Your mission

You own our Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process and to end, from purchase requisition to invoice: you design, standardize and document it, ensure compliance with approval workflows and the procurement policy and optimize the interfaces to Accounting (e.g. three-way match).
You act as business owner of SAP S/4HANA (MM) in procurement: you drive further rollout and optimization with IT and external partners, ensure clean master data and enable users.
You will build and own a KPI-based steering model for procurement including dashboards and regular management reporting.
You establish a close link between Procurement and Finance: together with Controlling you align procurement planning with budgets and forecasts, validate savings and make cost developments transparent.
You develop category strategies, conduct spend and market analyses, manage RFI/RFQ processes and lead negotiations for indirect materials and services. Where needed, you also take over operational purchasing yourself, e.g. for urgent or ad-hoc requirements.
You drive the automation and digitalization of procurement: you identify repetitive tasks and use modern AI tools, workflow automation and SAP standard functionalities to make processes faster and leaner.

Your profile

You bring at least 6 years of professional experience in strategic and operational procurement, including several years in a role with process or system responsibility, ideally in an industrial or scale-up environment.
You have a degree in business administration, industrial engineering or a comparable field, ideally with a focus on procurement, supply chain management or finance/controlling.
You have in-depth expertise in SAP S/4HANA MM, including integration with FI/CO, and have actively shaped SAP implementation or optimization projects. You are the go-to person for all SAP questions in procurement.
You have proven experience in designing and optimizing end-to-end P2P processes, including approval workflows, master data management and policy compliance.
You have a strong analytical skills and digital tools: experience with procurement controlling, KPI systems and management reporting, ideally complemented by hands-on experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI) and AI-based automation.
You understand the financial impact of procurement decisions (P&L, budgets, accruals, cash flow) and communicate confidently and as a partner with Finance and Controlling.
You have experience in leading cross-functional projects and driving change without disciplinary authority, combined with strong negotiation skills, and sound knowledge of contract law.
You work in a structured, hands-on way and take initiative to move topics forward.
You round off your profile with business fluent German and English.

Why us?

You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.