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# Purchasing & Supply Chain at Monumental

- **Company:** Monumental
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/monumental/4ec6fa0b-c2d3-450c-a8d0-728fc5ef8613

## Job description

Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction software-defined and autonomous - a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings go up in a single day, with minimal labour.

We're a growing team of engineers, operators and technicians from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, Meta and Google DeepMind. It's still the early days of building the company, and this is a chance to make an outsized impact on a problem that matters. From day one, you’ll be working with an experienced founding team, backed by a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Plural.

Monumental is based in the city centre of Amsterdam, in a beautiful facility with an fully equipped workshop and robot testing floor. We build the whole stack in-house - hardware and software, we're explicitly not a hybrid or remote-first company - you can't build robots or walls from home, so we're onsite five days a week.

Read more on why we believe you should spend your time working on construction, and learn about [our vision](https://www.monumental.co/our-vision/) and [company](https://www.monumental.co/about/). You might enjoy our [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@buildmonumental), [Based in Europe’s film on how we’re fixing Europe’s housing shortage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Q2F0Fcx4A), or [this video by Andreas Klinger of what our office looks like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOo8n19XEns).

## About you and this role

We’re looking for a Purchaser who’s organised, proactive, and ready to help build our supply chain from the ground up. You’ll play a key role in making sure we have the right parts at the right time to keep our robot production running smoothly. This includes working with suppliers, tracking lead times, placing orders, managing stock levels, and helping set up the tools and processes we need - starting with spreadsheets and later helping us move to an ERP system. You’ll also work closely with engineers to get drawings and specifications, check them for completeness, and make sure suppliers have what they need to deliver parts that meet our requirements.

You will own, and iterate on our existing procurement systems and built new ones to reduce lead times in our supply chain. Monumental is a unique company in that we’re solving the problem of on-site construction with a vertically integrated offering. We’re a hard tech company doing real R&D, financed through venture funding. We manufacture our hardware in-house, run a fully equipped workshop, manage a complex supply chain, and deploy masonry robots to construction sites across the Netherlands, and the UK.

You’ll be part of a small and growing operations team, and solving real-world problems every day. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys the mix of structured systems thinking and the unpredictability of a fast-moving software-enabled robotic solution.

Note: we are unable to support relocation for this role. Applicants must be based in the Netherlands, and able to commute onsite to Amsterdam to be considered.

## What You’ll Be Responsible For

- Work with other teams (especially engineering) to help predict what parts we’ll need to build our robots, so we can order the right items on time.
- Help set up and maintain our Bill of Materials (BoM).
- Find, qualify, and manage suppliers — bringing in new ones and phasing out underperforming ones.
- Set delivery expectations and follow up with suppliers on delays, quality issues, or inventory problems.
- Handle the sourcing and ordering of tools, materials, and supplies needed for production.
- Build and improve simple processes (initially using spreadsheets) to manage stock levels and avoid shortages or overstocking
- Provide ongoing financial forecasts of spend related to production and R&D
- Take an active role in setting up our future ERP system and help migrate procurement and inventory processes into it.
- Create clear processes to help supply chain, warehouse, and production teams work better together

## What We’re Looking For

- 2–4 years of experience in a purchasing, procurement, or supply chain coordination role (ideally in a manufacturing or hardware environment, startup experience a bonus)
- Comfortable working with spreadsheets (e.g. Excel or Google Sheets) for tracking orders, inventory, and suppliers
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Basic understanding of supply chain principles, lead times, and inventory control
- Experience communicating with suppliers and managing purchase orders
- Proactive, hands-on attitude — able to take ownership and get things moving in a startup-like environment
- Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Nice-To-Haves

- Experience helping implement or work with an ERP system (e.g. NetSuite, Odoo, SAP, etc.)
- Familiarity with hardware bills of materials (BoMs)
- Exposure to supplier onboarding and qualification processes
- Interest in robotics, hardware, or high-tech manufacturing
- Experience working across teams like production, engineering, and warehouse
- Degree in supply chain management, logistics, engineering, business, or a related field
- Relevant experience can substitute for formal education — we value hands-on skills and a proactive mindset over titles
- Ability to communicate verbally and written in Mandarin

Why Monumental? Joining Monumental means being at the forefront of a movement aimed at making significant strides in the construction industry. Here, your work has the potential to impact not just the company but the future of how we build. If you're driven by innovation, eager to tackle complex challenges, and ready to make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you.

