🤖 Ready to build the supply chain powering the future of edge AI? 🤖
At AI-Blox, we design and build high-performance, modular hardware for edge AI applications. As we scale, supply chain excellence becomes mission-critical to deliver innovative products reliably and efficiently.
That’s why we’re looking for a Supply Chain Manager to own and optimize our end-to-end supply chain operations — from demand planning and procurement to inventory management, supplier performance, and production readiness.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring our teams have the right materials, at the right time, in the right quantity and quality — enabling AI-Blox to scale production and bring cutting-edge hardware solutions to market.
Your Mission🚀 How you'll make an impact:
- Own the end-to-end supply chain for electronic and hardware components — from sourcing to delivery
- Select, negotiate, and develop suppliers, building long-term partnerships that ensure quality, competitiveness, and continuity
- Place and oversee purchase orders, keeping purchasing, stock, and supplier data accurate in our ERP
- Run MRP processes to keep material availability aligned with production planning at all times
- Collaborate with Sales to translate demand forecasts into procurement decisions
- Define inventory policies — safety stock, reorder points, min/max levels — balancing availability and working capital
- Anticipate and manage long lead time components through forward-buying, buffers, and component standardisation with Engineering
- Drive cost reduction initiatives and track total cost of ownership across the supply base
- Control all logistics flows — inbound, outbound, and intra-company — managing 3PLs, freight forwarders, and customs compliance
- Build supply chain dashboards and reporting to provide full visibility to leadership
- Ensure quality compliance, structured documentation, and robust internal processes
Requirements
🧩 What makes you a great fit:
- 5+ years in supply chain, procurement, or purchasing within electronics or hardware; Master's degree preferred
- APICS CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent is a plus
- Solid ERP experience and strong command of MRP and production-driven purchasing
- Proven track record in supplier management, negotiations, and supplier development
- Experience in inventory optimisation, demand planning, and logistics management across inbound, outbound, and 3PL
- Familiar with long lead time procurement, supply risk mitigation, and cost reduction
- Strong grasp of quality principles, compliance, and documentation standards
- Analytical, structured, and detail-oriented — you make decisions from data
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, scaling tech startup; a collaborative team player
- Fluent in English; additional languages and occasional travel are a plus
Benefits
🎁 On top of a competitive salary, we offer:
- 32 vacation days (incl 12 additional leave days)
- Healthcare benefits (incl Alan daily care)
- Group insurance
- Meal vouchers
- Mobility budget
- Flex Income Plan (through Payflip)
- Stock options (performance based)
- Fun team drinks & events
- A brand new office in the heart of Brussels
Skills Required
- 5+ years in supply chain, procurement, or purchasing within electronics or hardware
- Solid ERP experience and strong command of MRP and production-driven purchasing
- Proven track record in supplier management, negotiations, and supplier development
- Experience in inventory optimisation, demand planning, and logistics management across inbound, outbound, and 3PL
- Familiarity with long lead time procurement, supply risk mitigation, and forward-buying strategies
- Strong grasp of quality principles, compliance, and structured documentation
- Analytical, structured, and detail-oriented with data-driven decision making
- Fluent in English
- Master's degree
- APICS CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent certification
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, scaling tech startup
- Additional languages and occasional travel
What We Do
AI-Blox develops modular and flexible hardware and software platforms for edge AI applications, creating rugged computing systems that enable real-time data processing locally on devices for industries such as manufacturing, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and logistics.
