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# Team Lead Procurement & Supply Chain at Wingtra AG

- **Company:** Wingtra AG
- **Location:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-04-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/wingtra-2/371d5409-eff8-44c9-958f-5aa11fea2199

## Job description

Join the Wingtra team and become part of this venture-backed robotics scale-up with a global and international team of 125+ dedicated Wingtranauts who want to see their actions have a positive and lasting impact on the world. Founded more than 9 years ago at ETH Zurich, Europe’s leading robotics university, our goal is to build the best aerial robots to digitize the world at the push of a button and set the basis for faster and better decisions. Wingtra provides efficient and reliable data solutions to a variety of industries ranging from mining, construction and agriculture to humanitarian organizations, environmentalists and wildlife monitoring groups. As Team Lead Procurement/Supply Chain, you will lead a team of four - two Procurement/Supply Chain Experts and two Export Experts - and own the full procurement cycle: from supplier selection and contract negotiation through auditing and serial production management. On the Procurement/Supply Chain side, you will manage a defined supplier panel covering hard goods (electronics, plastics, packaging materials, and commodities), as well as licenses and software. You will define procurement policies in alignment with our overall operations strategy and deploy them across our supplier base, working closely with New Product Introduction projects and our production team. On the Export side, you will ensure that inbound and outbound logistics are tightly aligned with customer demand and production needs. You will keep costs within target range, and take ownership of tracking and reporting our service level and stock performance. You will work cross-functionally with Production, Finance, Industrialization, and R&D - and play a direct role in shaping how we scale our operations.

## Responsibilities

- Lead and develop a team of 4 Procurement/Supply Chain and Export Experts, setting clear goals and supporting their professional growth
- Drive Procurement activities in alignment with the overall operations strategy and key stakeholders, including Production and R&D
- Manage procurement of hard goods (electronics, plastics, packaging materials, commodities) as well as software licenses for a defined supplier panel
- Lead Supply Chain process improvements - design and implement lean processes with partners to support Wingtra's scale-up
- Maintain and negotiate supplier contracts throughout the product lifecycle; own supplier performance monitoring, evaluation, and audits
- Achieve defined Supply Chain KPIs covering quality and on-time performance
- Ensure accurate and up-to-date supplier and product data in the ERP at all times
- Manage international logistics and freight forwarding to keep inbound and outbound flows aligned with production and customer needs
- Act as the key interface with internal stakeholders (R&D, Production, Product Management, Finance) and external partners

## Requirements

- 5+ years of experience as a Commodity, Strategic, or Project Buyer
- 2+ years of leadership experience
- Proven track record in a start-up or scale-up environment
- Strong end-to-end procurement expertise in hard goods (preferably electronics, plastics, commodities) as well as software and licensing
- Experience in international logistics and freight forwarding
- Highly analytical - able to independently solve complex, ambiguous challenges
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, communication, and reporting skills
- Experience with supplier audits and performance evaluation
- Proficiency with ERP systems (Odoo preferred) and data analysis tools
- Solid understanding of LEAN management principles
- Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to manage competing priorities across stakeholders
- Excellent English fluency - additional languages are a plus

Plus

- Experience in the drone, aerospace, or precision hardware industry
- Background or knowledge in legal/contract law
- Familiarity with certifications and regulations such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001

If you enjoy teamwork more than being the individual superhero, and if you thrive in a feedback-driven culture and an exciting, unconventional yet structured and progressive start-up environment, we would love to hear from you.

## About Wingtra AG

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wingtra designs and manufactures professional VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) fixed-wing drones for aerial surveying and mapping, tightly integrating a purpose-built drone, high-end sensors, high-precision GNSS positioning, and dedicated software into one connected workflow.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; Series B1 stage)
- **Headquarters**: Zurich, Switzerland (Giesshübelstrasse 40, 8045 Zurich; additional offices in Fort Lauderdale, USA, and Zagreb, Croatia)
- **Founded**: 2016 (spun out of the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH Zurich; incubated at the Wyss Zurich accelerator)
- **Founders**: Maximilian Boosfeld (Founder & CEO), Elias Kleimann (Founder, Strategy & Investor Relations); Armin Ambühl serves as CTO

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Drone/aerospace manufacturing, geospatial data collection, aerial surveying and mapping, construction, mining, infrastructure, and government services
- **Target customers**: B2B / Enterprise — professional land surveyors, mining engineers, construction managers, civil engineers, GIS specialists, drone service providers, universities, and government agencies (e.g., US state transportation departments, US Army Corps of Engineers)
- **Mission**: "To make professional-grade geospatial deliverables and aerial insights more accessible to teams with mixed levels of drone and surveying expertise, so that organizations can manage resources, infrastructure, and assets more effectively."

