Procurement Manager (f/m/d)

About the role

Procurement at Upvest is currently fragmented - ownership is split across teams, there is no decision logic to route requests by risk or size, and no single person is accountable end-to-end. That changes with this hire. As the first dedicated Procurement Manager at Upvest, you will move our vendor management from a decentralized model to a centralized, professional powerhouse. You will own the entire lifecycle of our partnerships - from initial sourcing and technical vetting to contract expiration management. Reporting to the Head of Network, you will bridge the gap between operational needs, financial discipline, and regulatory compliance. This is not a process improvement project. What we need is permanent ownership: a single person accountable for end-to-end procurement, with the institutional knowledge and authority to drive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Centralized Procurement Ownership: Act as the sole lead for all procurement activities at Upvest. You will manage the full lifecycle for Indirect Spend (SaaS, IT, Services) and provide strategic and administrative support for Direct Spend (Trading, Custody, Market Data).
• Procurement Tool Product Owner: Act as the company-wide "go-to" person and administrator for our procurement tool. You will be responsible for its further setup, creating internal work instructions, and training stakeholders to ensure the tool is used effectively across the organization.
• Contract Lifecycle Management: Proactively manage contract expirations and notice periods through our procurement tool. You will partner with internal business owners well in advance of deadlines to ensure informed "renew vs. cancel" decisions.
• Technical Sourcing: Leverage your understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP) to challenge technical spend and negotiate favorable Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Finance Partnership: Maintain a close collaboration with the Finance team to ensure all procurement activities align with company budgets and financial reporting.
• What you bring:
• Experience: 5+ years in procurement or strategic sourcing, ideally within a high-growth Fintech or a regulated financial institution.
• Technical Literacy: An understanding of IT infrastructure and cloud providers. You speak the language of both Finance and Engineering.
• Process Mindset: You are deeply detail-driven and thrive on creating order out of chaos. You enjoy writing policies and ensuring they are followed, but you remain practical and solution-oriented.
• Self-Starter: You are comfortable setting the procurement strategy while simultaneously handling the administrative execution.
• Tool experience: Procurement Automation Tools
• Stakeholder Influence: You know how to drive adoption across teams. You introduce structure without creating friction, and you get buy-in through clarity and partnership rather than enforcement.
• Communication: Fluent in English and German.
• Location: Based in Berlin (mandatory)
• What Success Looks Like:
• Centralized Transparency: Within the first six months, you have successfully migrated all vendor data and contracts into our procurement tool, creating a single, reliable source of truth for Upvest's entire ven

Additional Information

At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money . Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest's Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and financial institutions can save resources and fully focus on their core business. We are proud to partner with Europe's leading Fintechs and financial institutions such as DKB, Revolut, N26 and Raisin. Founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing, Upvest now brings together over 270 talented professionals from more than 70 nationalities. Upvest is backed by €280M in total funding from world-class investors, including BlackRock, Tencent, Sapphire Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird, Notion Capital, and Motive. Our latest €105M funding round in March 2026 - led by Sapphire and Tencent - serves as a massive catalyst for our growth, allowing us to offer premier investment experience.

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