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Summary
We are looking for an Electronics Technical Procurement Engineer who has a background in electronics and is interested in managing and dealing with suppliers. Responsibilities will include sourcing and managing suppliers of electronics products, as well as planning orders and following them through to receipt at the factory. You will work with a technical team specializing in the design and manufacture of RFID devices and will play an active role in negotiating purchasing rates and sourcing new suppliers.
Your Responsibilities
- Read datasheets
- Identify technical values
- Detect improvements in datasheets and propose alternatives
- Identify parts that don’t meet quality parameters
- Complaining to suppliers about possible delivery mistakes
- Planning and follow-up of orders
- Working on a project basis from start to finish
- Search and validation of new suppliers
Your Experience, Education, and Skills
- Electronics background (or possibly Technical Engineering / Industrial Design)
- Good knowledge of electronic components
- Professional experience in similar position (Buyer, Procurement Specialist, Purchaser)
- Advanced English (fluent speech)
- Communicative Spanish / Catalan
- Autonomy and responsibility
- Good communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Project work
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- 1-2 days per week working from home possibility
- 23 days off + 2 days extra (we all will have 2 days off on 24th and 31st of December based on the collective agreement)
- Specialty coffee, tea and table tennis
- Support for online training programs
- Opportunity to grow in a fast-paced international company
- Young and dynamic work environment
- New 4000sqm corporate building next to Westfield La Maquinista
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Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
Top Skills
What We Do
Novanta delivers innovations that matter for its medical and advanced industrial OEM customers. If you have a passion for solving complex technical problems that lead to breakthrough performance and that enhance people's lives, come join our growing team.
Here is a sample of the many exciting applications we serve:
• Innovations that ensure the safety of patients and efficient workflows in hospitals using our novel RFID technology
• Innovations in additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D metal printing, using our lightning fast lasers and laser beam steering sub-systems
• Innovations in minimally invasive surgery using our highly reliable insufflators, pumps and visualization systems
• Innovations in robotics and automation using our precision motors, encoders and drives for superior accuracy
• Innovations in smartphone production using our fast, accurate lasers and laser beam steering equipment along with our precision motion systems
The driving force behind our growth is the team of talented professionals who share our commitment to our values, and our passion for innovation and for our customers’ success.
Novanta has deep expertise in precision medicine and manufacturing, medical solutions, and robotics and automation:
Precision Medicine and Manufacturing:
• Continuous wave, ultrafast and CO2 lasers, along with laser beam steering components and sub-systems
Brands: ARGES, Cambridge Technology, Laser Quantum, Synrad
Medical Solutions:
Minimally Invasive Surgery:
• Insufflators, pumps and disposable tube sets; medical visualization systems, video processing and wireless imaging
Brands: NDS, Med X Change, Reach Technology, WOM
Detection & Analysis:
• RFID readers, machine vision solutions, barcode scanning, light and color measurement
Brands: JADAK
Robotics and Automation:
• Motors, encoders, servo drives, air bearing systems and integrated mechatronic solutions
Brands: ATI, Celera Motion (inc. Applimotion, Ingenia, MicroE, Zettlex, Westwind)
