Supply Chain Associate

The role

You will act as a metals market broker between the sales team and the metals market. You will source material, price quotes, write purchase orders, and manage supplier relationships and logistics.

What you will do

• Be a metals market broker
• Turn material sourcing requests into supplier quotes the same day
• Price every quote on landed $/lb against par price
• Write purchase orders and manage acknowledgments, ship dates, substitutions, and split heats
• Book trucks, chase BOLs, and provide dock dates to operations
• Land material with certs matched to heat numbers
• Buy ahead when the price is below par
• Own every supplier relationship and onboard new sources
• Work with the software team to improve quoting, PO, and inventory tools
• Complete other duties as assigned

Required qualifications

• Picks up the phone and keeps calling until there is a number
• Precise on the spec: alloy, temper, AMS/ASTM, tolerance, origin
• Fast with landed cost, yield, and margin in your head
• Software-focused
• Comfortable being timed

Nice to have

• Metals purchasing at a service center, or work as a broker
• Fast-turn buying anywhere the clock matters
• Freight and BOL experience
• DFARS and mill-cert handling
• Experience with ERP or MRP systems
• Experience with constrained optimization
• Experience with pricing and quote economics

Benefits

• Equity in Nox Metals
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

About the company

Nox Metals is a technology company in Ferndale, Michigan supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers.