Junior Technical Sourcing Specialist
What is required?
- Bachelor’s level of thinking and working
- 1 - 3 years of relevant work experience
- Ability to contribute ideas on the best manufacturing process for the component
- Good command of the English Language, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to identify and collaborate with new suppliers
- Great communication skills
What will you get?
- €3.000 - €4.000 gross per month (depending on knowledge and experience)
- 40-hour workweek
- 25 vacation days
- Training opportunities
- Company phantom shares, laptop, and EU+USA SIM card
What will you do?
- 30% Evaluating suppliers and relationship management
- 25% Procurement and soucring materials
- 20% Tracking performances and quality assurance
- 15% Supporting and coordinating projects
- 10% Performing administrative tasks and data management
This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.
I'm interested
Do you have a question or are you interested? Contact us.Lucas Evers
Vacancy
As a Junior Technical Sourcing Specialist at BlueHeart Energy, you will be responsible for selecting and collaborating with leading suppliers to bring innovative thermo-acoustic heat pump technology to homes around the world. In this role, you will gain valuable experience in procurement, supplier management, and product development, while working closely with engineers, production teams, and international suppliers in Europe and Asia.
Your role will involve evaluating suppliers based on quality, cost and delivery timelines while building strong lasting relationships. Collaborating with engineering teams, you will source high quality materials like precision plastics and metals ensuring they meet technical specs for optimal heat pump performance and propose ideas for the best manufacturing processes. You will also coordinate with global suppliers across time zones to secure timely material supply and track procurement activities maintaining accurate records to support project success.
As part of the Supply Chain & Industrialization team, you will work alongside a group of highly motivated professionals dedicated to achieving the company's vision. You will collaborate not only with your own team but also with colleagues from other departments to ensure successful project outcomes.
If you enjoy interacting with a variety of suppliers and find it challenging to source the best materials for your projects, then this is the job for you.
Working week
On an enjoyable workday, you have the opportunity to focus on a project you're working on. In addition, you connect with suppliers to foster strong relationships and collaborate closely with the engineering team to solve problems and share creative ideas.
On a less challenging workday, you have several meetings, leaving you with less time to focus and work on projects.
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- Lunch
- Evaluating suppliers and relationship management
- Tracking performances and quality assurance
- Supporting and coordinating projects
- Performing administrative tasks and data management
- Weekly team meeting
- Daily stand up
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- Lunch
- Evaluating suppliers and relationship management
- Procurement and sourcing materials
- Supporting and coordinating projects
- Tracking performances and quality assurance
- Daily stand up
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- Lunch
- Tracking performances and quality assurance
- Performing administrative tasks and data management
- Procurement and sourcing materials
- Weekly check-in with Manager
- Daily stand up
- Evaluating suppliers and relationship management
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- Lunch
- Evaluating suppliers and relationship management
- Procurement and sourcing materials
- Tracking performances and quality assurance
- Procurement and sourcing materials
- Daily stand up
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- Lunch
- Evaluating suppliers and relationship management
- Procurement and sourcing materials
- Tracking performances and quality assurance
- Supporting and coordinating projects
- Performing administrative tasks and data management
- Daily stand up
Firsthand experience
Growth
The career path at BlueHeart Energy is not fixed. The company expects to continue growing rapidly in the coming years, creating opportunities for everyone ready to take on new responsibilities. BlueHeart Energy offers training and courses, and knowledge sharing among employees is very important. The significant advantage of the startup phase is that initiative is highly valued, allowing you to create your own role. As BlueHeart Energy grows, so do you. BlueHeart adopted Agile working from January 2023, improving team collaboration.
Working at BlueHeart Energy
BlueHeart Energy was founded in 2016 to apply thermoacoustics as a technology in heat pumps and other applications as a replacement of compression technology. Thermoacoustics is a disruptive approach to generate heat and cold, with potential to revolutionize the whole industry. Over the past seven years, BHE has developed a thermoacoustic engine to power heat pumps and airco systems in residential buildings and other (industrial) applications. This so called 'Blue Heart' of a heat pump is sold to manufacturers. We are continuous improving the 'Blue Heart' with new developed and optimizations. As well we will develop different products over time. Besides this, we will set up our production facility, strengthen the relationships with our customers (OEM's and ODM's) and set up pilot projects in houses and other (industrial) applications and monitor these.
- Headquarters in Heemskerk
- 45 employees
- Active in more than 10 countries
- 20% / 80%
- Average age 38 years
- Casual
- Hybrid working
Colleagues
Application process
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