Sourcing Specialist, Mechanical Commodities (Starlink)

📋 Description

• Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned category
• Forecast demand, evaluate capacity, and manage supply signals to adjust incoming material
• Track high risk components and supplier delivery performance
• Communicate clearly and rapidly to influence decisions of vendors and senior leadership
• Interpret engineering drawings and BOMs
• Create sourcing strategies for all mechanical custom and COTS hardware

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of experience working in purchasing, procurement, material planning
• Experience with MRP or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and with managing bill of
• Experience with forecasting, demand planning, and lead time analysis
• Strong track record for achieving results; highly preferred to be able to reference wins and
• Strong skills in data analysis using Excel, SQL and PowerBI
• Solid understanding of common manufacturing processes and machines including mills, lathes

🎁 Benefits

• Position may require extended hours and/or weekend work when needed
• Position may require travel up to 30%
• This position is based out in Bastrop and is 100% onsite