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Talentify; Morgan Hill (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking an experienced procurement professional for a contract-based role in Morgan Hill, CA. You will handle high-volume purchasing, negotiate terms, and manage delivery schedules with suppliers and internal teams.

Responsibilities include resolving issues with material, performing MRP actions, and maintaining accurate lead times, while leveraging ERP/MRP tools and MS Office to support efficient procurement workflows.

Qualifications

• Delivers high-volume purchasing transactions daily.
• Negotiates with suppliers to control cost and price variance.
• Manages past due deliveries, pull-ins, push-outs, and cancellations.

Responsibilities

• Execute MRP actions per purchasing policy.
• Resolve nonconforming material with suppliers, customers, and internal teams.
• Work with accounting to resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Purchasing transactions

Supplier negotiation

MRP actions

ERP/MRP systems (Manex)

Microsoft Office

Tools

Manex

Spotlight

Job description

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high volume of purchasing transactions on a daily basis.
• Proactively and assertively negotiate with suppliers for anything from commodities to shipping terms to avoid excess cost and purchase price variance.
• Manage Past Due deliveries, Pull-ins, Push-outs, and Cancellations on a daily basis.
• Identify risk parts and elevate to management.
• Execute MRP actions consistent with purchasing policies.
• Quickly resolve nonconforming material with suppliers, customers, and internal Quality and Engineering teams.
• Work with Accounting to resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure system updates, such as material lead times, are accurate.
• Prepare RFQs as required.
• Support programs as assigned from Planning, Strategic Supply Chain, and Supplier Quality.
• Send automated requirements out weekly to all relevant Target Suppliers.
• Follow through with purchasing-related workflows and metrics.
• Review excess material and dispositions on a monthly basis.
• Action non-conforming material (MRB) on a weekly basis.
• 5+ years of successful direct procurement experience in a fast-paced environment of an electronics contract manufacturing company.
• Ability to work effectively and accurately under pressure.
• Skilled in purchasing tasks within ERP/MRP systems such as Manex and Spotlight.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Cross-functional team player.
• Ability to prioritize tasks to ensure critical tasks are completed first while allowing all other activities to be completed in a timely manner.
• Proactive approach, assessing what needs to be done and taking the initiative.
• Negotiation experience and comfort to negotiate with the supply base.
• Excellent communication skills, clear in verbal communications, ensuring written communications are professional, thorough, accurate, and timely.

The role is based onsite, providing the potential for contract-to-hire with access on a month-to-month basi

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Morgan Hill, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $40.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 22, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Morgan Hill,CA.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Accommodations

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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