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Doherty Staffing Solutions
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Buyer
2025-01-15
2025-02-23
Job Category: Supply Chain
Job ID: 39847235
Pay Rate: $60000-80000 / year
Jobs Office: Career Solutions
Job Description
Looking for the next journey in your career? Doherty has partnered with a family-owned and operated business headquartered in Bloomington, MN to hire a Buyer. Stable company with 70 years in business, we invite you to be part of their journey.
You'll Get:
Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees. Eligible employees working 24 or more hours per week can enroll in Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Supplemental Benefits, Life and AD&D, Long-Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability coverage starting on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Additionally, employees who are 21 years of age or older and classified as regular employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan beginning on the first of the month following 90 days of employment.
You'll Get:
- Excellent schedule, Monday through Thursday
- Competitive pay based on experience
- All the traditional benefits
- Purchase existing parts from both domestic and international suppliers based on demands in ERP system
- Request pricing from suppliers and update internal systems with up-to-date information
- Negotiate pricing, terms, and schedules to obtain the most optimal advantage for the company
- Check on materials and expedites or de-expedites following demand
- Negotiate schedule changes with suppliers as required to support demand changes
- Communicate schedule adjustments to reflect the availability of parts
- Plan purchases to utilize inventory best and minimize inventory investment considering physical space requirements, shelf-life, total landed value, etc.
- Evaluate new suppliers, primarily for alternative sources of existing product
- Perform supplier visits, primarily local, as requested and provide written summaries to management
- Record and maintain documentation from transactions for supplier evaluation and problem resolution
- Record order acknowledgments in purchase orders and attach records
- Track incoming orders as needed using the freight forwarder software tool
- Update supplier scorecards monthly and provide suppliers with scorecards quarterly
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, or similar field
- 2+ years of experience in domestic and international purchasing in an ERP/MRP environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for this role
- Dedicated to continual improvement in job performance, ERP utilization, and education
- Ability to perform mathematical functions to calculate discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages
- Exceed in working in a team-based role working cross-departmentally to achieve company-focused results
- Must be highly self-motivated, work with minimal supervision, and be able to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees. Eligible employees working 24 or more hours per week can enroll in Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Supplemental Benefits, Life and AD&D, Long-Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability coverage starting on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Additionally, employees who are 21 years of age or older and classified as regular employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan beginning on the first of the month following 90 days of employment.
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