Procurement Specialist, Buyer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $71k - $97.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Symbotic

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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

• Manage day-to-day purchasing activities for robotic systems, components, and related materials across a complex supplier base. • Work closely with contract manufacturers and key suppliers to manage order execution, material availability, capacity, and delivery performance. • Partner with Planning, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Strategic Sourcing to align supply requirements with production and project needs. • Monitor supplier performance and provide timely visibility into material status, shortages, delivery risks, and recovery plans. • Expedite critical materials and drive suppliers to resolve delivery, quality, pricing, and capacity issues. • Support supplier negotiations, cost-reduction initiatives, and commercial discussions in partnership with sourcing and category leadership. • Manage purchasing impacts associated with engineering changes, demand changes, and evolving program requirements. • Identify supply risks and escalate issues early while working across internal and external stakeholders to drive resolution. • Analyze purchasing and supplier data to identify opportunities to improve cost, delivery, inventory, and overall supplier performance.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field. • Minimum of 3 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or a related function. • Experience working with complex suppliers, contract manufacturers, or outsourced manufacturing partners. • Strong working knowledge of ERP systems and purchase order management; SAP experience strongly preferred. • Experience managing material requirements, supplier delivery schedules, shortages, and order changes. • Strong supplier management, negotiation, and relationship-building skills. • Ability to work effectively across Engineering, Planning, Operations, Quality, Finance, and other cross-functional teams. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Strong Microsoft Excel skills. • Experience supporting robotics, electronics, electromechanical products, automation equipment, or other complex manufactured products is preferred. • Up to 10% travel may be required.

🏖️ 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