Operational Buyer and Planner

Our Mission:

At Sunrise Robotics, we are dedicated to augmenting humanity through intelligent robotics. Our mission is to elevate the world of manufacturing by introducing intelligent, flexible robots that enhance human capabilities and existing machinery, ushering in the next era of production at higher quality, with less waste, and lower cost.

Our Vision:

We see a future where every element of manufacturing, from design to assembly, is optimised with intelligent automation. Our vision is to integrate flexible robotic solutions, based on generic hardware and advanced software/AI capabilities, into manufacturing, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises, to make automation economically viable and accessible, for all sizes of manufacturers. We are not just building robots; we are creating the strategically crucial components for autonomous, intelligent agents of the future.

The Role

Sunrise Robotics is hiring an Operational Buyer and Planner to make sure every robotic cell has the right parts, on time, at the right stock level. We buy all components in house and our manufacturing partners assemble the cells, so one missing part at a partner stops a build. This role runs purchasing, expediting, stock and build planning every day, for series production and for our R&D lab.

You will turn the build plan into component orders, follow every order until it reaches the manufacturing partner, and act early when a delivery is at risk. As the daily contact for our suppliers and manufacturing partners, you will also keep Odoo data accurate enough that the whole company can plan on it. Much of this work is repetitive and data heavy, from matching delivery notes to purchase orders to building reports from Odoo exports, so we expect you to use AI tools as a normal part of it and to remove manual steps wherever you find them.

In your first 6 months, you will run purchasing and stock for all cell builds and lab orders. By month 12, reorder points will run in Odoo and key suppliers will have logistics agreements in place.

What You’ll Do

• Plan the weekly build schedule with Supply Chain and book assembly slots with our manufacturing partners.

• Buy components for series production and indirect items for our R&D lab, from purchase order to receipt.

• Expedite critical orders, check deliveries and delivery notes, and resolve discrepancies with suppliers.

• Manage stock, reorder points and safety stock as requested by Supply Chain.

• Organise transport of components to our manufacturing partners, prepare import dispositions for forwarders, handle customs clearance, and prepare logistics agreements with suppliers.

• Maintain component master data in Odoo (prices, MOQs, packaging units, lead times) and help prepare it for MRP.

• Report on-time delivery, orders closed on time and stock levels every week, and raise anything that is off plan at the daily production meeting, so nothing stops.

• Use AI tools to speed up the recurring work in this role, such as reconciling deliveries, drafting supplier communication and building reports, and replace manual steps in the purchasing and planning routine where you can.

What You’ll Need

• 3+ years in operational purchasing or production planning in a manufacturing company.

• Daily, hands-on work in an ERP system (purchasing, inventory, production), a working understanding of MRP, and advanced Excel.

• Experience managing suppliers on delivery dates and resolving delivery issues.

• Accuracy with master data and numbers: you notice when a lead time, a quantity or a BOM line is wrong before you order on it.

• Clear written and spoken communication with component suppliers, manufacturing partners and colleagues in engineering and quality.

• A track record of taking over an area of work and running it independently.

• Fluent written and spoken Slovenian and English.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience with Odoo.

• Experience in make-to-order or high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, ideally machine building or industrial automation.

• Experience working with contract manufacturers.

• Knowledge of import and export procedures and Incoterms.

• Experience using AI tools to automate or speed up purchasing, planning or reporting work, with examples you can show us.

Why Us

We’re building a new category of intelligent, flexible robotic automation with real deployments, real customers, and momentum across Europe.

• High exposure: Work directly with founders and leadership on decisions that shape the company’s trajectory.

• Career acceleration: Build a purchasing and planning function while it is still taking shape. The tools, routines, reports and Odoo setup you put in place become how Sunrise runs material flow as production grows.

• Real impact: Every shortage you prevent keeps a robotic cell on the date we promised a customer.