For open applications (where you don’t see an exact role match), please reach out to us at: iwanttojoin@monumental.co - share with us the most interesting or challenging project you’ve worked on, why you want to join and your CV or portfolio.

If you don’t meet all the qualifications here but are excited about Monumental and feel you’d still be able to help us solve difficult problems, do get in touch.

## About Monumental

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Automating on-site construction using a vertically integrated suite of autonomous robots controlled by software and machine vision.
- **Entity Type**: Private ($25M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Plantage area, near Artis zoo)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Salar and Sebas (full names not publicly disclosed)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Construction robotics / autonomous construction
- **Target customers**: B2B – construction companies (currently deploying on real sites in the Netherlands)
- **Mission**: To make construction primarily software-defined and autonomous, working toward a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings can be built within a single day with minimal labor.

## Products & Services
- **Autonomous electric construction robots**: A suite of robots that perform on-site masonry (building facades, canal retaining walls, etc.). The system is vertically integrated – Monumental designs its own hardware, control software, and machine vision pipeline. Robots are treated as a distributed computing system, using Intel NUCs, Nvidia GPUs, RP2040s, and Power over Ethernet instead of traditional industrial PLCs or CAN bus.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – **$25M** (date not specified, but recent)
- **Notable Investors**: Plural, Hummingbird, Northzone, Foundamental, NP-Hard
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Robots are already deployed on real construction sites in the Netherlands for paying customers.
  - Team size ~70 people (20 R&D, 30 deployment, 10 workshop, 10 operations/BD/founders). Split indicates scaling deployment operations.
  - Expanding into the UK market (posting for a Founding Robot Operator, UK).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertical integration**: Full ownership of the stack from microcontroller code to robot assembly and control, enabling rapid, weekly iterations on both hardware and software.
- **Modern tech stack**: Control software in Rust, simulation and digital twin in TypeScript with Rust compiled to WebAssembly, machine learning in Python. This contrasts with the industry’s typical PLC/CAN‑bus approach.
- **Rapid prototyping culture**: Hardware is prototyped in-house (CNC, 3D printing, turning), allowing fast derisking and iteration.
- **Product‑outcome focus**: The team measures success in finished walls and building components, not just robot uptime.

## Strategic Focus
- **Incremental, achievable goals** in a traditionally change-resistant industry: start with small wins (facades, retaining walls) and scale.
- **Expand geographic footprint** (UK already targeted) and increase the number of robot operators and deployment teams.
- **Continue to iterate on hardware/software weekly** while maintaining a pragmatic, outcome‑oriented engineering culture.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Office‑first, 5 days a week in the Amsterdam city‑center office (hybrid/remote not supported). The environment is fast‑paced, high‑ambiguity, and highly collaborative.
- **Engineering**: Work on a vertically integrated stack – Rust, TypeScript, WebAssembly, Python, embedded C, hardware design – with weekly shipping cycles. Engineers have outsized impact, owning projects end‑to‑end.
- **Team**: ~70 people from diverse backgrounds (Palantir, Tesla, Qualcomm, Dyson, Meta, Shopify). Many are repeat founders; previous robotics experience is not required – learning fast is valued.
- **Perks**: Competitive salary + generous equity; beautiful office opposite Artis zoo with in‑house workshop and robot testing facility; visa sponsorship and relocation assistance for highly skilled migrants.
- **Impact**: Build physical products that affect the built environment, with the mission of making affordable, beautiful housing a reality.

## Sources
1. [monumental.co](https://www.monumental.co/) (main website including career, about, and vision pages)
2. [monumental.co/about](https://www.monumental.co/about) (team details, stack, funding, culture)
3. [monumental.co/jobs](https://www.monumental.co/jobs) (current openings, role descriptions)
4. [monumental.co/our-vision](https://www.monumental.co/our-vision) (vision, benefits)
5. [linkedin.com/company/monumentalco](https://www.linkedin.com/company/monumentalco/) (LinkedIn profile for company confirmation)

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