Purchasing & Logistics Specialist

Welcome to Bosch Motorsport, a premier supplier of electronics, sensors, actuators, and engineering services to top racing series and teams worldwide. Here at Bosch Motorsport North America, you'll be part of a growing, dynamic, and entrepreneurial team, taking on challenging tasks. 

In the high stakes world of motorsport, there is no room for unnecessary delays so there must be barrier-free communication from vendor all the way to the end customer.  The Purchasing & Logistics Specialist / Sample Coordinator leads the day-to-day operations for purchasing activities within the Motorsport team. This role is primarily responsible for creating and maintaining purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, monitoring order status, maintaining accurate purchasing data, and resolving transactional issues while proactively communicating updates to all stakeholders.

 As a secondary focus, the position coordinates inbound and outbound logistics, supports inventory accuracy, and manages the movement of customer sample products.  The role works closely with purchasing, sales, engineering, logistics, warehouse, finance, and external suppliers to ensure materials are available when needed, and transactions are completed accurately and efficiently. 

What You Will Do 

Purchasing Lead

• Lead Purchasing Operations: Create, maintain, and monitor purchase orders, supplier acknowledgements, delivery commitments, and purchasing records to ensure accurate and timely material availability. 
• Negotiate pricing and terms with vendors to ensure we can meet the ever changing demands of the professional motorsport market.
• Coordinate Supplier & Stakeholder Communication: Proactively communicate order status, resolve supply issues, support supplier onboarding, and collaborate across purchasing, engineering, sales, finance, logistics, and warehouse teams. 
• Oversee Logistics & Shipping Activities: Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments, manage shipping documentation, track deliveries, and resolve transportation issues with carriers and suppliers. 
• Administer Sample & Inventory Programs: Manage the shipment, tracking, return, and storage of customer and demonstration samples while supporting inventory accuracy, stock monitoring, and physical inventory processes. 
• Lead opportunities to improve and/or automate purchasing, logistics, and inventory processes. Drive Process Accuracy & Continuous Improvement: Maintain audit-ready records, resolve transactional discrepancies and prepare operational reports.
Logistics, Samples & Inventory Support

• Shipment & Logistics Coordination: Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments with suppliers, carriers, freight forwarders, warehouse personnel, and internal teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery. 
• Packing materials and preparing shipments.
• Shipping Documentation & Tracking: Prepare and manage shipping documentation, track shipments, communicate status updates, and resolve transportation delays, damages, or delivery issues. 
• Sample Product Management: Oversee the checkout, shipment, return, inspection, storage, and lifecycle management of customer, event, development, and demonstration sample products. 
• Inventory & Record Accuracy: Maintain accurate sample inventory, and ERP records to ensure traceability, proper material handling, and visibility of product status and availability. 
• Inventory Control & Stock Management: Support receiving, stocking, cycle counts, and physical inventories while monitoring stock levels and addressing shortages, excess inventory, and obsolescence risks.

Function: Purchasing
Experience Level: Associate