Procurement Specialist

Sloomoo Inc•New York, NY

7d•$75,000 - $82,000

About The Position

The Procurement Specialist builds and manages a scalable procurement and inventory strategy to support Sloomoo’s growth across multiple locations. The role owns sourcing, cost control, vendor performance, inventory accuracy, and ERP discipline across Institutes, MiniMoos, production centers, and warehouses. The position manages purchasing and supplier relationships, maintains inventory records and forecasts, and enforces Acumatica and inventory procedures. It coordinates transfers and freight, supports purchasing for production centers, develops inventory best practices, and collaborates with Product Development, Production, Finance, Operations, and Marketing. The role also trains team members on Acumatica and maintains item records, including creating new stock and non-stock items and managing discontinued products. Success in the role includes stronger vendor partnerships, improved pricing, reduced supply risk and backorders, disciplined purchase order management, accurate inventory, reliable forecasting and replenishment, clean Acumatica data, and effective cross-functional support for launches and growth.

Requirements

3–5 years of procurement, purchasing, or inventory management experience.
ERP experience required.
Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills.
Experience with domestic and/or international vendors.
Strong analytical skills and understanding of forecasting and inventory controls.
Highly organized, with strong attention to detail.
Clear communicator and effective collaborator.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in multi-location retail, production, or operations.
Acumatica experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Source, evaluate, and negotiate with domestic and international vendors.
Manage supplier lead times, pricing, delivery schedules, and performance; build relationships and resolve discrepancies.
Diversify the vendor base to reduce risk.
Create and release accurate purchase orders, maintain the OPEN PO sheet daily, and follow up on deliveries, backorders, ETAs, and missing items.
Maintain accurate inventory transactions across all locations.
Review Kit Assemblies, Issues, Transfers, purchase orders, and receipts.
Coordinate cycle counts and physical inventory audits; analyze variances and initiate recounts when needed.
Forecast demand using sales trends, seasonality, and consumption data; set reorder points and prepare replenishment reports.
Balance delivery timing with storage capacity to reduce costs.
Enforce Acumatica and inventory procedures and coordinate internal transfers using UPS, FedEx, and 3PL freight.
Create one- or two-step Acumatica transfers and develop inventory management best practices.
Support purchasing for production centers.
Partner with Product Development, Production, Finance, Operations, and Marketing.
Train team members on Acumatica functions.
Maintain inventory IDs, create new stock and non-stock items and matrix items, and manage discontinued products.