Materials Procurement Specialist
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. Keysight scores B on the Alion truth index.
Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.
Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.
We are looking for a strong candidate should possess a combination of procurement process knowledge, data analytics and digital transformation capabilities, with experience in process mapping, automation, dashboard development and ERP systems. The individual should demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills, be able to translate business requirements into practical digital solutions, and work effectively across Procurement, IT and other cross-functional teams to improve efficiency, visibility, governance and user experience. This role is to lead and support procurement process enhancement and digitalisation initiatives by identifying improvement opportunities, translating business requirements into digital solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement automation, analytics, dashboards, and system enhancements that improve operational efficiency, visibility, governance, and decision-making.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive procurement process enhancement and digitalisation initiatives to improve efficiency, visibility, control, and user experience.
- Review current procurement workflows, identify process gaps, bottlenecks, and manual activities, and recommend improvements.
- Translate procurement business requirements into system enhancements, automation, dashboards, and digital workflows.
- Partner with Procurement, IT, Data and cross-functional teams to develop, test, deploy, and sustain digital solutions.
- Develop and enhance procurement analytics using tools such as Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, ERP systems, and automation platforms.
- Support process mapping, requirement gathering, UAT, implementation, documentation, and user training.
- Establish KPIs and dashboards to track process efficiency, supplier performance, inventory, compliance, and procurement operational performance.
- Drive data accuracy, standardisation, governance, and single-source-of-truth reporting.
- Ensure digital enhancements deliver measurable business outcomes, including reduced manual effort, faster decision-making, better visibility, and stronger governance.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics /Programming or equivalent
- 7+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement, engineering or planning.
A combination of supply-chain knowledge and digital/IT exposure would be ideal.
- Familiar and possess strong business sense on supply chain, planning fundamentals and inventory management systems
- Strong Excel and data-analysis capability. Working knowledge of Power BI, dashboarding and KPI development.
- Familiarity with ERP systems such as Oracle/SAP/RR and SharePoint. Automation capability using tools such as Power Automate, VBA, Python or similar platforms is a strong advantage.
- Solid judgement with decision making and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrate strong leadership capabilities to lead small team players
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and project management skills.
Careers Privacy Statement ***Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.***
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive procurement process enhancement and digitalisation initiatives to improve efficiency, visibility, control, and user experience.
- Review current procurement workflows, identify process gaps, bottlenecks, and manual activities, and recommend improvements.
- Translate procurement business requirements into system enhancements, automation, dashboards, and digital workflows.
- Partner with Procurement, IT, Data and cross-functional teams to develop, test, deploy, and sustain digital solutions.
- Develop and enhance procurement analytics using tools such as Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, ERP systems, and automation platforms.
- Support process mapping, requirement gathering, UAT, implementation, documentation, and user training.
- Establish KPIs and dashboards to track process efficiency, supplier performance, inventory, compliance, and procurement operational performance.
- Drive data accuracy, standardisation, governance, and single-source-of-truth reporting.
- Ensure digital enhancements deliver measurable business outcomes, including reduced manual effort, faster decision-making, better visibility, and stronger governance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics /Programming or equivalent
- 7+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement, engineering or planning.
A combination of supply-chain knowledge and digital/IT exposure would be ideal.
- Familiar and possess strong business sense on supply chain, planning fundamentals and inventory management systems
- Strong Excel and data-analysis capability. Working knowledge of Power BI, dashboarding and KPI development.
- Familiarity with ERP systems such as Oracle/SAP/RR and SharePoint. Automation capability using tools such as Power Automate, VBA, Python or similar platforms is a strong advantage.
- Solid judgement with decision making and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrate strong leadership capabilities to lead small team players
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and project management skills.
Careers Privacy Statement ***Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.***