Strategic Buyer – Electronics & Photonics (m/f/d)

Schedule: full-time Employment: permanent Your way into the future As Strategic Buyer , you'll own the sourcing strategy for electronic components, PCBAs, harnesses, interconnect, and photonics. Your decisions directly shape our cost structure and product roadmap. You'll drive make-or-buy trade-off, frame contracts, cut supply risk, and keep us ahead of obsolescence and single-source of supply. What awaits you at Mynaric Build and maintain category sourcing strategies for electronics, PCBAs, harnesses, and photonics.   Analyze spend, cost drivers, lifecycle risk, and supply constraints.   Lead PCBA and harness make-or-buy assessments and implementation.   Identify and develop alternative suppliers for critical, high-cost parts.   Run RFQs, cost breakdowns, and commercial negotiations.   Negotiate long-term agreements: pricing, capacity, and contract terms.   Lead supplier evaluation, selection, and qualification with Engineering and Quality.   Develop second-source and continuity strategies for single-source parts.   Manage supplier technology roadmaps, lifecycles, and obsolescence risk.   Monitor supplier performance and own corrective actions.   Maintain category roadmaps and risk registers; support transfer to series purchasing. What you bring with you Degree in electrical engineering, electronics, photonics, supply chain, business administration, or similar   Demonstrated track record of leading strategic sourcing initiatives and managing supplier categories   Substantial experience leading RFQs, supplier selection, and commercial negotiations, including contract management   Experience with make-or-buy assessments, cost modeling, and supplier qualification   Strong understanding of component lifecycle, obsolescence, allocation, and single-source/supply-continuity risk   Technical fluency in electronics, PCBAs, interconnect, or photonics   Structured project management skills, with sound judgment balancing cost, technical performance, and risk   Data-driven, proactive, and able to work independently   Experience in aerospace, space, defense, automotive, telecom, semiconductor, or similar is a plus   International sourcing experience preferred; SAP or comparable ERP experience a plus   Fluent English required, German skills a plus What we offer you Be part of the company that is changing the world! Have you always wanted to come to work in your favorite space outfit? Then you are exactly right with us! Forget bureaucracy and work together with inspiring colleagues from all over the world while you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity. We offer flexible working hours as well as time off in lieu, diverse areas of responsibility, and an attractive compensation package as well as additional benefits such as: a mobility budget (public transport ticket, business bike, fuel voucher), non-cash benefits in the form of a shopping voucher, and company events. Mynaric is an employer committed to equal opportunity. Therefore, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. If this sounds like the place where you would like to work, then apply today and become part of a company that is changing the world!