• Drive the strategy, performance, and optimization of the company’s Professional Services spend, including consulting, general services and some technology • Partner closely with company leadership to align sourcing strategies with brand and business objectives • Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for professional services subcategories that deliver cost savings and transformation • Lead RFx events- including defining requirements, evaluating proposals, and developing negotiation strategies • Partner with Sourcing Analysts to conduct spend analysis, benchmarking, and market research • Lead supplier relationship management and quarterly business reviews to ensure performance, innovation, and contract compliance • Build cost models, rate card analyses, and total cost of ownership evaluations to support supplier selection and negotiations • Mentor or provide direction to sourcing analysts supporting the marketing category

• The Sr. Procurement Manager develops and executes sourcing strategies for IT, managing the vendor lifecycle from strategic selection through contract governance and renewal. • This role drives measurable cost savings, cash optimization, and process innovation by combining advanced negotiation skills, IT commercial expertise, and AI-enabled tools. • You'll serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders and lead vendor performance management across SaaS, cloud services, infrastructure, telecom, and IT professional services. • Advanced Contract Negotiations & Vendor Governance, negotiate complex enterprise IT agreements (Microsoft, cloud providers, SaaS vendors) with focus on favorable renewal terms, volume discounts, true-ups, and payment optimization. • Manage the complete contract lifecycle (intake, execution, renewal, termination) and establish/enforce SLAs, performance metrics, and compliance requirements. • Conduct regular vendor reviews, escalate performance issues, and implement corrective actions; serve as primary point of contact for contractual matters. • Analyze spend data and market intelligence using AI-enabled analytics to identify consolidation, cost savings, and TCO optimization opportunities. • Leverage AI tools (Claude, CLM platforms, spend analytics) to accelerate contract review, support RFP development, and improve sourcing decisions. • Lead workflow automation initiatives to reduce cycle time, scale procurement capability in lean teams, and drive continuous process improvements. • Communicate category performance, deal recommendations, and sourcing outcomes to leadership; mentor junior procurement team members. • Drive category strategy and financial performance by collaborating with Finance, IT, Legal, and business units to identify savings opportunities, establish benchmarks, and report cash impact against budget targets. • Establish Execute on procurement governance by developing and socializing policies, processes, and controls across the organization, ensuring consistent adoption and compliance with organizational standards.

Role Description As Product Manager Procurement & Portfolio Management, you take on one of the most strategically defining product roles within our energy retail business: you design how 1KOMMA5° procures, hedges, and optimizes electricity for an increasingly flexible customer portfolio. You sit at the intersection of energy markets, energy procurement, our flexibility assets, and our customer-facing tariff strategy - and you turn this into a measurable commercial advantage. - Own our Procurement Strategy: Define how and where 1KOMMA5° procures energy for our customer portfolio - across day-ahead, intraday, and forward markets. Develop a clear market split logic, and continuously refine it based on portfolio characteristics, customer mix, and market conditions. - Design Portfolio Hedging & Risk Management: Build hedging and risk management strategies tailored to different customer portfolios (dynamic vs fixed tariffs or flexibility/ancillary services). Define when and how we lock in volumes, what we leave open, and how we balance commercial upside against risk exposure. - Shape Our Flexibility Procurement Model: Design how we procure and steer our flexibility portfolio. Defining models such as flexibility bands, fixed volumes, strike-price-based offers, and the trade-offs between them. Develop the commercial logic and the operational requirements for each model. - Run Quantitative Portfolio Analysis: Independently run analyses on procurement performance, hedging effectiveness, and portfolio economics. Build the analytical foundation that supports strategic decisions, identifies optimization opportunities, and quantifies the impact of changes to our procurement and steering setup. - Monitor Performance and Drive Continuous Improvement: Define KPIs across procurement cost, hedge effectiveness, portfolio risk, and flexibility margin. Use data to continuously sharpen our market positioning and commercial performance. Qualifications - 4+ years of experience in (international) energy procurement, portfolio management, or energy trading, ideally in a utility, energy retailer, trading desk, or aggregator environment. - Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience running portfolio analyses, hedge calculations, and market scenarios (Python, SQL, or comparable tools are a strong plus). - Proven ability to translate market and commercial logic into structured processes and product requirements. - Entrepreneurial, proactive, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-moving market environment. - Excellent written and spoken English and German. Requirements - Deep understanding of European power markets - day-ahead, intraday, and forward markets - and the mechanisms that drive prices. - Solid working knowledge of hedging instruments (futures, options, OTC), balancing markets, and BRP settlement. - Familiarity with flexibility products and procurement models (flexibility bands, fixed volumes, strike-price offers) and their commercial trade-offs. - Awareness of regulatory frameworks shaping energy retail (Marktkommunikationsprozesse, balancing regimes, market design developments). - Experience working with external procurement partners, ETRM systems, or trading platforms is a strong plus. Benefits - You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen. - With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate. - Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues. - You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers. - You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe's most thriving scaleups. - You can work in one of our offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich. - Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass. - Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens. - Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time.

• As Product Manager Procurement & Portfolio Management, you will shape one of the strategically decisive product roles within our energy retail business. • Define how and where 1KOMMA5° procures, hedges and optimizes energy for our customer portfolio. • Develop a clear market segmentation and continuously refine it based on portfolio characteristics, customer mix and market conditions. • Design hedging and risk management strategies tailored to different customer portfolios. • Perform independent analyses of procurement performance, hedging effectiveness and portfolio profitability. • Define KPIs covering procurement costs, hedge effectiveness, portfolio risk and flexibility margin.