Contract Manufacturing Lead (Industrialization)

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland — onsite. Regular travel within Europe and occasional travel to Asia is required.

Company

hirify.global develops microfluidic cooling technologies for AI chips, GPUs, and CPUs used in data centres, with a focus on reducing the energy consumption of data centre cooling.

What you will do

• Own and support sourcing of production equipment across hirify.global' manufacturing network.
• Act as the technical and commercial counterpart when manufacturing partners select equipment for hirify.global' processes.
• Build RFQ packages, compare technical and commercial bids, and develop total-cost-of-ownership models down to cost per part.
• Prepare CAPEX requests, negotiate equipment contracts, and manage projects from purchase order through production acceptance.
• Own sourcing for raw materials, tooling, change parts, and procurement data for planning.

Requirements

• 7+ years of purchasing or strategic sourcing experience in an industrial environment, primarily buying for production rather than offices.
• Demonstrated ownership of industrial equipment purchases.
• Experience influencing or reviewing equipment decisions made by subcontractors or contract manufacturers on behalf of an employer.
• Working knowledge of the commercial framework for machinery in Europe.
• Proven negotiation experience with supplier agreements and strong cost-analysis skills.
• Comfort working with technical specifications and engineering counterparts.
• Professional working English required; French or German is an advantage.
• Experience in a scale-up or early-industrialization environment.

Nice to have

• French or German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on senior individual-contributor role with ownership, autonomy, and visibility.
• Work closely with Process & Industrialization, Hardware Development, Finance, and the Asia supply chain team.
• Team-oriented startup environment with more than 105 people from over 35 nationalities.
• Not suited to fully remote work, transactional purchasing, or highly established procurement processes.