Procurement Lead

Noveon Magnetics•San Marcos, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Procurement Lead manages day-to-day operational and tactical buying activities to ensure uninterrupted material flow supporting Noveon’s magnet manufacturing operations. This role owns purchase order execution, supplier delivery performance, and inventory replenishment, translating production demand signals into timely, cost-effective procurement actions. The Procurement Lead also owns spend analytics and supplier performance reporting, manages structural supply risk for critical materials, and partners closely with production, planning, and accounts payable to maintain continuity of supply for raw materials, MRO, and indirect spend. This role requires a rare combination of strategic thinking, technical fluency in rare earth and advanced materials markets, and hands-on procurement execution capability.

Requirements

Has a bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Materials Science, Business, or a related field
Brings 5+ years of progressive procurement and supply chain experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
Has a proven ability to negotiate complex, long-term supply agreements with significant dollar value
Possesses strong financial acumen — comfortable with cost modeling, TCO analysis, and working capital trade-offs
Has experience managing supply chains with geopolitical or regulatory complexity (ITAR, EAR, conflict minerals, country-of-origin requirements)
Can demonstrate exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and executive communication skills
Is proficient in SAP S/4HANA, with hands-on experience configuring and maintaining MRP parameters

Nice To Haves

Has direct experience with rare earth, magnet, or advanced materials supply chains
Has experience working with or selling to U.S. Department of Defense or government prime contractors
Holds an MBA or advanced degree
Holds APICS CSCP, ISM CPSM, or equivalent professional certification
Has prior experience in a high-growth, private-equity or venture-backed manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

Executing and managing purchase orders from requisition through receipt, ensuring accuracy of pricing, quantities, lead times, and delivery dates.
Converting demand and replenishment signals into timely buying actions to maintain target inventory and safety stock levels without overstocking.
Expediting and de-expediting orders to align supply with shifting production schedules and resolve shortages, delays, and discrepancies.
Monitoring and driving supplier delivery performance (OTIF), holding vendors accountable to committed lead times and quality requirements.
Owning monthly spend analytics and supplier scorecard reporting, including savingspipeline tracking and procurement KPI reporting, and present insights to supply chain and finance leadership.
Developing and maintaining supply risk-mitigation strategies, including assurance of supply, single-source risk reduction, alternative-supplier qualification, and exposure to tariff and critical-material availability.
Monitoring market conditions and pricing for assigned categories, providing market intelligence to inform sourcing and inventory decisions for critical raw materials.
Resolving invoice, receipt, and PO discrepancies in partnership with Accounts Payable and Receiving.
Maintaining accurate item master, vendor, pricing, and lead-time data in the ERP system.
Managing MRO and indirect spend buying, identifying tactical cost-savings and consolidation opportunities.
Supporting strategic sourcing initiatives by providing transactional data, spend analysis, and supplier performance input.
Ensuring procurement activity complies with internal controls, approval authority matrices, and audit requirements.