Buyer, Emergent Demand

🔥 23 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $69k - $101.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

Where this job comes from

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Symbotic

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Logistics • Consulting • Food & Beverage

Symbotic is an industrial automation company that provides an end-to-end, AI-powered warehouse automation platform combining autonomous mobile robots, advanced vision and sensing, and orchestration software to modernize supply chains. Its system integrates hardware and intelligent software to increase throughput, accuracy, and storage density for retail, grocery, CPG, and wholesale customers, solving labor constraints and operational inefficiencies in distribution and fulfillment operations.

📋 Description

• Execute sourcing and procurement activities for emergent material requirements driven by active project and site needs • Partner with Project Management, Engineering, Planning, and Site Operations to understand material specifications, quantities, priorities, and required delivery timelines • Process and manage purchase orders and supplier communications, expediting critical materials when needed to support project schedules • Track emergent material requirements from request through delivery and provide timely status updates to project stakeholders • Work with suppliers to confirm material availability, lead times, shipment status, and recovery plans for critical or delayed materials • Identify material shortages and supply risks, escalate potential project impacts, and support corrective actions and recommended resolutions • Maintain accurate purchasing and material status information within applicable ERP and procurement systems • Identify recurring demand trends and opportunities for process improvement

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience or equivalent work experience • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field preferred, or equivalent work experience • Experience in purchasing, procurement, material management, or supply chain operations within a manufacturing, automation, or project-based environment • Experience sourcing materials, processing purchase orders, expediting deliveries, and resolving material shortages or supply constraints • Working knowledge of MRP and procurement systems, preferably SAP and Ariba, for purchasing transactions and material tracking • Ability to interpret bills of material, part specifications, drawings, and engineering documentation • Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and urgent material needs in a fast-paced environment • Valid driver's license • Ability to drive and/or fly to client locations and company HQ

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Disability benefits • 401K • PTO • Business travel expenses reimbursed based on program guidelines • Eligible employees may receive a corporate credit card based on role and travel requirements

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