Finance, Accounting and Procurement - Procurement Specialist 4

Job#: 3025224

Job Description:

Job Title: Procurement Specialist 4

Number of Openings: 1

Location: Fully Remote (must work standard PST hours, 8am-5pm M-F)

Client Industry: Technology

Duration: 18 months

Rate: $37-41/hr.

Citizenship Requirement: Active U.S. citizenship and a valid U.S. passport are required due to work involving sensitive U.S. government data.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Specialist 4 to support procurement operations within our client's supply chain organization. This role is responsible for processing Purchase Orders, validating pricing, ensuring SKU alignment, and partnering with finance and supplier teams to meet SLA-driven procurement needs for large-scale networking and hardware initiatives.

This is a high-visibility position interfacing frequently with senior stakeholders, including GMs, CVPs, and finance leaders. The team culture is collaborative, supportive, and known for low turnover.

Top Required Skills

5+ years using SAP or Oracle financial tools (experience with additional financial systems is a plus).

5+ years of experience pricing contracts, managing approvals, and placing Purchase Orders.

5+ years of supply chain or procurement experience (networking hardware strongly preferred).

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Supply Chain Operations, the Procurement Specialist will:

Support the Hardware Procurement team and process high volumes of Purchase Orders (25,000+ annually).

Validate pricing with suppliers and ensure accurate data alignment prior to PO creation.

Submit and track PO approvals through finance and business stakeholders.

Manage procurement and pricing request queues, monitor SLAs, unblock delays, and drive requests to completion.

Work with sourcing teams to ensure quotes, SKUs, and pricing are correct and aligned before approval routing.

Partner with Finance to drive approval efficiency and streamline cycle times.

Track status, cycle times, and escalate roadblocks for both Pricing and Procurement workflows.

Process procurement requests submitted through tickets, email, and management team for server, network, SAN, and spare hardware needs.

Support new market readiness by identifying required procurement toll gates for OPEX and CAPEX materials.

Collaborate with Supply Chain Operations Management, Capacity Planning, and Clear to Build teams to ensure on-time delivery of demand.

Provide clear, timely, and effective communication across stakeholders.

Typical Day

Review email and work queues for incoming procurement actions.

Execute tasks following established checklists, identify blockers, and coordinate resolutions.

Place POs, route approvals, validate pricing, and ensure SKU accuracy.

Partner with cross-functional teams to meet SLAs and maintain a low queue volume.

Engage in varied day-to-day operational tasks supporting the networking procurement team.

Required Experience

5+ years of procurement/supply chain experience.

SAP/Oracle financial systems experience.

Experience placing Purchase Orders and managing approval workflows.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to manage high-volume workloads with strong attention to detail.

Ability to work PST business hours regardless of U.S. time zone.

Active U.S. citizenship + valid passport (non-negotiable).

Preferred

Experience with networking hardware procurement.

SQL query writing experience.

Excel or Power BI report development.

Strong presentation skills and executive communication capability.

Experience collaborating across multiple teams with no direct reporting authority.

Calm, solution-oriented approach to fast-paced problem-solving.

Degree Requirements

No degree required; bachelor's degree in Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, or related field preferred.

EEO Employer

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.