Purchasing Specialist

Starship Technologies is revolutionizing deliveries with autonomous robots. The robots are designed to deliver food,  groceries, and packages across college campuses and neighbourhoods in minutes. Starship delivery robots have completed over 1.5 million autonomous deliveries to date, traveled over 3 million km, crossed over 15 million roads, and met millions of people in cities around the world. Every day our delivery robots are completing thousands of autonomous deliveries across tens of cities and 5 countries around the world. We’re hitting records on an almost weekly basis. Now is a very exciting time to join as we grow rapidly around the world! 

To continue this mission, we are looking for a Purchasing Specialist to support our growing production of delivery robots. We are hoping to find someone who is precise, consistent, and with a high routine tolerance. We'd love for you to join if you are inspired by working with cutting-edge technology, and want to ensure that consistent, premium-quality robots roll off our production line.

In this job role, your responsibilities would include:

• Purchase order management from creation, partner discussion, confirmation and tracking in ERP
• Partner delivery management by checking the delivery status periodically 
• Communication with vendors to solve supply and delivery issues
• Searching new suppliers if needed and taking price offers
• Inbound logistics planning
• Communication with customs in terms of inbound deliveries
• Working with cross functional team to launch and sustain new projects
• Process optimization

This is what you would need to be set up for success in this role:

• You have an understanding of Supply Chain
• You have 2+ years of experience in purchasing
• You have experience in electronics component sourcing
• You have experience with ERP systems
• Good Excel experience
• Good command of English

Why we think working in Starship is awesome:

• We have endless possibilities to build systems and processes from scratch
• Our manufacturing team members are fun, motivated and love to organize outdoor team building events
• But the main reason: at Starship, we’re working on building world-changing technology to disrupt the delivery industry

If you’re up to the challenge, apply and let’s talk! Join us and be a part of the Future of Delivery, today.