthly social allowances
  • Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
  • Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work
Last updated Sep 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Helsing

Helsing | Artificial intelligence to protect our democracies

AI for electronic warfareAI-enabled precision mass and autonomous systemsAutonomous air dominanceMass defence manufacturingRecce strike softwareUnderwater autonomous massliquid-ai-recruiting-target
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