Procurement and Data Strategist

Betts Company•Fresno, CA

About The Position

The Procurement and Data Strategist is responsible for maintaining vendor relationships and ensuring that needed parts from assigned vendors are available and stocked at Betts Company branches. This role supports vendor communication, procurement activity, inventory tracking, and coordination of product movement throughout the branch network. The position plays a key role in maintaining ERP accuracy related to costing, inventory counts, and inventory turns, while supporting productive workflow across departments, promoting customer satisfaction, and upholding The Betts Way in all supply chain activities. This position maintains primary vendor relationships, communicates upcoming specials or concerns to the team, reviews branch part usage, order points, and stock levels, and creates stock orders as needed to ensure product availability at the branches. The role also reviews emergency orders for assigned vendors and determines the best fulfillment method, including transfers, distribution center stock, or direct shipment from the vendor. Additional responsibilities include updating branches on shipping or ordering delays caused by supply chain issues, participating in vendor meetings, monitoring shipment forecasts, maintaining product cross-references in the ERP system, recording and reporting branch lost sales, loading price files, running inventory audit lists, reviewing online special requests, creating axle build assembly part numbers when needed, assisting with call center overflow, and representing the company professionally with vendors, customers, and internal teams.

Requirements

One to two years of related experience, preferably in purchasing, warehouse, or distribution roles
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
Experience working with MRP or ERP systems
Strong attention to detail
Problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently
Ability to follow detailed written and verbal instructions
Ability to manage time effectively
Ability to stay organized
Ability to communicate clearly across teams and vendors
Ability to proactively identify and report shipping or inventory issues
Strong numeracy skills to measure, count, and calculate rates and percentages
Ability to work comfortably with business systems, production schedules, order documentation, inventory and shipping software, label printers, packaging tools, desktop computers, tablets, standard office equipment, and required personal protective equipment
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position

Nice To Haves

Experience in customer service
Experience in the heavy-duty transportation industry

Responsibilities

Maintaining vendor relationships
Ensuring needed parts from assigned vendors are available and stocked at Betts Company branches
Supporting vendor communication, procurement activity, inventory tracking, and coordination of product movement
Maintaining ERP accuracy related to costing, inventory counts, and inventory turns
Supporting productive workflow across departments
Promoting customer satisfaction
Upholding The Betts Way in all supply chain activities
Communicating upcoming specials or concerns to the team
Reviewing branch part usage, order points, and stock levels
Creating stock orders as needed to ensure product availability at the branches
Reviewing emergency orders for assigned vendors and determining the best fulfillment method
Updating branches on shipping or ordering delays caused by supply chain issues
Participating in vendor meetings
Monitoring shipment forecasts
Maintaining product cross-references in the ERP system
Recording and reporting branch lost sales
Loading price files
Running inventory audit lists
Reviewing online special requests
Creating axle build assembly part numbers when needed
Assisting with call center overflow
Representing the company professionally with vendors, customers, and internal teams