A Day in the Life of a Specialist, Supply Chain:
Procurement & Purchase Order Management
• Partner with product development teams to understand product builds and develop purchase strategies that meet P&L targets, demand plans, and project timelines.
• Prepare and lead RFQ/RFP requests with new and existing vendors; review bids and evaluate sourcing options to make purchase recommendations.
• Build and manage purchase requisitions, acquire required approvals, document approvals, and generate purchase orders.
• Assist with purchase order creation to support regional sales worldwide.
• Work with the accounts payable team to resolve invoicing issues related to purchase orders.
• Review invoices and send RVRs to authorize invoice payment across multiple concurrent procurement workstreams.
• Acquire and evaluate quotes for Print Test development.
• Build purchase requisitions, acquire and record approvals.
• Cut purchase orders and track development progress.
• Submit RVRs for invoice payment.
Component Development & Production Procurement
• Handle the full procurement lifecycle for component development — from initial quoting and tooling through production, including requisitions, approvals, and processing purchase orders.
• Coordinate with internal planning and production teams to align quantities, pricing, and order documentation across development and production phases.
• Track and manage order changes throughout the production cycle, maintaining accurate records and ensuring all collaborators have current order information.
• Partner with logistics to develop and deliver ship plans upon production confirmation.
Intercompany Pricing & Documentation
• Calculate standard pricing for intercompany orders by pulling and reconciling data from SAP across all finished SKUs.
• Maintain and update intercompany pricing spreadsheets to enable downstream team actions.
• Populate PIR documents for future releases (finished product) with baseline information to streamline processing once quantities are received.
Vendor & Cross-Functional Relationship Management
• Lead regular status meetings with vendors as the primary supply chain and purchasing representative.
• Partner with the master planner to ensure vendor schedules align with release date requirements.
• Develop and maintain positive, professional supplier relationships.
• Provide and present purchasing-related information to internal teams including finance, engineering, QA, logistics, and sales.
• Prepare and maintain pick-up plans, bills of material, and cost accounting documentation.
• Manage requisitions and purchase order records with accuracy and compliance.
• Leverage SAP for order management, data extraction, and cost tracking.