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About the Role
As Procurement Specialist, you will own purchase orders from first quote to final delivery, ensuring parts arrive on time, at the right cost, and with the correct specifications. You will be the key contact for Production, Hardware, Sales, and Finance, ensuring smooth operations. This role offers the opportunity to directly impact shipping schedules through your negotiation skills.
Responsibilities
- Source and evaluate suppliers on quality, cost, and reliability.
- Request and negotiate quotes for custom and off-the-shelf parts.
- Onboard new vendors and track their performance.
- Create, manage, and track purchase orders from issuance through delivery.
- Manage domestic and international shipments, coordinating with logistics partners.
- Reconcile invoices against purchase orders and receipts.
- Collaborate with Production, Hardware, Sales, and Finance to align purchasing with schedules and inventory.
- Maintain vendor communication via email and phone.
- Support engineering with make-versus-buy decisions and alternate sourcing.
- Identify opportunities to shorten lead times, reduce costs, and streamline purchasing processes.
- Maintain a quote log and cost database for spend analysis and budgeting.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of hands-on procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience in a manufacturing or hardware environment.
- Demonstrated experience purchasing electronic components for a hardware or electronics manufacturing environment.
- Experience purchasing CNC-machined parts, welded assemblies, or other mechanical and electrical components.
- Experience working from engineering BOMs or technical part lists to build purchasing requirements.
- Familiarity with international logistics, including lead times, customs, and freight tracking.
- Confidence negotiating with suppliers for favorable pricing, terms, and delivery.
- Proficiency with ERP or procurement platforms (e.g., NetSuite, QuickBooks, Fishbowl).
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills for BOM tracking, spend analysis, and inventory management.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and interpret BOM structures.
- Familiarity with freight documentation (bills of lading, packing slips, certificates of conformance, customs forms).
- Comfort processing invoices and handling basic accounts payable.
- Strong organizational skills, including accurate record-keeping and discrepancy flagging.
- Self-directed approach to identifying and resolving shortages and process gaps.
- Clear, proactive communication with internal teams, with context for escalations.
- Adaptability to the pace and dynamic nature of a growing hardware startup.
- Commitment to ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.
Skills
- Procurement
- Purchasing
- Supply Chain Management
- Supplier Sourcing
- Supplier Evaluation
- Negotiation
- Quote Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Vendor Management
- Logistics Coordination
- Invoice Reconciliation
- Accounts Payable
- ERP Systems
- Procurement Platforms
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheets
- Bill of Materials (BOM) Management
- Technical Documentation Interpretation
- Communication
- Organization
- Problem-Solving
Location
- Glen Cove, NY
Work Type
- On-site
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- 2-5 years
- Commensurate with seniority and skill level
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $68,000 to $73,000
Benefits
- Employee Stock Options
- Paid time off
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
About the Company
- Standard Bots builds AI-native industrial robot arms deployed at manufacturing facilities across the U.S.
- In June 2026, Standard Bots closed a $200M Series C at a $1B valuation, led by RoboStrategy with continued backing from General Catalyst and new participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next.