Coordinator Purchasing

**About this role**:
At Novocarbo, we work as a team to solve one of the most important problems of our time: our goal is to store **100 million tons of CO2** from the atmosphere annually, making a significant **contribution to achieving climate goals**.

We are one of the largest producers and distributors of biochar in Europe and sell our Carbon Removal Credits to renowned companies worldwide. Several new sites for the production of biochar and regenerative heat are already in planning. To continue this positive momentum, we are looking for a **Coordinator Purchasing & Logistics (all genders).**This position is a crucial part of our operations team and will ensure care free processes all around purchasing biomass as well as the logistics management and will play a valuable role in the company’s growth.

**Following tasks are in focus of your role**:

- You identify high-quality biomass, biochar and other raw materials for our production through diligent market research, sharing insights with your internal stakeholders and managing supplier contact.
- In alignment with internal stakeholders (i.e.production and sales departments) you support strategic purchasing decisions to ensure compliance with relevant standards and specifications.
- You monitor market trends, analyse raw material prices and share these insights with your internal stakeholders to support them in taking optimal purchasing decisions.
- You negotiate purchasing contracts and pricing conditions as well as general framework agreements with suppliers and partners.
- You implement cost and quality monitoring of purchased goods and their suppliers, developing strategies to reduce costs, increase efficiency and evaluating supplier relationships.

**Reports to**:
Operations Manager

**Your profile**:
**These are your professional qualifications we’d appreciate**:

- You have completed a technical or commercial apprenticeship, ideally you can add a training Technical Business Administrator, Purchasing Agent, or similar and you bring 3-4 years professional experience in purchasing, sourcing or procurement (preferably in the bioenergy industry or related fields).
- You have profound knowledge in raw material procurement and supply chain management.
- You communicate fluently in German and English. Any other language is a plus
- You have a high IT-tool affinity: we mainly work with MS 365 and Notion and are planning to implement Microsoft Dynamics.

**These are your personal qualifications we’d appreciate**:

- You have a good understanding of complex environments and growing industries, such as the carbon removal and biochar market.
- You are highly motivated to see your impact and develop yourself constantly alongside your team and Novocarbo.
- You bring in a high level of accountability and willingness to drive our projects to success.
- You use a strong, data-driven and analytical mindset to quickly familiarize yourself with new topics as well as identifying and solving problems.
- Working in a team motivates you and sharing success is what you strive for.

**Why Novocarbo?**:
To strengthen our team and push faster towards our Mission, we are searching for new team members to start working with us as soon as possible. With Novocarbo you get:

- **
Impact**: A job that lets you participate actively in one of the most important issues of our time - working together to combat climate change.
- ** Growth**: A position in a rapidly growing company with an international focus - we plan to open locations worldwide in the coming years.
- ** Speed**: A work environment that celebrates and rewards speed and fast progress.
- ** Versatility**: A varied field of tasks and exciting topics in the areas of regenerative energy, biochar, and carbon credits.
- ** Teamwork**: A motivated and joyful team appreciating meaningful work.
- ** Trust**: A working atmosphere characterised by trust, flat hierarchies, and short decision-making processes.
- ** Hybrid work**: An office in the heart of Hamburg (Hamburg Rathaus) and the option for mobile work.
- ** Salary**: Fair pay and 30 days of vacation for a five-day work week.
- Screening of documents through Recruiting and Hiring Manager
- First telephone interview (30mins) with Recruiting
- Personal interview in the Hamburg Office: 60 Minutes technical & cultural interview
- Decision / Offer

**Your contact at Novocarbo**:
Sara Brandt - HR & Recruitment Manager (Recruiting)
Benjamin Reinke - Head of Operations (Hiring Manager)
Beatrix Pelzer - Operations Manager (Line Manager)

**About us**:
We are scientists, engineers, soil enthusiasts, and business professionals who work hand in hand to shape the economic transformation towards a low-carbon future.

The spirit that drives us traces back to the company's origins. Caspar von Ziegner founded Novocarbo in 2017 with the aim of pushing forward carbon removal solutions to contribute to achieving the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris Climate Agreement. We pursue this critical