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Buyer

Job Description

Position Summary

The Buyer is responsible for sourcing and purchasing commodity raw materials, hardware, outside processing, and factory supplies that keep production running safely, on time, and at the best total value. This position protects company margin by balancing cost, quality, delivery, inventory accuracy, and supplier performance while partnering closely with Production, Quality, Accounting, Customer Service, and Operations.

What Success Looks Like

Core Behaviors & Personal Traits

Commercially minded: Understands that every buying decision affects margin, cash, inventory exposure, and customer delivery performance.

Detail disciplined: Catches revision, quantity, pricing, certification, and due-date issues before they become production or accounting problems.

Proactive and urgent: Acts early on shortages, supplier delays, and market changes instead of waiting for issues to escalate.

Calm under pressure: Stays organized and solution-focused when schedules change, materials tighten, or priorities shift quickly.

Relationship builder: Builds credible, professional supplier relationships while holding vendors accountable for cost, quality, and delivery.

Collaborative: Works well across departments and communicates clearly with both office and shop-floor teams.

Resourceful and curious: Looks for alternate sources, process improvements, and better buy methods that improve total cost and responsiveness.

High ownership: Follows through, closes loops, and takes pride in clean systems, dependable purchasing practices, and measurable results.

 Primary Responsibilities

Direct material purchasing

Output: material and hardware available at the right time, right quality, and best practical total cost.

Outside processing management

Output: outsourced operations stay aligned to production commitments with fewer delays, quality issues, and premium recovery actions.

Factory supplies and consumables

Output: the plant stays supplied without unnecessary stock, spend leakage, or emergency purchasing.

Receiving, documentation, and inventory integrity

Output: inventory and receiving records are accurate, traceable, and ready for operations, quality, and accounting use.

Supplier performance and market awareness

Output: stronger supplier performance, better sourcing decisions, and fewer surprises from market or vendor changes.

 Administrative and compliance responsibilities

Output: purchasing processes remain organized, compliant, and dependable.

Experience & Qualifications

Benefits

• Performance & Attendance Bonuses 
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance at 60 days
• Long and Short-Term disability coverage
• Critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity
• HSA and FSA opportunities
• 401(k) with company match after 60 days
• Paid Holidays & Vacation
• Personal Time
• Weekly Pay

Apply here, and we will send a link to complete the application and culture index survey.

  This survey must be completed at the time of the application being submitted.
 
If you have any questions or issues, please call 260-488-1800.
 

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