Procurement Specialist
Flowserve · Hastings
Company Overview:
Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.
Your Role and Impact
As a Procurement Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting Flowserve's supply chain and manufacturing operations by sourcing engineered components and services that meet quality, delivery, and cost objectives. This position provides the opportunity to influence supplier performance, support commercial success, and contribute to operational excellence through strategic purchasing and supplier relationship management. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure material availability, improve profitability, and drive on-time delivery for customers around the world.
Key Responsibilities
Execute purchasing activities to ensure timely procurement of materials and services required to support manufacturing operations and customer projects.
Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, and delivery schedules to optimize cost, quality, and supplier performance.
Support commercial and service teams during the quotation process by obtaining competitive pricing and delivery commitments from suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance and follow up on purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of materials and services.
Coordinate with suppliers, logistics partners, and internal stakeholders to resolve supply chain, import/export, and delivery issues.
Establish and maintain supplier agreements that support preferred pricing, delivery performance, and long-term business objectives.
Review inventory levels and purchasing requirements to help maintain optimal stock levels and minimize supply disruptions.
Partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Commercial Operations teams to support continuous improvement initiatives and business goals.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field, and/or relevant purchasing or procurement experience.
Experience with procurement, purchasing, sourcing, supplier management, or supply chain operations.
Knowledge of purchasing practices, supplier negotiations, and contract or commercial terms.
Understanding of technical products, manufacturing environments, and quality requirements.
Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and relationship management skills.
Professional proficiency in English.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or engineered-to-order (ETO) environments.
Knowledge of supplier quality, logistics, inventory management, and materials planning processes.
Experience negotiating strategic supplier agreements and managing supplier performance metrics.
Familiarity with import/export processes and international supply chain operations.
Understanding of engineered products, rotating equipment, pumps, valves, or related industrial technologies.
Experience working within a global procurement or supply chain organization.
What We Can Offer You
At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your, and your family's, needs. We want to provide our team with the right resources to invest in your physical, mental and financial well-being no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in.
Our benefits* include:
Competitive Salary
Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement Planning & Financial Wellness Resources
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Parental Leave
Life, Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance
*Benefits vary by job, location and/or collective bargaining agreement.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click Apply.
Req ID : R-21758
Job Family Group : Supply Chain
Job Family : SC Procurement
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
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