Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Buyer Job Description

As a Buyer, you will be responsible for the creation and management of purchase orders to achieve revenue and inventory objectives. You will proactively maintain all open purchase orders, ensuring due dates, quantities, and costs are accurately tracked. Additionally, you will liaise with suppliers to resolve issues with past due orders and work closely with the manufacturing team to meet material requirements.

• Create and manage purchase orders to meet revenue and inventory goals.
• Proactively maintain open purchase orders, ensuring accuracy in due dates, quantities, and costs.
• Follow up with suppliers on past due purchase orders or when acknowledgments are delayed.
• Collaborate with the manufacturing team to ensure material availability.
• Reschedule unnecessary purchase orders to prevent excess inventory.
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality Engineering and Process Engineering to address supplier quality issues.
• Request RMA numbers from suppliers and process returns in Oracle, including packaging.

• Experience in purchasing, procurement, and supply chain management.
• Proficiency in managing purchase orders and inventory.
• Strong negotiation skills and understanding of lean manufacturing.
• Experience with ERP systems, such as Oracle.
• 5 years in supply chain management with 1-2 years in purchasing.
• 1-2 years of manufacturing or operations experience in a high-mix, low-volume plant.
• Understanding of Kanban, Min/Max, Buy to Order, Consignment, Vendor Managed Inventory, Blankets, MRP, and Last Time Buy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications like Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related fields is preferred but not required.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage tasks autonomously.
• Calm under pressure and able to articulate problems and solutions clearly.
• Team-oriented with a collaborative mindset.
• Ability to escalate issues quickly if necessary.

The role requires working on-site Monday through Friday during standard business hours. The work environment is team-oriented with significant collaboration with planning, scheduling, engineering, and production teams. The atmosphere is supportive and inviting, encouraging self-starters who are proactive with questions and process improvements.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Beaverton, OR.

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $43.27/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Beaverton,OR.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 18, 2026.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email View email address on ziprecruiter.com for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.