Procurement Specialist

Job description

Kalogon, a smart seating startup based in Melbourne, seeks a detail-oriented Procurement Specialist to support the rapid growth experience in our medical product and aerospace product portfolios. This role is ideal for someone looking to apply their experience in a fast-paced environment in which you will have broad, independent ownership over procurement and supplier relations.

Key Responsibilities:​​​​​​​

• Take technical requirements from engineering and source and select materials
• Manage global supply chain, source parts from new overseas suppliers, and develop partnerships with contract manufacturers
• Use sales projections to ensure that materials are purchased at the right time and at the right price
• Identify and evaluate suppliers
• Issue purchase orders and track deliveries
• Negotiate supplier agreements, pricing, and terms
• Maintain second sources in response to anticipated supply chain risks
• Monitor vendor performance and quality and proactively address concerns
• Balance the management of inventory carrying costs with the management of supply chain risk
• Assist R&D with procurement of materials for new product offerings

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain
• Strong skills in vendor communication and relationship management
• Ability to negotiate pricing, terms, and lead times
• Strong organization skills to manage procurement for products with extensive and complex bills of materials, based on dynamic sales projections
• Strong ability to independently own projects and deliver results

Preferred but Not Required:

• Familiarity with international sourcing, especially of PCB components
• Background in made-to-order manufacturing
• Experience with budget tracking and cost analysis

Benefits:

• 8 holiday days (5 fixed and 3 floating)
• 20 PTO days
• 401k
• Stock Options

Reports To: Director of Operations

Works with: Operations, Research & Development, Finance, and Product Teams

About the company and our products

Kalogon is an early stage startup based in Melbourne, FL that has won multiple awards for our smart seating solution for wheelchair users, and who is rapidly developing solutions for anyone who sits for long periods of time.

Kalogon’s flagship product is a smart cushion, Orbiter Med, that relieves pain and fatigue experienced by individuals who use wheelchairs. Orbiter Med leverages our patent-pending core technologies. These technologies help to improve blood flow while seated, ultimately promoting good tissue health, lessening fatigue, and increasing comfort.
 

For our first customers, wheelchair users, we are focused on alleviating pressure injuries. Our technology has strong capabilities that apply to other industries where people are seated for long periods of time including the defense industry, aviation, automotive, and even consumer applications such as gaming.

Kalogon has three products for wheelchair users, Orbiter Med, Orbiter Classic, and Booster. We also work with the Air Force and with multiple companies in the commercial aviation and automotive spaces.

Our team is a blend of experienced tech industry veterans, passionate engineers, and people focused on ways to help folks stay seated and stay healthy. Learn more at www.kalogon.com.