Regional Procurement Associate

EMD Electronics; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 74,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO

Retirement contributions

Other perquisites

Job summary

EMD Electronics in Chandler, AZ, is seeking a procurement professional to manage day-to-day purchasing and strategic sourcing for assigned materials and services. You will own procure-to-pay processes, ensure data accuracy, and drive supplier performance to protect supply continuity.

The role blends transactional buying (about 80%) with strategic sourcing (about 20%), requiring collaboration with Sourcing Managers, Category Managers, and site stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a similar discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in procurement operations and/or sourcing within manufacturing or a high-tech environment.
• 2+ years of buying experience; 1+ years of SAP experience.

Responsibilities

• Owns procure-to-pay activities, ensuring on-time delivery and master data accuracy.
• Executes sourcing activities aligned with global category strategy; conducts supplier evaluations.
• Collaborates with Planning, Operations, and site stakeholders to align procurement with production schedules.
• Provides KPI reporting and supports risk mitigation and supply continuity.

Skills

Procurement operations

Sourcing

SAP

Negotiation

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a similar discipline

Job description

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Electronics.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role

This is a dual-capability procurement role combining day-to-day operational buying with targeted strategic sourcing execution for assigned materials and services within DS&S.

• Owns procure-to-pay activities as the primary responsibility, ensuring on-time, in-full delivery, master data accuracy, and supply continuity across assigned spend categories.
• Executes sourcing activities for designated material groups in alignment with global category strategy and in close coordination with Category and Sourcing Managers, covering negotiation events, supplier evaluations, and source-to-contract delivery
• Partners closely with Sourcing Managers, Category Managers, Planning, and site stakeholders to bridge operational execution with strategic sourcing outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

Buying (approx. 80%)

• Execute purchase requisitions-to-orders, order confirmations, changes, and closures; maintain accurate supplier and material master data.
• Expedite and track open orders; resolve delivery issues, goods receipt discrepancies, and invoice mismatches in collaboration with Logistics, Quality, and Finance.
• Ensure contract and quotation compliance; perform spot buys within defined thresholds and elevate complex or high-value strategic sourcing events as appropriate.
• Monitor supplier on-time delivery and responsiveness; drive corrective actions and support risk mitigation and supply continuity planning.
• Maintain documentation and compliance with sustainability, ethics, and EHS policies; contribute to P2P process improvements and digital enablement initiatives.
• Provide KPI reporting (OTIF, lead-time adherence, purchase order accuracy); communicate proactively with stakeholders including sites, operations, and engineering.
• Collaborate with Planning and Operations to align procurement activities with production schedules, inventory targets, and demand fluctuations.

Strategic Sourcing (approx. 20%)

• Execute sourcing activities in the absence of a dedicated Sourcing Manager, including RFI/RFP/RFQ management, supplier evaluations, and competitive bidding processes.
• Provide feedback to Sourcing Managers, Category Managers, and Regional Heads on sourcing outcomes, market observations, supplier performance trends, supplier innovation opportunities, and emerging risks.

Scope of People Responsibility

• No direct reports.
• May provide informal guidance and coordination support to junior Buyers or shared service teams on P2P process matters.
• This is an onsite position in Chandler AZ
• Travel once per year to internal team meeting or supplier visits

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a similar discipline
• 5+ years of experience in procurement operations and/or sourcing within manufacturing or a high-tech environment
• 2+ years of buying experience
• 1+ years of SAP experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to negotiation and sourcing events is a strong advantage.
• Communication and stakeholder management, problem-solving, attention to detail, data and Excel proficiency, supplier coordination, negotiation fundamentals, ability to operate effectively across both transactional and strategic procurement contexts.

Pay Range for this position

Pay Range for this position: $73,500-110,300 per year

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses.

Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites.

• health insurance
• paid time off (PTO)
• retirement contributions
• other perquisites

What we offer:

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!