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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an individual contributor in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management
• Experience managing suppliers, negotiating contracts, and supporting manufacturing environments

Nice To Haves

• Global sourcing experience and commodity expertise preferred

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze purchase requisitions; generate RFQs and execute purchase orders for assigned suppliers
• Manage purchase order delivery schedules to support manufacturing and operational plans
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of procurement and supplier data within ERP and supply chain management systems
• Monitor cost, delivery performance, and quality for assigned parts and suppliers to ensure optimal value and quality
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and agreements; manage purchase price variance (PPV) against standard cost
• Identify and deliver cost reduction opportunities, including identifying new suppliers, volume procurement discount opportunities and tariff mitigation. Utilize total cost analysis to deliver cost reductions.
• Identify new supply sources when existing suppliers are no longer competitive, do not meet performance requirements or present supply risks.
• Evaluate and recommend cost-saving initiatives such as alternative sourcing and make‑versus‑buy decisions
• Partner with Quality to resolve supplier quality and performance issues
• Collaborate with management on commodity strategies, provide market trend analysis, develop pricing strategies, and address supplier supplier capacity and other delivery risks.
• Maintain domestic and/or global commodity expertise; support supplier visits and sourcing activities as required
• Travel domestically and internationally to meet with suppliers and potential new suppliers may be required.

Benefits

• competitive compensation
• comprehensive benefits package
• Axcelis Team Incentive bonus plan