# Procurement Specialist

A Day in Your Life at MKS: As a Procurement Specialist at Atotech, an MKS company, you will partner with Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Finance, and suppliers to procure raw materials, resale products, and services that support production requirements while optimizing cost, quality, and delivery performance. In this role, you will report to the Procurement Manager. You Will Make an Impact By: Develop and implement procurement strategies to acquire raw materials, resale products, and services that meet quality, cost, and delivery requirements Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers and evaluate their capabilities, products, and services Negotiate contracts, pricing, and agreements with suppliers to secure the best terms and conditions Prepare and process purchase orders, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures * Review and act upon MRP messages and ERP reports to support material availability and production requirements Monitor supplier performance and manage relationships to ensure timely delivery and quality of goods and services Resolve issues related to procurement, such as delivery delays, material shortages, invoicing discrepancies, and qual

- **Id**: 383719
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mks-instruments-procurement-specialist>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Rock Hill, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T19:17:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 73
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4143
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Supply Chain, Lasers & Laser Systems, Chemical Manufacturing, Semiconductor Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 1042866
- **Name**: MKS
- **Domain**: mks.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mks-6>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 22
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.727
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 36
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 35000
- **Max usd**: 73000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 2645

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 73

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T22:15:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 13
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.453
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 73
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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