Buyer II

Buyer II

Location: Plymouth, MN (Hybrid; 4days Onsite & 1day Remote)

Duration: 12 months

Pay Range: $33/hr to $37/hr (On W2)

Shift Time: 08:00am to 04:00pm

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for purchasing and managing materials, equipment, and supplies from vendors.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
• Direct materials purchasing role (direct materials purchasing experience required (2-3+ years)
• ERP experience required (SAP is what used)
• ERP system, review pricing and lead times, issue POs, update ERP systems, address invoice issues
• Participate in weekly status reviews for inventory levels, take actions as needed with suppliers to maintain inventory target levels, may need to update master data in the systems (refresh lead times, quantities, etc.)
• MS Office experience required
• Purchasing mix of supporting raw material, electronics, plastic tubing, labels, etc.
• Some possible negotiation on pricing, but primarily managing purchase orders, executing constraints, reviewing purchase reqs, cutting POs, etc.
• Cross functional communication and collaboration – will be working with many teams
• Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals to perform a variety of tasks.

Education

• High School diploma required.
• Bachelor's degree and 2-5 years of experience in the field is strongly preferred. If no bachelor's degree, candidate would need 5+ years of experience in the field.
• Med Device experience highly preferred
• Reliability and dependability – once trained, able to work independently
• Works under general supervision; typically reports to a supervisor or manager. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.

Top 5 Desired Skills are:

• Direct Buyer experience
• SAP/ERP experience
• Reliable / ability to execute tasks with minimal supervision
• Ability to lead and collaborate with cross functional groups
• Proactive – ability to anticipate needs and take action accordingly

We are looking for the candidate who are eligible to work with any employers without sponsorship.