Procurement Support Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut.

📋 Description

• Engage daily with supply chain managers, operations teams, and value stream leaders to assess and prioritize essential supplier components.

• Collaborate with procurement to escalate part-related issues, secure supplier commitments, and update SAP Mismatch tools and internal tracking documents.

• Enhance supplier schedules to align with material requirements planning (MRP) necessities and report updates to operations and supply chain managers.

• Ensure accurate material availability data is maintained in SAP and internal tracking systems.

• Verify supplier commitments and input revised information into SAP and tracking files.

• Provide daily updates on the status of critical parts and highlight any risks or changes.

• Remove internal barriers through quality inspections, first article reviews, and engineering modifications.

• Participate in weekly supply chain, site, and business unit meetings, delivering comprehensive part status updates.

• Oversee the RAIL and refresh EPS and ECS presentations.

• Manage shipping commitments spreadsheets in relation to demand and overdue items.

• Gather and document information from second- and third-source suppliers while driving open actions.

• Monitor quality notifications, supplier-related challenges, and first article inspections, and facilitate resolutions.

• Analyze processing times for open supplier-related issues, prioritize them, and ensure prompt closure.

• Assist the supply chain team with minor actions and ad hoc tasks.

• Proactively coordinate efforts to enhance turnaround times for problem-part resolutions.

• Identify risks affecting line replaceable unit builds and escalate any concerns.

• Optimize communication procedures across the supply chain.

• Utilize data tracking tools to enhance reporting accuracy, forecasting, and decision-making.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in procurement and supply chain operations, with a solid understanding of supplier commitments and material requirements.

• A strong customer service orientation, capable of supporting internal stakeholders and responding swiftly to part-related inquiries.

• Proficient in data entry and maintaining precise records in tracking tools and enterprise systems such as SAP.

• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with operations and supply chain personnel on a daily basis.

• Expertise in identifying and escalating part issues while coordinating resolutions across diverse teams.

• Competence in managing and updating spreadsheets and tracking documents, including shipping commitments and material status reports.

• Familiarity with SAP or comparable enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for managing material and supplier information.

• Previous experience in aerospace or complex manufacturing settings is advantageous.

• Comfort with various data tracking tools and presentations, including EPS and ECS formats.

• Ability to analyze processing times and prioritize issues based on risk and impact.

• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple actions and follow-ups concurrently.

• Meticulous attention to detail when monitoring quality notifications, supplier challenges, and first article inspections.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision coverage.

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital insurance.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Options for pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions.

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D coverage for the employee and dependents).

• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.

• Health Spending Account (HSA).

• Transportation benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Paid Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave).