Remote-Option Procurement & Vendor Coordinator

Limelight Steel, Inc.; Oakland (CA); Remote; USD 41,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

Limelight Steel, Inc. is seeking a contract Procurement & Vendor Coordinator to manage 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, and can be fully remote with optional on-site visits as needed. You'll handle RFQs, PO issuance, vendor follow-up and coordination with engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement, expediting or vendor coordination on industrial capital projects.
• Experience with an owner's project team or an equipment fabricator.
• Has bought and expedited mechanical equipment, fabricated steel, piping and valves, and electrical/instrumentation items.
• Reads P&IDs, BOMs, data sheets and fabrication drawings well enough to buy against them and spot gaps.
• Organized and persistent: keeps an order list current and chases vendors until the material is on site.

Responsibilities

• Own the procurement package list for our laser furnace and sulfur system, keeping each line current: scope, vendor, quote, PO, promised date, actual date, status.
• Issue RFQs from engineering specifications, data sheets and BOMs; gather and compare quotes; prepare short bid summaries for engineering and commercial sign-off; then place the order once authorized.
• Raise spend requests in Procurify with the right backup, and track them through approval and PO release.
• Place and manage orders for custom fabricated weldments, piping, fittings, valves, pumps, insulation, instrumentation, bulk materials, and consumables.
• Source and set up service and labour contracts (field welders and pipe fitters, electrical contractors, rigging suppliers, third-party consultants) with engineering defining the scope.

Skills

Procurement

Expediting

Vendor coordination

P&IDs / BOMs reading

Procurify

Communication

Organizational skills

Tools

Procurify

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Limelight Steel, Inc. is seeking a contract Procurement & Vendor Coordinator to manage 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, and can be fully remote with optional on-site visits as needed. You'll handle RFQs, PO issuance, vendor follow-up and coordination with engineering.