Procurement Engineer

Job Title: Procurement Engineer

Employee Type: MSP

Expected Weekly Hours: 40

Position Summary

This position is responsible for the documentation, cost analysis, and vendor/supplier engagement related to a range of commodities used across the clients’ hardware product portfolio.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow established Procurement Management processes (intake, RFQ, evaluation, award, documentation) and maintain required artifacts in designated repositories
• Execute day-to-day procurement support within assigned categories
• Regularly align with management on priorities, deliverables, and timelines
• Enable management with vendor negotiation recommendations and highlighted contract discrepancies requiring legal/business approval
• Draft supplier comparisons and recommendations that align with supplier strategy and cost objectives
• Validate and reconcile part master/BOM discrepancies
• Coordinate with engineering, supply chain, and procurement teams to process commodity code requests (new or change)
• Assess and provide recommendations to improve related SOPs and tools
• Produce assigned commodity/category analysis reports
• Summarize vendor spend, pricing, capacity, lead time, risk, and industry/market trends
• Build and update supply chain and financial models with assumptions to support sourcing decisions
• Draft a year-over-year cost roadmap with assumptions, opportunities, and an implementation tracker
• Collaborate with R&D teams to develop and maintain sourcing packages (supplier longlist/shortlist, specifications, capability summaries, RFQ/quote packages, and qualification requirements)
• Develop risk assessments including identification, drivers, probabilities, impact, and mitigation recommendations
• Draft biweekly report on issue progress, risks, and decisions needed
• Occasionally work 40+ hours in a week to meet certain team milestones
• Perform other duties as needed

Education and Credential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Engineering Management, Business Administration, or related field
• Eligible to work in the US without RLA sponsorship for employment visa status

Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a procurement engineer/commodity manager role
• Responsible for assigned commodity categories
• Direct correspondence with vendors/suppliers
• Worked on a cross-functional team including R&D and manufacturing/operations engineers
• Developed report templates and dashboards for internal customers
• Maintained part/BOM databases for assigned commodities
• Preferred experience
• Specified commodity tool (e.g., EPM) selection and implementation

Skills Requirements

• Ability to read, write, and speak English proficiently
• High proficiency using productivity software such as M365 (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Teams and SharePoint)
• Ability to use agile/scrum project/program management principles and methodologies to consistently meet task deadlines, triage changing priorities, and track issues to resolution
• Ability to collaborate across diverse teams with a customer service mindset

Work Environment

• The position typically operates in a standard office environment and/or from employee’s home
• Be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person