Strategic Supply Chain & Procurement Specialist

Apollo Professional Solutions, Inc.; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 95,582,000 - 129,037,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Job summary

Apollo Professional Solutions, Inc. is recruiting for a Supply Chain Support role in Lenexa, KS. You will coordinate purchasing, track inventory, support logistics, and maintain documentation to ensure smooth material flow.

The position emphasizes supplier procurement, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional collaboration with Planning, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Finance teams. Domestic travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Requires U.S. Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activities for assigned suppliers, including sourcing, competitive bidding, purchase orders, negotiations, and supplier performance management.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that support quality, cost, delivery, and business objectives.
• Analyze supplier pricing, market trends, procurement data, and cost drivers to support sourcing decisions and identify savings opportunities.
• Prepare RFPs, bid packages, supplier evaluations, and risk assessments.
• Monitor ERP/MRP data and procurement requirements, including lead times, period of supply, safety stock, and planning parameters.
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships while driving timely delivery, issue resolution, and continuous performance improvement.
• Partner with Planning, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Program Management teams to resolve shortages, supplier issues, invoice discrepancies, and other supply chain challenges.
• Identify and mitigate supplier and supply chain risks, including shortages, delivery delays, demand changes, and potential production disruptions.
• Analyze supplier root causes and lead corrective actions to resolve recurring delivery and procurement issues.
• Prepare procurement metrics, dashboards, presentations, and management reports.
• Support audits, recovery plans, production readiness reviews, and other assigned initiatives.

Skills

Procurement

Sourcing

Supplier management

ERP/MRP data

Data analysis

RFPs & negotiations

Dashboards & reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Apollo Professional Solutions, Inc. is recruiting for a Supply Chain Support role in Lenexa, KS. You will coordinate purchasing, track inventory, support logistics, and maintain documentation to ensure smooth material flow.

The position emphasizes supplier procurement, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional collaboration with Planning, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Finance teams. Domestic travel may be required.