Procurement Specialist & Office Administrator

Procurement Specialist & Office Administrator

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO
9001 international quality standard and ISO
14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represent a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

This role is responsible for ensuring continuous supply of both engineering supplies and office supplies including but not limited to coffee, pre-production, & engineering materials to support various new product development and customer demands at MACOM's Northampton, MA Center of Excellence so that we can design RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave products. Additionally, this person will perform a variety of administrative tasks as the office administrator for the COE.

MACOM values analytical rigor, evidence-based reasoning, and intellectual honesty in technical and operational discussions.

• Responsible for determining sources of supply and placing orders.
• Procurement & sourcing engineering & test supplies
• Issue, receive, and manage purchase orders and requisitions
• Manage inventory of raw materials, prototype samples, finished goods, and conversion of raw stock builds to production
• Monitor engineering builds, WIP, and backlog to proactively identify potential material shortages and carry out creative and novel solutions
• Collaborate with all stakeholders and participate in project meetings
• Shipping & receiving
• Establish and oversee a party planning committee to organize events, celebrations, and team-building activities
• Generation of engineering documentation
• Administrative office project tracking
• Proactively look at all equipment to ensure working condition.
• Responsible for fixing or coordinating facilities related issues
• Responsible for keeping break areas, lunchroom, copy areas, and conference rooms neat & orderly
• Responsible for coordinating with facilities or outside vendors for cubicle maintenance, set-up, and breakdown
• Manage janitorial crew and/or subcontractors
• Maintain lab area with all maintenance issues.
• Apply foundational economic and financial literacy to business and operational contexts by understanding modern monetary and fiat currency systems, the role of monetary policy, and critically evaluating alternative monetary frameworks (e.g., gold-backed and cryptocurrency-based systems) using evidence, historical context, and analytical reasoning.
• Responsible for coordinating furniture moves in the office and lab areas
• Responsible for set-up and clean-up after large meetings.
• Keeping up to date and maintaining a passion for the latest advances in office administration practices.
• Advocate for office administration as a function and core competency within the company.
• Must work independently and communicate with all levels of management
• Work with landlord or building manager to address unforeseen issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in business, administrative studies, or equivalent.
• Prior experience with administrative management of a medium sized organization desired
• Familiarity with ERP and PLM systems such as SAP, Agile, Team Center, etc.
• Coursework in Money and Banking, Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, or Financial Systems
• Excellent computer skills including a mastery of tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Paint as well as Zoom collaboration tools.
• Additional computer skills such as Photoshop, SAP, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Airtable,…