Procurement professionals in Robotics
Backgrounds in this robotics procurement group include new product introduction sourcing, manufacturing engineering at Rivian and Zoox and purchasing at Hyundai Motor; eight now buy for Stäubli's robotics unit, Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, GMT Robotics, KUKA and JAKA Robotics (two), and two were formerly at iRobot and Milrem Robotics. That is useful when moving a robot from prototypes to volume or qualifying component suppliers.
Professionals to explore
Benoit Serieys
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Procurement, Robotics · STÄUBLI
Benoit Serieys is Head of Global Procurement, Robotics at STÄUBLI (since 2025) and was Vice President, Supply Chain at KARDION (2023-2025) and, at Novocure, Director, Global Procurement (2016-2020) and Senior Director, Global Procurement (2020-2023). Benoit was also Senior Director, Indirect Procurement and Data Analytics at Abbott (2015-2016). Procurement for the robotics unit of an automation machinery maker is the natural topic.
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Dobrinka Olsen
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Supply Chain & Procurement · GMT Robotics
Dobrinka Olsen has held Head of Supply Chain & Procurement at three companies: Shape Robotics (2020-2023), FOM Technologies (2023-2025) and GMT Robotics since 2025. Dobrinka was Technical Procurement Purchasing Manager Strategic Sourcing at GM Finishing (2018-2020) and names industrial automation and robotics, a fit for questions on setting up procurement at a robotics company.
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Jason Chen
LinkedInExperience: Sourcing Director · JAKA Robotics
Jason Chen is Sourcing Director at JAKA Robotics (since 2024) and was Director Supply Chain Management at Ximalaya (2021-2025) and Sourcing & Supply Chain Director at Cloudwalk (2018-2021), where Jason describes building the team from scratch through its Shanghai Stock Exchange IPO. Earlier, Jason held HSG APAC Product Sourcing Leader (2011-2015) and HSF OEM ODM Sourcing Leader (2015-2017) at Honeywell Technologies. OEM and ODM sourcing is a good topic.
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Karoline Strobl
LinkedInExperience: Head of Group Indirect Procurement · KUKA
Karoline Strobl's four KUKA titles are Head of Materialgroup Management (2011-2020), Director Parts, Repair & Used (2021-2024), Head of Indirect Purchasing EMEA (2024-2026) and Head of Group Indirect Procurement since 2026. The indirect purchasing and parts, repair and used titles make Karoline a fit for questions on indirect spend and spare parts at a robot maker.
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Margit Alep
LinkedInExperience: Former Head Of Purchasing Department · Milrem Robotics
Margit Alep was Head Of Purchasing Department at Milrem Robotics (2021-2024) and then Head of Procurement at Tech Group (2024-2026), after more than a decade as Global Category Manager (Procurement) at Nokia (2009-2020). Margit names global supplier relationship management and international negotiations with suppliers in China, Korea, India, the US and Europe, a fit for questions on sourcing robot components internationally.
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Mayur Pujari
LinkedInExperience: Director, Supply Chain & Sourcing · Agility Robotics
Mayur Pujari has been Director, Supply Chain & Sourcing at Agility Robotics since 2025, after Head of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (2023-2025) and Director of Supply Chain (2025) at Nimble. Mayur was Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Zoox (2022-2023) and Staff Manufacturing Engineer - DC Fast Charging at Rivian (2020-2022), and names hardware operations across automotive, EVs, robotics and autonomous vehicles. Scaling a robotics supply chain is the clear topic.
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Minwoo Kim
LinkedInExperience: NPI Sourcing Director · Boston Dynamics
Minwoo Kim has spent 2021 to today at Boston Dynamics, as Supply Chain Sourcing Manager (2021-2023), NPI Strategic Sourcing Manager (2023-2025) and NPI Sourcing Director since 2025, a role Minwoo ties to humanoid work. Minwoo was Manager Head of Section Purchasing Department at Hyundai Motor Company (2010-2021) and describes negotiating long-term supplier agreements that improved delivery and met test requirements, the basis for NPI sourcing questions.
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Sushmita Bawari
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Global Strategic Sourcing · iRobot
Sushmita Bawari was Director Global Strategic Sourcing at iRobot (2017-2021), after Sr. Manager - Strategic Procurement there (2013-2017) and Strategic Sourcing Manager, Factored and Brand Label Products at Rockwell Automation (2009-2013). Sushmita then held Vice President of Global Sourcing at Thrasio (2021-2024) and has worked in Sourcing at Schneider Electric since 2024. Sushmita describes teams spanning sourcing, product quality and supply planning, a fit for questions on sourcing and quality for robot hardware.
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Vijay Muniyandi
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Procurement- Amazon Robotics Supply Chain · Amazon
Vijay Muniyandi became Head of Procurement- Amazon Robotics Supply Chain at Amazon in 2025, after Head of Procurement- E-commerce Supply Chain & Logistics at ByteDance (2022-2025). Vijay's earlier Amazon titles are Procurement and Material Manager (2014-2015), Category Leader- Capital Infrastructure (2015-2018) and Global Head Of Procurement- Launch Supply Chain Program Management (2018-2022). Vijay lists e-sourcing on SAP Ariba, Oracle and Coupa, a fit for questions on robotics procurement at scale.
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Yvonne Chang
LinkedInExperience: Former Purchasing Manager · PartnerX Robotics
Yvonne Chang was Purchasing Manager at PartnerX Robotics (2017-2019) and then held Regional Director Of Sales And Marketing (2019), Director Of Operations (2019-2020) and Vice President (2020) there. Since 2022 Yvonne has been Director of Group Supply Chain at JAKA Robotics, which specializes in collaborative robots for factory automation. Yvonne fits questions on group supply chain for a collaborative robot maker in China.
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Choose the right perspective
For prototype to volume sourcing, Minwoo Kim (NPI sourcing at Boston Dynamics) and Mayur Pujari (supply chain at Agility Robotics and Nimble) are the closest fits. Sushmita Bawari (iRobot) and Benoit Serieys (Stäubli robotics) suit global sourcing strategy, Karoline Strobl covers indirect procurement at KUKA, and Yvonne Chang and Jason Chen speak to supply chains for collaborative robots in China.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When a robot moves from prototype builds to its first production run, which suppliers should you re-source and which should you keep?
- 02How do you secure supply of motors, gearboxes and sensors when only a few suppliers can meet your specs?
- 03What changes when a robotics startup moves from buying parts itself to working with a contract manufacturer?
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