Procurement Specialist Projects (m/f/d)

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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.
• You communicate fluently and confidently in both German and English—both written and spoken.
• You have a strong affinity for numbers and use them to evaluate offers and commercial terms.
• You are a strong communicator with the ability to handle conflict effectively and assert the company’s interests confidently in negotiations with suppliers.

We offer

• 30 days of annual leave (based on a 5-day workweek), plus time off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
• Company pension scheme.
• Sports and leisure activities, including EGYM Wellpass with an employee contribution of €15.00 (incl. VAT) per month, regular company events, and after-work sports groups.
• Our onboarding program, "Vulcan Starter Days" , including, among other things, a power plant visit and a tour of our laboratory.
• Through INSITE's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) , you have access to confidential and free support at any time, helping you maintain well-being both at work and in everyday life.
• Corporate Benefits platform with a wide range of attractive discounts.