Supply Chain Associate

Supply Chain Associate | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI

American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. The next generation of American manufacturing is being built right now. Nox Metals is the supply chain behind it.

Nox Metals is a technology company in Detroit supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

We need a Supply Chain Associate to be the hands of our material pipeline. POs out the door, mills on the phone, lead times tracked, every supplier relationship strengthened, every data point captured. This is the role where the strategy meets the dock, and where the data that powers our procurement intelligence gets built. Nox Metals is an employer with real opportunity for long term career growth, this is a place to build a career, not just hold a job.

You will:

• Run day-to-day procurement execution, POs, confirmations, expedites, change orders
• Build and maintain real relationships with mill reps, distributors, and supplier contacts, they should know your name, take your call, and want to help you win
• Place purchase orders with mills, distributors, and suppliers and confirm every detail
• Track every open PO, every mill schedule, every promised ship date, never let one slip
• Expedite material when customer commitments depend on it, work the phones until you get a yes
• Capture and structure every piece of supplier data we touch, prices, lead times, mill schedules, capacity signals, market chatter
• Build and maintain clean datasets that feed our procurement intelligence and inventory models
• Run pricing comparisons, lead time analyses, and supplier scorecards
• Verify inbound material against POs, certs against specs, every detail right
• Maintain supplier records, contact lists, pricing files, and material master data
• Coordinate with shipping, receiving, and the floor on inbound dock times
• Chase damage claims, shortages, and supplier quality issues until they are resolved
• Learn from the Supply Chain Engineer and the Director of Supply Chain, this is a role to grow into bigger ownership fast
• Always ask questions, never guess when something is unclear
• Look at every process and figure out how to make it better
• Work safely every shift and hold your teammates to the same standard
  
  

You should be:

• 1 to 2 years of supply chain, procurement, expediting, customer service, or operations experience in a fast-moving environment
• Strong relationship builder, you turn cold supplier contacts into people who go to bat for you
• Comfortable on the phone, on email, and in supplier portals all day, every day
• Heavy on data, you live in spreadsheets, dashboards, and supplier records, and you keep them clean
• Cracked with AI tools, spreadsheets, and modern software, you do not click through 200 line items when a formula will do it
• Sharp with numbers and detail oriented, every PO, every cert, every line right the first time
• Hungry, you want to grow into a Supply Chain Engineer or bigger role, and you are willing to outwork everyone to get there
• High attention to quality
• Always thinking about how to make processes better, you do not accept "this is how we have always done it"
• Absolutely customer obsessed, delivery timelines matter because customers are counting on them
• A team player with a good attitude, you make the company better for everyone around you
• Someone who takes ownership, if it is your PO or your supplier, it is your responsibility
• Precise under pressure and reliable, suppliers and customers count on the dates you commit to
• Organized enough to juggle dozens of open POs and supplier conversations without dropping one
• High agency, you handle big items alone and ask for help when needed
• Low ego, you do the unglamorous work because it needs to get done
• Committed to safety, you follow every protocol, wear your PPE, and never cut corners that put people at risk
• Not afraid to work outside normal hours when America demands it
• Never says "that's not my job"
  
  

Nice to have:

• Experience in metals, aluminum, or aerospace/defense supply chains
• Background in expediting, buying, or supplier-facing roles
• Track record building or maintaining supplier datasets, scorecards, or pricing files
• Forklift and/or overhead crane certification
• Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter
  
  

This role is full time, in person in Detroit. Reports to the Director of Supply Chain.