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Procurement Manager Leiden Cryogenics Operations · Full-time Posted on Sep 30, 2026 Leiden Cryogenics Procurement Manager Build the supply base behind the coldest machines in the world Location Leiden, the Netherlands. On site Function Operations Reports to Chief Executive Officer, then the Chief Operating Officer as that team expands Hours Full time, 40 hours Start As soon as we find the right person About Leiden Cryogenics We build the machines that make the coldest places in the universe. Since 1992 our dilution refrigerators have held the world record for low-temperature performance, and more than two hundred of our systems are installed in laboratories, universities and metrology institutes worldwide. That heritage now sits underneath one of the most significant technology shifts of our time. Every superconducting and semiconducting quantum computer needs a cryogenic platform, and the market is moving from single experiments to production fleets. We are scaling from a specialist manufacturer into an industrial supplier, and we are investing heavily to get there. The opportunity This is the first dedicated procurement role in the company, and you will design it. Everything we build depends on a small number of technically demanding, long-lead components, sourced from a specialist supply base across Europe and beyond. As our volumes grow, how well that supply base performs becomes one of the defining factors in whether we deliver. You will own it end to end: who supplies us, on what terms, to what standard, and how we reduce our dependence on any single source. You will report directly to our CEO to begin with, moving to the Chief Operating Officer as we expand the operations leadership team, and you will work daily with engineering and production. This is a build role. In your first year you will be creating the processes, improving the existing supplier base and the data that the function will run on for y...