IRnova is growing and we are now recruiting for a Purchasing Manager to join our highly motivated team. The position is based in Kista, Stockholm.

The position combines both strategic and operational responsibilities

Main tasks:

• Suppliers: Identify, evaluate and source new suppliers and also keep good relationships with the existing suppliers.

• Negotiations: Negotiate prices, conditions for agreements and terms & conditions and also warranties.

• The purchasing process: Place orders, follow up on deliveries and control invoices.

• Analysis and prognosis: Analyse the need of purchasing, stock levels and market trends.

• Strategic/Operative: Work with the suppliers for long terms (strategic) or current purchasing and stocks (operative). Work to optimize the companies purchasing processes, lower costs and minimize the risks.

Who Are You
You possess a technical background along with prior experience in a purchasing role within a technical environment.

As our Purchasing Manager we believe you check the following boxes:

• Analytical abilities: Analyse data to make well substantiated decisions.

• Communication: Good ability to negotiate and collaborate with internal and external parties.

• Digital Competence: Good use of business systems and digital tools for purchasing.

• Structured: Ability to handle several projects at the same time and under time pressure.

What you get at IRnova
The position will offer you a dynamic and challenging, yet friendly and fun, environment that will present numerous opportunities to discover your potential through training and development. At IRnova, you will work in the Electrum Laboratory in Kista, a state-of-the-art facility that contributes to making the time from groundbreaking scientific results to fully featured commercial products surprisingly short. The recent success of its latest released products means it’s time to get new hands on-board for the coming expansion.

As an employee at IRnova, you will have access to their benefits package, which includes among other things, 30 vacation days, pension plan ITP and health care benefits. There is also an incentive employee stock options plan, where all employees get the opportunity to invest in the company and benefit from the growth ahead.

Your future Employer
IRnova is part of a handful of companies in the world capable of producing cooled infrared detectors. These devices, relying on the fascinating principles of quantum physics, serve both the defence and industrial markets, with applications ranging from tank sights and anti-air systems to search and rescue and optical gas imaging. An increasingly important market is space, where IRnova’s world-leading T2SL technology can be used in the extended shortwave region for Earth observation from satellites.

Your application
Very welcome with your application! In this recruitment, IRnova collaborates with Thalamus. Please contact Camilla Molander at 070-307 12 50 or Eva Baumgartner, 070-593 65 20 with your questions.

We will read applications continuously and the position may be filled before last day of application, so please send us your application today. Last day to apply is 2026-05-30

Please submit your application in English.