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akirolabs

AI-driven procurement category management platform

Enterprise Account Executive

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Berlin, Germany
Remote
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Executive

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, marketing, or a related field and 5+ years of experience selling complex procurement software solutions or consulting in the procurement domain.
  • Strong sales experience and a proven track record selling complex software solutions for procurement.
  • Ability to negotiate, contract, and close multi-year contracts at the C-level, with value-oriented positioning.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in both German and English.
  • Expert knowledge of procurement.
  • Ability to work independently, set and achieve targets, and adapt to a dynamic startup environment.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and contribute valuable input to sales and marketing strategies.
Responsibilities
  • Re-qualify identified opportunities at prospects, understand their procurement challenges and needs, and provide an aligned, value-driven proposition for the company's technology.
  • Communicate the value proposition of the procurement software to potential clients based on their specific needs and challenges, tailoring the approach to each prospect's pain points and requirements.
  • Maintain accurate, up-to-date records of interactions and prospects in the CRM system to maintain a reliable sales pipeline.
  • Continually articulate value to the existing pipeline and initiate meaningful account activities.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align strategies, share insights, and contribute to developing effective and efficient sales processes.

About the company

Akirolabs provides an AI-powered platform that transforms procurement from a purely operational task into a strategic partner that drives value across the supply chain. It offers a category strategy management solution that helps organizations build and adapt procurement strategies using a ready-to-use framework, which can be tailored to their specific needs. The product combines data from multiple sources, goes beyond traditional category taxonomy, and enables ongoing collaboration to mature category management with AI insights. This differentiates Akirolabs from competitors by emphasizing AI-driven, data-rich collaboration and a purpose-driven approach that tackles ESG challenges and positions procurement as a driver of business value rather than just cost control. The company’s goal is to empower procurement to orchestrate value chains and earn recognition as a strategic business function aligned with ESG objectives, while continuing to win industry awards and recognition.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$6.1M

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • Akirolabs posted June 2026 press activity and August 2026 updates, signaling active product momentum.
  • A July 12, 2026 Senior QA Engineer posting shows continued hiring and product hardening.
  • About-us updates cite three 2026 research publications and a Hackett Future 5 honor.

What critics are saying

  • Enterprise procurement suites from SAP, Coupa, and Ivalua compress akirolabs' standalone category-management wedge.
  • The 2024 seed and Berlin grant signal dependence on investor milestones before sustained revenue scale.
  • Partner-led go-to-market with H&Z and consultants can stall if referrals underperform in 2026.

What makes akirolabs unique

  • akirolabs couples AI category strategy with workflow collaboration, not transactional procurement automation.
  • ProcureTech100 2025/26 recognized akirolabs for category management and plan-to-strategy on February 1, 2026.
  • 2026 partnerships with H&Z, Sourcing Champions, and Matchory extend distribution and supplier discovery.

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Benefits

  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Paid Vacation
  • Training Programs

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

-2%
FinSMEs
Jul 23rd, 2024
akirolabs Secures 7-Digit Grant for AI

akirolabs, a Berlin-based ProcureTech startup, secured a 7-digit non-dilutive grant from Investitionsbank Berlin and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The funds will be used to enhance the software’s AI/LLM capabilities, strengthen its position as an AI-first ProcureTech B2B SaaS company, and accelerate product development and team expansion. This grant extends their recent $5M Seed funding round.

PR Newswire APAC
Jan 30th, 2024
akirolabs Raises $5M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Strategic Procurement - PR Newswire APAC

operations. BERLIN, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- akirolabs Raises $5M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Strategic Procurement

PR Newswire
Jan 29th, 2024
akirolabs Raises $5M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Strategic Procurement USA - English

akirolabs raises $5M in seed funding to revolutionize strategic procurement USA - english.

Spend Matters
Oct 26th, 2023
Spend Matters Future 5 2023 – Why We Chose Akirolabs

Spend Matters is delighted to announce the 2023 roster for our ‘Future 5‘ list. For the fifth year in a row, our analysts have highlighted five start-ups that excite them the most. This year, the five companies that have proven themselves as potential future trend setters are akirolabs, Calculum, dSilo, Mithra and ORO Labs. To warrant such attention, these vendors must have a product that is ideally 2 to 5 years old, is used by more than five customers and displays an innovative application of technology. Moreover, these vendors must have less than $10 million in revenue and our analysts must find them both sustainable and growing with a clear momentum. In this series of articles, we explain what these vendors offer, why they are likely to become future members of our ‘50 Procurement Providers to Watch‘ and ‘50 Procurement Providers to Know‘ lists and what challenges they may face.Get to know all the procurement tech providers that made our lists this year and the methodology behind the selection criteria: In no order of preference, today we are sharing the reasoning behind our selection of akirolabs

Spend Matters
Oct 26th, 2023
Spend Matters Future 5 2023 – Introducing Akirolabs

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. In an ever-crowded space it’s hard for those who rely on these platforms and systems to keep ahead of the latest developments. For that reason, Spend Matters analysts make it their mission to scour the market to find those new solution providers that can fulfil a very specialist role to fulfill the procurement needs of today. Following months of debate based on extensive knowledge of the many procurement technologies they have reviewed, analysed and benchmarked, they arrive at a list of five young providers that they believe are innovative and exciting, have a rapidly rising presence in the market, can grow sustainably and which every CPO should have on their radar.Get to know all the providers that made this year’s 50 To Know, 50 To Watch and Future 5 lists here.The Future 5 start-ups are taking technology further to address problems not previously solved, or are introducing a new category of automation that tackles new challenges in interesting ways. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.So we are delighted to introduce you to our Future 5 as we capture their voices. Today please get to know akirolabs.What is akirolabs?akirolabs is a category strategy management solution that aims to support procurement’s transformation from being a purely tactical function to an orchestrator of value