Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities

• Independently manages purchase orders and purchasing requirements for assigned commodities, suppliers, or product categories from requisition through delivery and closure.
• Leads request-for-quote activities for assigned purchases; analyzes total cost and negotiates pricing, lead times, payment terms, minimum order quantities, and other commercial conditions within approved authority.
• Evaluates current and prospective suppliers and makes sourcing recommendations based on capability, quality, cost, delivery performance, service, capacity, and supply risk.
• Develops purchasing and inventory plans for assigned materials using demand, usage, lead-time, safety-stock, and supplier performance data to support continuity of supply and inventory objectives.
• Manages supplier performance and corrective follow-up for delivery, service, and commercial issues; identifies recurring trends and drives resolution with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Leads procurement support for specification changes, new product or material requirements, supplier transitions, and other cross-functional projects with Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Receiving.
• Solves complex purchase order, receipt, invoice, pricing, and supplier discrepancies in partnership with Accounts Payable, Receiving, and internal stakeholders.
• Maintains and reviews item, supplier, pricing, lead-time, sourcing, and purchasing data in the ERP system to ensure accuracy and support procurement decisions.
• Identifies and executes cost-reduction, alternate-source, lead-time improvement, and supply-risk mitigation opportunities; documents results and recommendations.
• Prepares and analyzes supplier and purchasing metrics, including spend, price variance, delivery performance, inventory exposure, and open-order risk, and communicates findings to management.
• Provides day-to-day guidance to the Procurement Coordinator on purchasing processes, supplier follow-up, quote documentation, and issue escalation as assigned; does not have direct supervisory responsibility.
• Identifies significant procurement and supply risks, develops recommended actions, and escalates matters requiring management approval or cross-functional decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (four-year degree) in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with JDE (JD Edwards) or a comparable ERP system required; demonstrated ability to maintain and analyze purchasing data.
• Medical device or other regulated manufacturing industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading quotation analysis, supplier negotiations, sourcing recommendations, and supplier performance management.
• Working knowledge of inventory planning, lead-time management, cost analysis, and supply-risk mitigation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to lead procurement activities cross-functionally, exercise sound judgment within established authority, and escalate material business risks appropriately.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and proficiency in Word and other standard business applications; ability to analyze purchasing, supplier, spend, and inventory data.