Title: Buyer, Materials
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: $38-47/hour
Duration: 4 Months

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with a Supply Chain or Business concentration required; APICS or similar certification preferred.

Minimum of 2 years of experience in supply chain or procurement with a strong understanding of general business processes.

Experience utilizing ERP systems, preferably SAP.

Must be able to influence, negotiate, and resolve conflicts to reach consensus around common goals.

Strong problem-solving, data analysis, and decision-making abilities.

Advanced written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to multitask.

Well-versed in MS Office applications – Excel, Teams, PowerPoint.

Ability to travel 5–10%.

Responsibilities:
The Buyer/Planner is responsible for ensuring a high service level to customers while achieving supply chain goals. The role involves purchasing completed products and repair parts from approved suppliers, emphasizing timely delivery, maintaining cost reductions, and preventing backorders and overstock situations. The position also ensures ERP material master and vendor information is up to date and maintains optimal inventory levels that balance service level and cost through analysis and execution of system-generated MRP results.

Job Duties:

Interact with suppliers to foster cooperative working relationships and negotiate/resolve quality and service issues.

Execute purchasing activities with an assigned supply base, ensuring timely and accurate supplier communication.

Place purchase orders, obtain order confirmations, expedite, delay, and/or cancel delivery schedules.

Manage ERP purchase order delivery dates to accurately reflect inventory availability to planning and sales teams.

Understand ERP system planning and its impact on purchasing activities.

Evaluate material requirements and make changes to purchasing and planning item master data to support strategy, optimize inventory levels, and improve service levels.

Analyze material requirements plan inputs and outputs, identify problems, and recommend solutions.

Project potential supply shortages and expedite delivery with suppliers to avoid backorders.

Communicate supply issues and recovery timelines to internal stakeholders.

Work with Supplier Quality and Warehouse to resolve material non-conformances, obtain return authorizations, and facilitate returns and credit memos.

Assist Accounts Payable to resolve three-way-match issues (PO/receipt/invoice) with suppliers.

Report supplier performance metrics and identify solutions to improve performance.

Manage Supplier Change Notices and material Phase-in/Phase-out processes.

Ensure Supply Chain and ERP systems support new product launches.

Support continuous improvement of business processes.

Comments/Special Instructions:
This is a temporary backfill for two Senior Buyers on leave. The position is hybrid, with 2 days on-site and 3 days remote per week at the Brooklyn Park location.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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