Procurement Lead

Job Duties

Position Summary:

The Procurement Lead is a senior, hands-on procurement professional responsible for supplier quoting, sourcing, expediting, and onboarding in a fast-paced Engineered-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environment. This role drives supplier performance, mitigates supply risks, and partners cross-functionally to ensure cost, quality, and delivery requirements are met while supporting the company’s rapid growth.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead procurement activities for a fast-paced Engineered-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environment, supporting complex and rapidly changing customer projects.

• Own the RFQ and quoting process for purchased parts and assemblies, including supplier selection, quote analysis, and lead-time validation.

• Drive supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and responsiveness, holding suppliers accountable to commitments.

• Lead supplier expediting efforts for critical, long-lead, and past-due materials; proactively identify risks and develop recovery plans.

• Partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Planning, Project Management, and Quality to identify material risks and ensure procurement supports project and production schedules.

• Support supplier selection, qualification, and onboarding, including evaluation of supplier capabilities, capacity, quality, lead times, and commercial requirements.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers while serving as an escalation point for significant supplier and material issues.

• Identify and execute opportunities for cost reduction, alternate sourcing, and supplier consolidation.

• Help develop scalable procurement processes, systems, metrics, and reporting to support the company's rapid growth and increasing procurement complexity.

• Identify and mitigate supply-chain risks associated with custom, long-lead, single-source, and high-value components.

• Serve as a senior procurement resource and cross-functional leader without direct reports, driving issues to resolution and mentoring procurement team members.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive procurement/sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment

• Strong experience with supplier management, quoting, negotiations, expediting, and ERP/MRP systems.

• ETO, high-mix/low-volume, or project-based manufacturing experience strongly preferred.

Core Competencies and Behaviors:

• Supplier Management

• RFQ & Cost Analysis

• Supplier Negotiation

• Supplier Expediting

• Supplier Qualification & Onboarding

• Supply Chain Risk Management

• ETO Procurement

• Cross-Functional Leadership

• Cost Reduction

• Problem Solving

• ERP/MRP Systems

• Process Improvement

Benefits

• PTO/ESST

• Paid holidays

• $100 individual deductible and $300 family deductible health insurance

• Paid Weekly

• Vision and Dental Insurance

• 401K / Life Insurance / STD

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Minimum Education Required

College

Minimum Experience Required

5 years

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

No

Compensation

$115,000.00 - $130,000.00 / Annually

Postal Code

55327

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

4513955

Job Benefits

Health Insurance, 401K