Senior Procurement Specialist
Job Position: Senior Procurement Specialist
Location: Spring Grove, IL 60081
Pay Rate: $30.00/hour
Shift: 1st shift, Mon-Fri, 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Description:
A manufacturing company in Spring Grove, IL is seeking an experienced senior procurement specialist to oversee sourcing and purchasing activities across two facilities. Working Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, this role focuses on sourcing electrical components, connectors, terminals, specialty parts, and production materials while ensuring competitive pricing, quality, and on-time delivery. The ideal candidate has at least five years of manufacturing procurement experience, strong supplier negotiation skills, and the ability to independently manage purchasing priorities, resolve supply chain challenges, and prevent production delays. Occasional travel between facilities and supplier visits may be required.
Join an established electronics contract manufacturer specializing in wiring harnesses, cable assemblies, and complex electronic assemblies. This organization offers an opportunity to play an important role in supporting production operations across multiple facilities. Employees work in a collaborative manufacturing environment alongside engineering, production, quality, and operations teams, with opportunities to contribute to process improvements, supplier development, and cost-saving initiatives.
Senior Procurement Specialist Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage sourcing and purchasing activities for electrical components, connectors, terminals, specialty parts, and production materials.
- Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations and negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms, and delivery conditions.
- Prepare, issue, and maintain purchase orders while ensuring supplier commitments are met.
- Monitor inventory levels, material demand, open orders, and supplier lead times to prevent production shortages.
- Identify and develop alternative suppliers for critical, long-lead, or hard-to-source components.
- Coordinate purchasing activities for new products, prototypes, engineering changes, and production transfers.
- Maintain accurate supplier, item, pricing, and purchasing records within the ERP system.
- Review material planning reports, purchasing recommendations, and inventory requirements.
- Resolve supplier delivery issues, purchasing discrepancies, and material shortages.
- Monitor supplier performance, including delivery reliability, product quality, and responsiveness.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance, and inventory reduction.
- Collaborate with engineering, production, quality, and finance departments to support purchasing requirements.
- Maintain purchasing documentation and records in accordance with company procedures and applicable quality standards.
- Provide purchasing guidance and mentorship to other purchasing personnel as assigned.
- Travel between company facilities and visit suppliers as needed.
Senior Procurement Specialist Qualifications and Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of purchasing or procurement experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience independently managing production component purchasing and supplier relationships.
- Demonstrated experience sourcing electrical/electronic components, connectors, terminals, specialty parts, or comparable manufacturing materials.
- Strong supplier negotiation and vendor management skills.
- Ability to interpret bills of material (BOMs), engineering drawings, component specifications, and manufacturer part numbers.
- Experience with ERP purchasing and material-planning systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and purchasing-related reporting.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond to urgent material shortages.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.
- APICS certification, such as CPIM or CSCP.
- Hands-on experience with SyteLine ERP software.
- Experience in electronics manufacturing, wiring harnesses, cable assemblies, or contract manufacturing.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality standards, supplier corrective actions, component traceability, and UL/CSA documentation.
