Procurement Specialist

Company Description

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. is a company of diverse businesses unified by shared values and vision. We serve the agriculture, mining, industrial and water reclamation markets with a broad range of products and technologies, worldwide. Serving these customers well is a passion and a commitment-one that the people of Tessenderlo Kerley find rewarding, empowering and meaningful.

If you want the work you do to make a positive impact on the world in which we live, and work alongside innovative, quality-focused people of vision, Tessenderlo Kerley is the right place for you.

Job Description

Are you a skilled procurement professional who thrives on keeping operations running smoothly? As a Procurement Specialist at Tessenderlo Kerley in Phoenix, AZ, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our plants and projects have the right materials, services, and resources - delivered on time, at the right cost, and with the highest quality.

This is your opportunity to influence supplier relationships, drive cost savings, and support a business committed to innovation and operational excellence!

Why Join Us?

• 🧭 Own the Outcomes – Drive sourcing through award and post-award execution, ensuring materials, services and equipment land exactly when needed.
• 🤝 Build Supplier Partnerships – Strengthen quality, delivery and pricing with scorecards and continuous improvement.
• 💡 Optimize Costs – Identify savings via competitive events, smart negotiations and supplier optimization.
• 📈 Influence the Business – Collaborate with our Engineering, Operations and Project Services teams to align procurement with execution plans.

What You’ll Do

• ✅ Manage purchasing for projects and plants (goods, services and MRO) to meet scope, schedule, and quality needs.
• ✅ Run sourcing events (RFI/RFQ/RFP), perform bid analyses, and recommend awards with clear risk evaluations.
• ✅ Negotiate terms and conditions; support contract reviews and supplier relationship management.
• ✅ Track contract and PO deliverables; ensure accurate, timely PO execution and on-time completion.
• ✅ Monitor supplier performance with Supplier ScoreCards; address quality or delivery issues proactively.
• ✅ Coordinate with internal customers to plan demand and align procurement activity to quantity/quality requirements.
• ✅ Maintain anti-corruption and due-diligence checks to meet compliance standards.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• ✔ Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or a related field.
• ✔ 3+ years as a Buyer/Procurement Specialist (AG, O&G, or similar industrial environment preferred).
• ✔ Proven delivery across sourcing, contracting and post-award management.
• ✔ Collaborative, agile team player able to partner with suppliers and multi-discipline project teams.
• ✔ Strong analytical/problem-solving skills; influence decisions with data and clear recommendations.
• ✔ Proficiency in Excel/PowerPoint/Word; SAP experience preferred.

Additional Information

Why join Tessenderlo Kerley:

Working at Tessenderlo Kerley

• Work/life balance
• Fun and rewarding environment
• Learning, development and teamwork
• Community involvement/outreach
• Challenging and meaningful work

Benefits & Rewards:

• Medical-Dental-Vision-Prescription (Low employee premiums!)
• 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to the first 5% of employee contribution
• 401(k) company retirement contribution at year-end, equal to 4% of annual base salary
• Short-term incentive awards based on measured performance criteria
• Life Insurance (2x annual base salary)
• Paid vacation and sick time, and 10 paid holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,000 per calendar year (non-taxable)
• Adoption Assistance: Up to $7,500 in reimbursement assistance
• Paid maternity and parental time off
• Business Travel Life & Accident Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Telemedicine program for you and your dependents
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Company referral program

Tessenderlo Kerley is part of Tessenderlo Group, an industrial group that focuses on agriculture, valorizing bio-residuals, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy, and providing industrial solutions with a focus on water. With its headquarters in Belgium, the group is active in over 100 countries, and it has a global team of more than 7,000 employees. Its belief that “Every Molecule Counts” is at the heart of the strategy of the group: Tessenderlo Group continually strives to valorize its products and processes to the maximum and to add value to everything it does. For more information about Tessenderlo Group, its people, and its brands, please visit www.tessenderlo.com.

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.