Procurement Specialist (Stuart, FL)

The Procurement Specialist function is responsible for activities related to controlling, scheduling, and managing the flow of production from acquisition of raw materials to distribution of finished product. Areas include purchasing of materials, logistics, distribution, inventory management, warehousing, and transportation.Organizes and implements a variety of responsibilities related to the flow of materials, products, services and associated systems information.Duties involve but are not limited to supply chain services, inventory control, critical parts availability, material handling, import-export licensing, shipment of products, and third-party warehousing.Evaluates customer support and field service commitments to ensure customer requirements are met.Serves as liaison between sales and operations teams to develop concepts and coordinate product knowledge; provides data analysis for production planning and volume studies; and participates in process/rating improvement efforts.Assists in developing logistics plans and procedures. Companies may or may not have a logistics function. In all instances, refer also to Materials Planner, Inventory Control, Buyer/Planner-Commodity, Traffic and Import/Export.