Senior Sourcing Specialist – Germany Operations & Manufacturing

About Astera Labs

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) is a pioneering fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Silicon Valley, driving the evolution of AI and cloud infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. As a leader in rack-scale architecture, Astera Labs is enabling the shift to AI Infrastructure 2.0, where compute is optimized at the rack level to support next-generation workloads.

Our portfolio spans high-performance silicon, software, and system-level solutions that address critical bottlenecks in data movement across compute, memory, and networking domains. We are committed to open standards, continuous innovation, and building a collaborative environment to solve complex challenges at scale.

Role Overview

Astera Labs is seeking a hands-on Senior Sourcing Specialist – Germany Operations & Manufacturing to support sourcing and procurement activities for our operations in Aachen, Germany. This role is responsible for supplier management, purchasing operations, commercial negotiations, and procurement support for manufacturing operations, engineering infrastructure, capital equipment, facilities, laboratories, and corporate services. The role will also provide support for materials management and logistics activities as needed to help ensure efficient operation of the Aachen site.

The ideal candidate will serve as a key sourcing partner for the Aachen site, working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, Facilities, Finance, and Global Procurement teams to ensure the timely and cost-effective acquisition of equipment, materials, and services required to support manufacturing operations and site growth.

The ideal candidate will bring experience supporting optical communications technologies, advanced manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, or other highly technical operating environments. Experience sourcing capital equipment, technical equipment, specialized services, or manufacturing-related products and services is highly desirable.

This position requires strong sourcing and procurement fundamentals, supplier relationship management skills, attention to detail, and cross-functional collaboration. The successful candidate will help execute sourcing initiatives, support supplier relationships, negotiate pricing and commercial terms, and contribute to procurement process improvements that support Astera Labs' continued growth.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you'll work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Finance, and Operations teams to support a growing production and engineering environment. You will help ensure manufacturing and operational readiness by sourcing critical equipment, managing supplier relationships, obtaining quotations, supporting commercial discussions, and coordinating the procurement of materials and services needed to support day-to-day operations.

Your responsibilities will range from sourcing production capital equipment and manufacturing consumables to supporting facility expansion projects, supplier performance initiatives, and logistics coordination. While the primary focus of this role is sourcing and procurement, you will also assist with materials planning, inventory tracking, and supplier delivery management to help support operational continuity as the Aachen operation continues to scale.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong organization, responsiveness, customer service, and the ability to manage multiple sourcing activities across a diverse group of stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Support sourcing and procurement activities for Astera Labs' Aachen manufacturing and operations site.

• Source and purchase production capital equipment, manufacturing consumables, laboratory equipment, facilities equipment, MRO supplies, IT equipment, and corporate services.

• Execute RFQs, supplier evaluations, bid analyses, and commercial negotiations in partnership with internal stakeholders.

• Support supplier selection, contract administration, and purchasing activities across assigned spend categories.