What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Buyer position at Hughes Recruiting & Consulting?
Senior Buyer: Browntown, WI
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Buyer to support daily purchasing operations and drive cost-effective sourcing strategies across the organization. Reporting to the Controller, this role plays a critical part in ensuring raw materials, maintenance items, shop supplies, and capital project needs are sourced, negotiated, and delivered efficiently. If you enjoy balancing supplier relationships, data accuracy, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment, this role offers a strong mix of hands-on purchasing and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain a perpetual inventory for maintenance materials, ensuring availability and accuracy
- Source materials and supplies by securing price quotes, comparing vendors, and issuing requisitions and purchase orders
- Ensure timely procurement of all required materials and verify incoming items for accuracy and discrepancies
- Perform routine audits of maintenance inventory and prepare forecasts comparing budgeted versus actual spend
- Execute purchase contracts for equipment and related services
- Coordinate material deliveries using company or third-party transportation providers
- Review, verify, and process vendor invoices by confirming quantities, pricing, and departmental approvals prior to Accounts Payable submission
- Enter receiving data into the PO Receipt system and ensure credit invoices are properly accounted for
- Deliver office supplies and equipment to designated staff as needed
- Supervise and support the Purchasing Assistant to ensure timely and accurate completion of purchasing tasks
- Take on additional duties as business needs require
Skills & Experience:
- Education: HSD, required. Associate’s degree, preferred OR
- Experience: 2 years of purchasing or supply chain experience
- Knowledge: Strong written & verbal communication skills, highly organized with strong attention to detail, accuracy, & follow-through, required
- Software: ERP/MRP experience, required (Odyssey is a plus). Microsoft Office Suite proficiency, required.
What We Offer:
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- Life & Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short & Long-term Disability
- 401(K) w/ company match
- PTO
- Paid Holidays
- EAP
- PPE Allowances
Please Note:
This role does not offer visa sponsorship or relocation assistance. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Pay: $70,000 - $80,000/year
Type: Full-time, 1st Shift, On-site
Schedule: Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Hughes Recruiting & Consulting is a full-service human resources agency headquartered in Freeport, IL, and has 11 locations across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We are a growing company that embodies professionalism, pursues excellence, embraces challenges, and has fun! We find valuable placements for employees looking for work and employers looking for staff. Put us to work, finding you work. Visit us online to complete an application today.
Salary : $70,000 - $80,000