Procurement Specialist

Innovative Health LLC•Scottsdale, AZ

About The Position

The Procurement Specialist independently manages assigned purchasing categories and supplier relationships for raw materials, components, and services. The role owns sourcing and commercial activities within assigned areas, including supplier evaluation, quotation analysis, negotiation, inventory planning, supplier performance, and resolution of complex supply issues. It uses purchasing data and cross-functional input to make recommendations that improve cost, quality, delivery, and continuity of supply. The Specialist manages purchase orders from requisition through delivery and closure; leads quotation activities and supplier negotiations; evaluates suppliers; develops purchasing and inventory plans; and manages supplier performance and corrective follow-up. The role also supports specification changes, new product or material requirements, supplier transitions, and other cross-functional projects. It resolves purchasing and supplier discrepancies, maintains procurement data in the ERP system, identifies cost-reduction and supply-risk mitigation opportunities, and prepares purchasing metrics for management. The position provides day-to-day guidance to a Procurement Coordinator as assigned but has no direct supervisory responsibility. It also identifies significant procurement risks, recommends actions, escalates matters requiring approval or cross-functional decisions, and follows applicable environmental, safety, regulatory, legal, and company requirements.

Requirements

Experience with JDE (JD Edwards) or a comparable ERP system is required, including the ability to maintain and analyze purchasing data.
Demonstrated experience leading quotation analysis, supplier negotiations, sourcing recommendations, and supplier performance management.
Working knowledge of inventory planning, lead-time management, cost analysis, and supply-risk mitigation.
Strong analytical, organizational, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
Ability to lead procurement activities cross-functionally, exercise sound judgment within established authority, and appropriately escalate material business risks.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and proficiency in Word and other standard business applications; ability to analyze purchasing, supplier, spend, and inventory data.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations, or a related field preferred.
Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
Medical device or other regulated manufacturing industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Independently manage purchase orders and purchasing requirements for assigned commodities, suppliers, or product categories from requisition through delivery and closure.
Lead request-for-quote activities; analyze total cost and negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms, minimum order quantities, and other commercial conditions within approved authority.
Evaluate current and prospective suppliers and recommend sourcing based on capability, quality, cost, delivery performance, service, capacity, and supply risk.
Develop purchasing and inventory plans using demand, usage, lead-time, safety-stock, and supplier performance data.
Manage supplier performance and corrective follow-up for delivery, service, and commercial issues; identify recurring trends and drive resolution.
Lead procurement support for specification changes, new product or material requirements, supplier transitions, and cross-functional projects with Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Receiving.
Resolve purchase order, receipt, invoice, pricing, and supplier discrepancies with Accounts Payable, Receiving, and internal stakeholders.
Maintain and review item, supplier, pricing, lead-time, sourcing, and purchasing data in the ERP system.
Identify and execute cost-reduction, alternate-source, lead-time improvement, and supply-risk mitigation opportunities; document results and recommendations.
Prepare and analyze supplier and purchasing metrics, including spend, price variance, delivery performance, inventory exposure, and open-order risk, and communicate findings to management.
Provide day-to-day guidance to the Procurement Coordinator on purchasing processes, supplier follow-up, quote documentation, and issue escalation as assigned.
Identify significant procurement and supply risks, recommend actions, and escalate matters requiring management approval or cross-functional decision-making.
Adhere to applicable environmental, safety, regulatory, and legal requirements and company policies and standards of business ethics.
Perform other duties as assigned.