Procurement Specialist

Innovasea is hiring a full-time Procurement Specialist in Baton Rouge, LA. The role involves managing procurement processes for inventory and non-inventory materials, ensuring smooth operations, and maintaining supplier relationships. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in procurement, strong ERP knowledge, and excellent communication skills. Benefits include competitive salary, paid time off, and comprehensive health coverage. This position is not remote.
Procurement Specialist | Baton Rouge, Louisiana

INNOVASEA | Aquatic Solutions Built for Life

Innovasea is revolutionizing aquaculture by combining technological know-how with hands-on industry expertise to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that maximize grow-out from egg to harvest – whether on land or in the open ocean.

While our systems are precision engineered around each customer’s unique siting, production, and monitoring needs – and built to withstand the harshest environments – the outcomes of our work are uniform: Optimized species health. Scaled-up operations. Stable equipment costs. And a partner who’s invested in seeing the customer succeed. Today. Tomorrow. For life.

Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking an associate level, full-time Procurement Specialist to join our team.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Supervisor of Land-Based Aquaculture, the Procurement Specialist has a key role to ensure the smooth operation of all areas of Innovasea. The candidate must exhibit a customer first attitude with excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to set priorities and work in a fast-paced setting.

Primary areas of responsibilities include:
• Procurement of inventory material for assigned products/commodities including calculation of requirements using MRP and other tools, PO entry, transmission to suppliers, follow-up, expediting, issue resolution
• Procurement of non-inventory material based on requisitions and requirements for MRO items (Maintenance, Repair & Operations)
• Conduct analysis of shipment arrivals and provide report out to cross functional business units
• Communicate and maintain suppliers' delivery dates in ERP system
• Maintain Approved vendor list
• Conduct Quarterly Business Reviews with vendors
• Establish and maintain excellent relationships with suppliers to facilitate competitive pricing, on-time delivery, quick resolution of problems and excellent customer service
• Communicate vendor payment requests with internal finance team to ensure pre-payments are scheduled appropriately

Required Skills and Experience
• 5+ years’ experience in procurement and logistics management
• Strong understanding of project timing, individual product production lead times and shipping lead times
• Previous ERP experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate with colleagues about issues as they arise
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Additional Duties as assigned

Education

Candidates are required to have completed an associate degree or equivalent work experience and training.

Benefits of the Job
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Paid time off and holidays
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability
• 401 (k) plan with company match
• Employee Assistance Program

About Innovasea

Fueled by leading-edge technology and a passion for research and development, Innovasea is revolutionizing aquaculture and advancing the science of fish tracking to make our oceans and freshwater ecosystems sustainable for future generations. With 275 employees worldwide, we provide full end-to-end solutions for fish farming and aquatic species research – including quality equipment that’s efficient and built to last, expert consulting services, and innovative platforms and products that deliver unrivaled data, information, and insights.

Innovasea is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

No phone calls, no unsolicited third-party recruiters, or agencies.