Giant Pumpkin

Procurement

• Review and monitor the sales and deployment pipeline to anticipate inventory and purchasing requirements.
• Translate confirmed sales orders, signed quotations, and deployment schedules into inventory and purchasing plans.
• Align purchase timing with project execution while avoiding premature buying.
• Assess and communicate cash flow and working capital impacts of purchasing decisions.
• Track material consumption against planned usage and highlight risks or gaps.
• Own the end-to-end purchasing process, including purchase orders, pricing, lead times, and delivery tracking.
• Source and compare vendor quotations and negotiate terms where appropriate.
• Build and maintain vendor and supplier relationships across multiple markets.
• Coordinate order status, delays, discrepancies, and escalations affecting deployment schedules.
• Maintain accurate purchasing and inventory records in Airtable and internal systems.
• Manage reorder points, minimum stock levels, buffer stock, inventory metrics, and stock optimization.
• Build reports and dashboards on inventory, purchasing, vendor lead times, deployment pipeline, and material availability.
• Analyze data and provide actionable recommendations to Sales, Deployment, and Finance.
• Coordinate warehouse stock availability, shipments, logistics, cycle counts, and physical inventory checks.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, and ConnectIQ on order timing, cash flow, cost tracking, and data/process solutions.
• Communicate inventory status, purchasing timelines, and deployment risks to stakeholders.

Deployment Planner, Purchasing Officer