## Products & Services
- **WingtraOne PPK (Flagship)**: VTOL fixed-wing mapping drone with sub-centimetre absolute accuracy; the platform of choice for construction, infrastructure, mining, and land management surveying. Type: Hardware (drone) + Software.
- **WingtraRAY**: NDAA-compliant fixed-wing drone variant, added to the AUVSI Green UAS Cleared List in 2025, enabling US federal and defense-adjacent procurement. Type: Hardware.
- **Wingtra LIDAR**: LiDAR payload system launched in February 2024, bringing "a new level of ease and efficiency" to aerial surveying. Type: Hardware payload.
- **GNSS Ground Kit**: High-precision ground positioning component that complements the drone's PPK (Post-Processed Kinematic) workflow. Type: Hardware accessory.
- **Sensor Payloads**: Interchangeable RGB, LiDAR, and multispectral sensors for different survey missions. Type: Hardware.
- **Wingtra Software**: Connected toolchain for flight planning and delivery of CAD/GIS-ready outputs (orthomosaics, digital elevation models, point clouds). Type: Software (SaaS/desktop).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at ~$40M (per LinkedIn company data); Total funding includes a $22M Series B and a €23M (~$25M) Series B1 extension closed in August 2024
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: DiamondStream Partners, EquityPitcher Ventures, Verve Ventures, EIC Fund, ACE & Company; European Innovation Council (€2.9M grant); VentureOut; AgEagle Aerial Systems (camera supplier); reseller partners include Drone Nerds
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 2,000+ customers globally; 100,000+ flights flown every year; 100+ resellers worldwide
  - Marquee enterprise customers: PCL Construction, Bechtel, CEMEX, Balfour Beatty, Kiewit, Rio Tinto, Barrick, Glencore, Newmont
  - US Army Corps of Engineers repeatedly contracts sensitive projects to Wingtra customers
  - 2025: WingtraRAY added to AUVSI Green UAS Cleared List; Drone Nerds debuts NDAA-compliant WingtraRAY
  - 2025: AgEagle Aerial Systems announces multi-unit camera sale to Wingtra
  - Employee count reported variously: 125+ (official site), 104 (LinkedIn, -3.8% YoY), ~200 (Drone Intelligence) — conflicting reports

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary VTOL tailsitter technology** developed at ETH Zurich's Autonomous Systems Lab, solving traditional surveying workflow inefficiencies while reducing points of failure
- **Fully integrated workflow** (drone + sensors + GNSS + software) that shortens the path from flight planning to validated geospatial deliverables, lowering cost per survey area and reducing rework
- **Sub-centimetre accuracy** that makes output defensible for engineering, mining, and government use
- **NDAA compliance** for WingtraRAY, opening the US federal and public-sector market to a Swiss-made platform
- **Swiss engineering ecosystem**: hardware designed and assembled in Zurich alongside Leica Geosystems, Pix4D, Flyability, and Auterion
- **Category leadership**: ranked second overall and first in the drone category among Swiss start-ups (2020)

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding LiDAR and multispectral capabilities to capture more of the surveying payload market
- Deepening US market penetration via NDAA-compliant hardware (WingtraRAY) and federal procurement channels
- Scaling the global reseller network (100+ resellers across US, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC)
- Making professional-grade aerial data collection accessible to teams with mixed drone/surveying expertise, reducing reliance on specialized pilots

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Employees ("Wingtranauts") describe a transparent, data-driven environment where "arguments trump opinions, and data and statistics trump arguments"; by default, every employee has access to everything. The company emphasizes curiosity, continuous improvement, and a "bias for action."
- **Recognition**: Ranked among the best start-ups in Switzerland (2nd overall, 1st in the drone category, 2020).
- **Work model**: Mix of on-site roles (engineering and manufacturing in Zurich) and remote roles (e.g., Head of Sales US West is remote, US-based). Open roles include Quality and Incoming Technician, Working Student Quality, and Regional Sales Manager Canada.
- **Team**: ~125–200 employees across 24 countries; 30+ in R&D; a flat, human-first environment that "works for humans."
- **Employer ratings (per LinkedIn, 55 reviews)**: Overall 3.4/5; Work-Life Balance 3.7, Culture 3.5, Compensation 3.1, Career 3.0 — candid feedback suggesting strong culture but room for improvement in pay and career progression.
- **Note**: Wingtra does not accept agency resumes or unsolicited referral fees.

## Sources
1. [wingtra.com](https://wingtra.com/company/)
2. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/wingtra-2)
3. [wingtra.com](https://wingtra.com/company/career/)
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/wingtra)
5. [droneintelligence.ai](https://droneintelligence.ai/companies/wingtra)

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