As a Procurement & Logistics Specialist, you will manage purchasing, procurement, and logistics activities for Neura’s new U.S. facility. Responsibilities include sourcing parts and equipment, placing and tracking orders, coordinating with suppliers and freight carriers, and ensuring materials are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. This is a hands-on role supporting U.S. operations and NeuraGym, with opportunities to grow as the organization expands.
Mission and Challenges
• Manage day-to-day purchasing, from requisition and purchase order through delivery and invoice matching.
• Source parts, materials, and equipment, and request and compare quotes from suppliers.
• Negotiate prices, lead times, and terms with suppliers, and escalate larger contracts to management.
• Identify and evaluate new domestic and international suppliers.
• Track open orders, follow up with suppliers on delays, and keep internal teams informed of delivery dates.
• Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments, including booking carriers, comparing freight rates, and preparing shipping documents.
• Receive incoming goods: inspect deliveries, match them against purchase orders and packing slips, and resolve shortages, damage, and other discrepancies.
• Work with freight forwarders and customs brokers on international shipments, following U.S. import and export regulations.
• Maintain accurate purchasing and inventory records and support regular cycle counts.
• Follow safe material handling and storage practices in line with OSHA requirements.
• Work closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, and Finance to understand needs and priorities.
What We Look Forward To
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or logistics, ideally in a technical or manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with shipping and receiving, including working with carriers and freight forwarders.
• Familiarity with Incoterms, import and export documentation, and U.S. customs processes.
• Good negotiation skills combined with analytical, business-minded thinking.
• Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
• A structured, solution-oriented, and hands-on working style.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple internal teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience in robotics, or high-tech industry.
• Experience sourcing from international suppliers.
• Experience in a fast-growing company or startup.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent professional experience
- 2+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or logistics
- Hands-on experience with shipping and receiving, carriers, and freight forwarders
- Familiarity with Incoterms, import and export documentation, and U.S. customs processes
- Negotiation skills and analytical, business-minded thinking
- Strong organization and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple tasks
- Structured, solution-oriented, and hands-on working style
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Experience in robotics or the high-tech industry
- Experience sourcing from international suppliers
- Experience in a fast-growing company or startup
What We Do
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech company founded in 2019 in Metzingen near Stuttgart with the vision to revolutionize the world of robotics. More than 180 team members from over 30 countries are working on advanced technologies in the fields of environmental perception, drive and control technology, material science, mechanical design, and artificial intelligence. We are expanding the cognitive capabilities of robots and make breakthrough advances in a variety of areas to bring robots and humans closer together, making many areas of work more attractive, creative, and social again. That's why everything we do runs under the guiding principle "we serve humanity". In a very short period of time, NEURA Robotics has developed robots and technologies that are characterized above all by their outstanding performance as well as safe and human-centred way of working. In this way, a wide variety of application fields can be covered, from intelligent production to medical technology. All major robot components are developed and designed in-house. Imprint: https://www.neura-robotics.com/legal Privacy: https://www.neura-robotics.com/privacy









