Procurement Specialist I
68 Elm Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 US
Job Description
Target Pay Rate: 30-42.79/hr **salary will be commensurate with experience
Overview:
This role will assist with rebranding activities for client by planning and generating appropriate material orders to support production, ensuring on-time delivery and receipt from suppliers, resolving/escalating any issues, and ensuring availability of materials for production.
Drives material planning and procure-to-pay activities to include the following:
- Reviews/reconciles material requirements based on production demand
- Reviews and processes purchase orders to ensure availability of parts to meet the needs of production
- Adjust due dates, quantities, and shipments as appropriate to meet production needs; ensure dates are communicated to and agreed upon with the supplier
- Pro-actively communicates, resolves, and/or escalates material shortage issues cross-functionally between internal business partners and suppliers.
- Resolves any receiving issues pertaining to quality/incoming inspection or delivery disputes with the supplier
- Ensures seamless delivery of goods and/or services to client
- Manages inventory for zero out of stocks and minimal obsolescence
- 1 year of purchasing, planning, supply chain management and/or management, and/or inventory management experience in a manufacturing environment
- 1 year of experience iin direct buying, contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management
- 1 year of cross-functional team management experience or project management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- SAP experience a plus.
- Strong analytical, reasoning and quantitative skills.
- Able to express concepts and needs clearly, logically and persuasively in both writing and verbally.
- Takes initiative in anticipating issues and mitigating risks.
- Able to process and manage large amounts of information and is comfortable with complexity.
- Able to make appropriate prioritization decisions.
- Bachelor's degree
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