Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world? 

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities. 

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns. 

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career. 

Responsibilities

• Works within the ERP system (Oracle) to create purchase orders from planned/approved requisitions
• Negotiates with suppliers to drive cost reduction efforts and finalize contracts
• Prepares “Requests for Quotations” to ensure competitive pricing
• Develops and maintain spreadsheets to support complex quotations and purchase orders
• Expedites long-lead material orders to support production changes
• Generates appropriate correspondence within the facility and with suppliers to support purchasing activities
• Participates in regular Supply Chain meetings and interfaces with all departments to resolve any problems and/or issues
• Reviews Vendor Open Order Reports weekly
• Regularly contacts vendors with discrepancies with quality and/or quality
• Ensures compliance with purchasing policies and procedures, ethical practices and adherence to relevant laws and regulations
• Develops weekly, monthly and quarterly reports in support of SubCom’s LEAN activities
• Accepts increased responsibility and is accountable for their actions
• Promotes job and process improvement as it relates to the department (through 5S as well as other improvement initiatives)
• Responds to multiple purchasing assignments in a timely and efficient manner
• Other duties as assigned
• Consistently ensures that business is always conducted with integrity and that behavior aligns with SubCom policies, procedures, and core values