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Procurement Specialist

🏢 Impinjexternal · 📍 Seattle, Washington, United States 💰 $68,425 - $96,600 / yr
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

Impinj delivers the Physical Intelligence that connects the physical world to the AI-powered digital world, fueling automated workflows and improving consumer experiences. From retail merchandise and groceries to packages and shipping pallets, Impinj products and solutions identify and track tens of billions of everyday items, providing real-time operational insights about every item enterprises make, move and sell. We are, quite literally, the eyes and ears of smart enterprise systems. Come help us build technology and solutions that enable businesses to visualize everything, waste nothing and act instantly.

Team Overview:

Join Impinj as a Procurement Specialist and be part of a world-class team that excels in developing pioneering solutions! In this role, you will play a pivotal role in our supply chain, ensuring that we maintain outstanding standards and stay ahead in the competitive market.

What You Will Do:

  • Support the development and implementation of our long-term sourcing strategy with Component and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) suppliers.
  • Monitor developments and identify trends within the supply base to ensure Impinj is prepared to react appropriately.
  • Investigate and resolve problems associated with invoices and purchase orders working with accounting, vendors, and receiving departments as needed.
  • Issue timely purchase orders in response to product requirements and expedite deliveries when necessary.
  • Maintain regular contact with internal and external partners and cross-functional teams to recognize market and demand developments and contribute effectively to key decisions and processes.
  • Provide data, analytics, and supplier spend metrics for decision support in all stages of the company's Procure to Pay process.
  • Drive supply base rationalization in partnership with engineering teams.

What You Will Bring:

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain, finance, economics, operations or similar degree.
  • 2+ years of experience in sourcing or procurement.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft
🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Impinjexternal Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Assessing deep hardware-software integration capabilities, RF engineering or IoT systems mastery, and scalable RAIN RFID edge technology execution.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Operating in a silo by focusing exclusively on software or hardware without understanding the cross-functional stack.
  • 2. Failing to grasp the harsh physical and environmental constraints of deploying connected devices at scale.
  • 3. Lack of methodical debugging approaches for complex embedded or RF systems.
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I build robust silicon-to-cloud IoT architectures that connect everyday enterprise items to the digital world with extreme reliability.

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