As a Procurement Support Specialist II , you will provide critical procurement and administrative support to the Advanced Power Systems technology development team. You will work closely with a diverse team of engineers, scientists, program leaders, and supply chain professionals to ensure procurement execution and tracking activities are completed efficiently and accurately.
You will play a key role in managing and expediting critical project procurement and supporting capital project execution. This role focuses on procurement operations like SAP, vender relations, and order tracking in a fast-paced R&D environment.
You will report directly to an Advanced Power Systems Technical Manager and work in a hybrid environment based in Phoenix, AZ. Note: the new hires must expect to work 100% onsite for the first 90 days.
In this role, your contributions will directly impact prototype development through short procurement cycle times enabling successful delivery of high-performance aerospace systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead procurement activities in support of an engineering team executing both Government funded and internally funded engineering development programs
- Manage and prioritize a continuously changing queue of procurement requests, ensuring alignment with program schedules and milestones
- Coordinate RFQs, purchase requests, supplier communications, and procurement execution to drive on-time material and component availability
- Track and manage procurement issues through SAP and Microsoft tools (Excel)
- Execute procurement activities via purchase orders requests and corporate credit card purchases
- Support capital project execution including budget creation, approvals, procurement, asset tracking, and project closure
- Work closely with government compliance and Government Asset Management (GAM) teams to ensure adherence to regulatory and contractual requirements
- Support onboarding and training of team members on procurement processes, capital systems, compliance requirements, and tools
- Collaborate across engineering, program management, supply chain, and global teams to drive process improvements and operational efficiency
