Industrial Procurement & Vendor Lead (Remote/Oakland)

Limelight Steel; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Limelight Steel is seeking a contract Procurement & Vendor Coordinator to run day-to-day buying, expediting, and vendor management for our laser steelmaking demonstration plant in Oakland, CA. The role is 20–30 hours per week, flexible, for 2–4 months, with a possible remote arrangement and occasional on-site presence in Oakland.

You will propio-actively manage quotes, RFQs, POs, and supplier delivery, coordinating with engineers for technical decisions and keeping cost, delivery, and risk

Qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement, expediting or vendor coordination on industrial capital projects.
• Experience with owner's project team or equipment fabricator.
• Has bought and expedited mechanical equipment, fabricated steel, piping and valves.
• Reads P&IDs, BOMs, data sheets and fabrication drawings well enough to buy against them.

Responsibilities

• Own the procurement package list for laser furnace and sulfur system; manage scope, vendor, quotes, POs, dates, and status.
• Issue RFQs from engineering specs and BOMs; compare quotes and prepare bid summaries for sign-off.
• Raise spend requests in Procurify and track through approval and PO release.
• Place and manage orders for welded, piping, fittings, valves, pumps, insulation, instrumentation and consumables.
• Source and set up service and labour contracts with engineering defining the scope.

Skills

Procurement experience

Vendor coordination

Expediting

Reading P&IDs

Procurify usage

Communication skills

Project scheduling awareness

Tools

Procurify

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Limelight Steel is seeking a contract Procurement & Vendor Coordinator to run day-to-day buying, expediting, and vendor management for our laser steelmaking demonstration plant in Oakland, CA. The role is 20–30 hours per week, flexible, for 2–4 months, with a possible remote arrangement and occasional on-site presence in Oakland.

You will propio-actively manage quotes, RFQs, POs, and supplier delivery, coordinating with engineers for technical decisions and keeping cost, delivery, and risk