Senior Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and vendors to develop component specifications, compile forecasts for vendors, and assist operations in managing the impact of supply constraints
• Explore market opportunities to reduce costs by identifying, engaging, and negotiating with existing and new vendors and suppliers
• Assess and evaluate suppliers with supplier performance reviews to ensure compliance and manage performance improvement activities
• Source and assess quotations from potential suppliers
• Prepare purchase orders with selected suppliers to meet organizational targets and requirements
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues
• Support product change requests and review and communicate the impact on capacity plans
• Maintain active communication with vendors and stakeholders to rapidly identify and communicate changes in the supply of goods critical to company operations
• Participate in supply/inventory reviews and communicate possible risks, shortfalls, and oversupply to the company’s demand forecast

Experience/Skills:

• 7-10 years of procurement experience in manufacturing, including pilot to NPI manufacturing
• Proven supplier management experience, including supplier performance reviews
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent strongly preferred
• Strong knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, components, and supply chain management
• Fluency in statistical problem-solving techniques as applied to procurement and manufacturing operations
• Experience with NetSuite and the associated system maintenance
• Experience working with contract manufacturers locally and internationally
• Proficiency in MS Office including advanced Excel skills

Logistics:

• This is a regular, full-time position, reporting to the VP of Supply Chain
• Employees must work onsite in Santa Clara in a full-time role
• Compensation is competitive with other Bay Area staff manufacturing procurement positions

Compensation/Pay Transparency:

• Disclaimer: The actual salary of a successful applicant may vary from posted ranges based on the candidate’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, internal equity and alignment with market data, and other legitimate business reasons, including, but not limited to, compliance with applicable immigration law prevailing wages.
• In addition, Natron Energy has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Plan with Match, Life Insurance, Parental Leave Benefits, Discretionary Time Off (DTO) and Paid Time Off (PTO) for Exempt and Non-Exempt employees respectively, and 11 paid holidays.
• The salary range for this position is a minimum of $121,500 and a maximum of $164,500.