Procurement Specialist

Sediver is a global technical expert in overhead line insulator technology. Thanks to decades of excellence in research, engineering, production and service, in addition to the million of insulators in service guaranteeing impeccable performance across the globe, Sediver has gained a reputation for unrivaled technical expertise and innovation

With 6 commercial offices (China, France, Italy, Brazil, USA and Canada) and 4 production facilities in Italy, USA, Czech and China, the Group is highly international.

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for executing day-to-day procurement activities to ensure materials, supplies, and services are available to support production and operational requirements. The position manages purchase orders, supplier communication, delivery performance, pricing, documentation, and purchasing data within SAP while coordinating closely with Planning, Operations, Logistics, Quality, Finance, and Customer Service.

The role maintains strong purchasing controls and ensures procurement activities follow company policies, approval requirements, and segregation-of-duties standards.

• Create, issue, modify, and maintain purchase orders in SAP.
• Review purchase requisitions for completeness, approvals, quantities, pricing, delivery dates, and supporting documentation.
• Convert approved requisitions into accurate purchase orders.
• Monitor open POs and follow up on overdue or approaching delivery dates.
• Maintain accurate PO confirmations and delivery dates in SAP.
• Resolve PO discrepancies involving price, quantity, delivery, or invoicing.
• Follow established purchasing approval and Delegation of Authority requirements.
• Maintain regular communication with domestic and international suppliers.
• Obtain order acknowledgments and confirm pricing, quantities, lead times, and delivery dates.
• Monitor supplier delivery performance and escalation potential shortages or delays.
• Support supplier onboarding and required documentation.
• Coordinate with Quality when materials require qualification or supplier approval.
• Support supplier evaluations based on price, quality, delivery capability, compliance, and sustainability.

• Monitor material requirements against production plans, forecasts, inventory, and open POs.
• Identify potential material shortages before they affect production.
• Expedite critical materials when necessary.
• Coordinate with Production Planning and Operations when demand or production schedules change.
• Balance inventory, open orders, lead times, and forecasted requirements before placing additional orders.
• Support inventory reconciliation and purchasing-related SAP corrections when required.

• Maintain accurate purchasing master and transactional data in SAP.
• Review open purchase orders and delivery schedules.
• Research purchasing and inventory transactions when discrepancies occur.
• Support Goods Receipt and invoice discrepancy resolution with Warehouse and Finance.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and audit trails for purchasing transactions.

• Planning: material requirements and forecast changes.
• Operations: production priorities and shortages.
• Logistics: inbound shipment requirements and supplier readiness.
• Warehouse: receipt discrepancies and inventory issues.
• Quality: supplier/material qualification and nonconforming material.
• Finance/AP: pricing, invoice, and PO discrepancies.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related discipline preferred
• Two to five years of purchasing, procurement, materials management, or supply chain experience preferred
• Manufacturing environment experience strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of SAP purchasing and material management processes
• Understanding of purchase orders, requisitions, supplier lead times, inventory, material requirements, and basic logistics
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Responds quickly to shortages or production changes

This division keeps procurement accountability clear while maintaining a controlled handoff to Logistics and Warehouse Operations.