Purchasing Specialist

Titan Circuits•Phoenix, AZ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Purchasing Specialist plays a critical role in supporting Titan Circuits’ PCB assembly manufacturing operations by ensuring material flow to the production floor in an AS9100-driven environment. This role is highly integrated with daily operations and is responsible for executing procurement activities that directly impact production schedules, throughput, and on-time delivery to customers. This position requires a hands-on, operations-driven mindset with a strong sense of urgency, the ability to solve real-time supply issues, and close collaboration with Production, Planning, Engineering, Quality, and Warehouse teams.

Requirements

2 Year Degree

Responsibilities

Execute day-to-day purchasing activities to support production schedules and prevent SMT/assembly line downtime
Monitor ERP / CETEC outputs, released BOM demand, inventory, open purchase orders, and production schedules to proactively manage material availability
Expedite critical materials and resolve shortages in real time
Maintain visibility of high-risk or constrained electronic components, PCB fabrication, outside services, and supplier promise dates
Partner with Production, Planning, Quality, Engineering, and Warehouse teams
Participate in production meetings to review shortages, schedule risk, and material priorities
Serve as primary procurement contact for Operations on assigned material issues and shortages
Support Engineering with urgent builds, ECO-driven changes, and documentation updates
Place purchase orders, obtain supplier acknowledgments, and hold suppliers accountable to delivery, quality, documentation, and certification requirements
Drive escalations and corrective actions if required
Develop contingency sourcing plans and support alternate-source qualification with Engineering and Quality as needed
Balance inventory levels to support production while limiting excess and obsolete material
Support cycle counts and inventory accuracy
Identify cost-saving opportunities without creating material risk to production or customer requirements
Identify recurring supply chain issues and implement solutions
Improve material flow, supplier reliability, shortage visibility, and buying discipline
Support process improvements that strengthen on-time delivery and execution discipline
Maintain accurate ERP / CETEC data, open PO status, and supplier promise dates
Ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, supplier documentation expectations, and applicable quality-system requirements