At SOMIC, procurement is more than purchasing. You'll play a critical role in ensuring materials arrive on time, suppliers stay aligned, and highly engineered packaging systems continue supporting some of the world's most recognized consumer brands. Working closely with teams across the U.S. and Germany, you'll help keep our operations and customers moving forward.
We're looking for an experienced Procurement Specialist who is organized, collaborative, and takes pride in delivering exceptional service to both suppliers and internal stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships, managing details, and serving as a trusted partner across the organization. You'll support procurement activities for highly engineered automated packaging systems, spare parts, and customer support operations, helping ensure the right materials are available when and where they're needed.
If you're known for being dependable, proactive, and easy to work with, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Procurement Specialist, you'll help ensure the right materials, components, and services are available to support our customers and operations.
You'll:
Manage purchase orders and supplier communications
Monitor deliveries and proactively resolve shortages or delays
Partner with suppliers to improve performance and responsiveness
Serve as the primary US procurement point of contact to SOMIC headquarters in Germany, partnering directly with global supply chain and procurement leaders to coordinate purchasing activities, material requirements, supplier communications, and operational priorities.
Support inventory planning and material availability
Work with ERP/MRP systems to manage purchasing activities
Coordinate with internal stakeholders across operations, engineering, warehouse, and service teams
Conduct supplier evaluations, sourcing initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.
Help improve purchasing, inventory, and supply chain processes through data-driven problem solving.
Support KPI tracking, reporting, and procurement performance analysis
This role offers a blend of procurement execution, supplier management, inventory support, and international collaboration, making it ideal for someone looking to broaden their supply chain experience and grow within a global organization.
Requirements
Associates degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related field; or equivalent experience. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
3+ years of procurement, purchasing, materials, inventory, or supply chain experience
Experience in manufacturing, industrial equipment, automation, packaging machinery, engineered products, or related environments strongly preferred
ERP/MRP system experience
Strong Excel, communication, and organizational skills
Relationship-focused, detail-oriented, and team-oriented mindset
Benefits
Competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth
75% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
10 paid company holidays plus 2 personal holidays each year
Generous PTO program with increasing accrual based on years of service
Flexible core working hours that support work-life balance
401(k) with company match
100% employer-paid STD, LTD, AD&D, and Paid Family & Medical Leave
Tuition reimbursement
Direct collaboration with colleagues and leaders in Germany
Exposure to global operations, suppliers, and supply chain initiatives
Opportunity to influence purchasing, supplier, and inventory processes in a growing business
Work from SOMIC's modern Inver Grove Heights facility
This Is Not Just a Purchasing Role
Unlike larger organizations where procurement responsibilities are highly specialized, this role offers the opportunity to influence supplier relationships, purchasing processes, inventory decisions, and operational improvements across the business.
Success in this role isn't measured solely by purchase orders…