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Purchasing & Materials Lead
Scout Space
Reston, USA
Full-time
Mid · 3+ years experience
Hybrid
USD 80000-110000 yearly / year
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day purchasing administration across the company, with a particular focus on supporting engineering and hardware programs.
- Manage approved purchases through fulfillment, including purchase order processing, supplier coordination, order tracking, and required documentation.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal teams on quotations, pricing, availability, lead times, and resolution of purchasing issues.
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, and Mission Assurance to ensure purchasing activities meet applicable financial, technical, quality, and documentation requirements.
- Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier records and help improve procurement processes and systems as the company grows.
- Manage inventory, receiving, materials, and shipping activities, maintaining accurate records and visibility into material location and status.
- Coordinate applicable receiving, inspection, acceptance, traceability, and shipping requirements, and proactively resolve material and delivery issues.
- Support broader business operations, including day-to-day office and facility needs, vendor coordination, and other cross-functional activities.
- Take ownership of operational projects and process improvements based on evolving company needs and priorities.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, inventory, materials management, supply chain, or a related operational role
- Experience managing purchasing transactions, purchase orders, supplier coordination, and order fulfillment
- Experience working with inventory, receiving, shipping, or materials-management processes
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate records and manage multiple priorities
- Ability to work effectively with technical, finance, quality, and other cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to resolving purchasing, material, and delivery issues
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, fast-paced environment and helping develop and improve processes as the organization grows
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