Remote Project and Procurement Manager

Description

About constellr

We are operating at the interface of climate tech, agriculture, and space, combining engineering, Earth Observation, and agronomy to address one of the biggest challenges of our time: how to ensure global food security!

With offices in Brussels, Freiburg, Munich, and Toulouse, we are a diverse team, comprised of highly motivated and passionate professionals who share a common vision to revolutionize decision-making in tomorrow’s smart farming industry.

Our Mission

constellr is at the forefront of precise temperature monitoring from space. Our technology delivers the market’s most accurate and dependable thermal data with our Land Surface Temperature model excelling in precisely measuring temperature for organizations that depend on highly accurate insights. Join us in advancing impactful initiatives, particularly in agriculture, where our expertise contributes to transformative projects in global food production.

The Role

We are looking for a new team player in our PMO, someone with experience in project and procurement management. As our Project & Procurement Manager, you will be a creative and flexible individual, comfortable in a challenging and fast-paced environment. In this position, you will help make constellr a more sustainable and profitable company, by:

• Monitoring and controlling top-notch program execution and delivery
• Increasing our 1st Gen satellites data quality, reliability, operational availability and capacity
• Ensuring scalable procurement strategy for hard- and software procurements across the company

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating project activities, engineering and manufacturing of 1st Gen satellites, progress meetings and reviews.
• Maintaining and improving our current supply chain, through effective stakeholder management.
• Build and improve internal procurement processes, enforcing quality requirements throughout the supply chain.
• Supporting contract negotiations and placements, reporting directly to the PMO lead.
• Scouting and building relationships with potential new suppliers for future generations of satellites.

Location -  Europe-based, remotely or in one of our office locations (Freiburg, Munich, Brussels, Toulouse). Travel is required for team collaborations, project meetings, and supplier visits.

Requirements

About you

• Experience in project management and procurement, ideally in the space industry.
• Direct or indirect experience in manufacturing and testing, ability to understand our partners’ struggles and present creative solutions.
• Motivated individual, who can work autonomously, result-oriented.
• Excellent team player, who can bring their experience to the group and thrive in a very dynamic environment.
• Proactive and committed professional, capable of delivering timely results and reporting any deviation.
• Confident and smart player in tough situations such as negotiations or conflicts.
• Excellent written and spoken English

Why constellr?

• Join a fast-growing, diverse and motivated team with a strong drive for positive change
• Autonomy to set and deliver against your own goals, develop new skills and capabilities, and lead others to do the same.
• Directly influence your contribution to achieving several of the UN’s sustainable development goals, including Zero Hunger, Clean Water, No Poverty and Climate Action
• Be part of a multi-disciplinary, and diverse team with a strong desire to change the world.
• Be a formative part of the team delivering the world’s first commercial infrared constellation into orbit, enabling an unprecedented understanding of our planet and its resources.

Our Benefits

• An attractive virtual shares package (Virtual Share Option Program)
• A company pension scheme (bAV) in cooperation with WWK Lebensversicherung (20% subsidy) for German employees
• Flexible working: we support remote or semi-remote working for many of our roles
• Work-life balance: we value everyone’s time and respect family or personal commitments. We support you to be as productive as you can in the time you have
• Lovely offices in Brussels situated between the attractive Etterbeek and Watermael districts; in Freiburg, southwest Germany, bordering the Black Forest, France and Switzerland; a brand-new office in central Munich, a stone’s throw from the beautiful German Alps and lakes and soon we are opening our office at the heart of Toulouse’s aerospace cluster and the thriving Occitania food and drink scene.

At constellr, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and believe that diversity fuels innovation, creativity, and the ability to tackle complex challenges effectively. We encourage individuals from all walks of life to join us on our mission to reduce global food insecurity.