Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and qualify equipment suppliers, fabricators, technical service providers, and sources for custom and off-the-shelf equipment, skids, vessels, instrumentation, controls, electrical assemblies, process equipment, MRO materials, and technical services aligned with Amogy's product roadmap and contract-manufacturing scale-up.
• Lead RFI, RFQ, and RFP activities, bid analysis, supplier selection, and award recommendations based on technical fit, capacity, certifications, quality systems, total cost, lead time, serviceability, and scalability.
• Partner with Engineering and Quality to define source-controlled items, qualification criteria, preferred and dual sources, acceptance requirements, inspection documentation, and supplier technical deliverables.
• Maintain approved supplier lists, supplier scorecards, risk maps, source-control logic, and supplier development, conditional approval, or disqualification decisions.
• Prototype Build Procurement & Supplier Learning
• Procure materials, equipment, fabricated assemblies, and technical services for internal prototype and development builds used to validate supplier capability before contract-manufacturing launch.
• Translate BOMs, drawings, specifications, datasheets, statements of work, and engineering changes into supplier bid packages, purchase orders, first-article requirements, and technical documentation requests.
• Capture prototype-build performance data, including quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, manufacturability, and documentation completeness, and convert it into supplier approval, development, or exit actions.
• Contract Manufacturing Readiness & Production Handoff
• Create contract-manufacturer-ready sourcing packages with approved sources, contacts, quote history, costed BOM inputs, tooling and NRE status, quality requirements, long-lead risks, supplier documentation, and open qualification actions.
• Align with contract manufacturers on procurement ownership, turnkey versus consigned material assumptions, supplier flowdowns, source-control expectations, change control, logistics responsibilities, and escalation paths.
• Support transfer of prototype BOMs and supplier learnings into repeatable production procurement plans executed by contract manufacturers while keeping production, purchasing, and manufacturing management with the contract manufacturer.
• Monitor critical-item readiness and serve as Amogy's escalation point for source changes, shortages, commercial risks, technical qualification issues, and supplier performance concerns affecting production launch.
• Commercial, Systems & Continuous Improvement
• Negotiate prototype and production-intent pricing, terms, Incoterms, lead times, warranties, NRE/tooling costs, capacity assumptions, statements of work, supplier agreements, change orders, and quality or contractual flow downs in partnership with Legal.
• Drive ERP/MRP data integrity, including BOM structures, lead times, supplier records, item master accuracy, planning parameters, and inventory transaction controls to support effective material planning decision making.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to maintain material planning parameters, inventory strategies, safety stock levels, reorder points, and demand signals within ERP/MRP systems to ensure material availability for prototype builds, testing activities, and commercialization programs.
• Support inventory planning, material forecasting, shortage management, excess and obsolete inventory reduction, and supply-demand balancing across development and production environments.
• Cook logistics for prototype and qualification materials, including domestic and international shipments, packaging, import/export considerations, delivery documentation, and supplier shipping requirements.
• Build scalable procurement processes, KPIs, dashboards, risk registers, bid templates, and governance gates for supplier qualification, approved-source management, contract-manufacturing handoff, and launch readiness.
• Act as a cross-functional supply chain resource supporting procurement, planning, inventory management, logistics coordination, supplier development, and commercialization initiatives as business priorities evolve.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field; equivalent technical procurement experience will also be considered.
• 6+ years of experience in technical procurement, supply chain planning, sourcing, supplier management, inventory management, material planning, NPI, or commercialization of engineered products.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and qualifying suppliers through prototype, pilot, development, first-article, or NPI builds and transitioning learnings to contract manufacturers or outsourced manufacturing partners.
• Ability to interpret BOMs, drawings, specifications, datasheets, statements of work, engineering changes, supplier quotes, inspection requirements, certificates, and technical documentation.
• Strong working knowledge of RFQs, bid analysis, negotiations, purchase orders, commercial terms, supplier performance management, corrective actions, documentation control, and ERP/MRP systems, NetSuite preferred.
• Develop and manage supplier performance metrics including quality, delivery, responsiveness, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Experience managing inventory, material planning, MRP signals, demand forecasting, safety stock strategies, and material readiness for engineering and production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a startup or high-growth environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution and a willingness to assume responsibilities outside traditional functional boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in energy, industrial equipment, process systems, maritime, hydrogen/ammonia, power generation, startup, high-growth commercialization, or hardware scale-up environments.
• Experience with supplier qualification frameworks, NPI gates, first article inspection, PPAP/APQP concepts, supplier audits, inspection plans, quality agreements, or approved-source governance.
• Exposure to costed BOMs, should-cost analysis, design-for-supply, value engineering, NRE/tooling negotiations, long-lead planning, international sourcing, import/export logistics, or global supplier risk management.
• CPSM, CPM, APICS/ASCM, or similar procurement or supply chain certification; ERP implementation/optimization or procurement workflow improvement experience.