What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operational Buyer position at Kelly?
Kelly Services is hiring an Operational Buyer in Farmington!
If you enjoy keeping production on track through smart purchasing and supplier coordination, this role puts you directly behind the scenes of machine assembly and sheet metal fabrication. You’ll manage purchase orders, monitor deliveries, and work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure materials arrive exactly when and where they’re needed.
What You’ll Do
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Get a complete career fit with Kelly®.
You’re looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we’re here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.
Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
If you enjoy keeping production on track through smart purchasing and supplier coordination, this role puts you directly behind the scenes of machine assembly and sheet metal fabrication. You’ll manage purchase orders, monitor deliveries, and work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure materials arrive exactly when and where they’re needed.
What You’ll Do
- Convert planned requirements into purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Process supplier order confirmations and maintain accurate PO documentation
- Follow up with suppliers on shortages, delivery changes, and order discrepancies
- Monitor upcoming deliveries and proactively escalate potential material risks
- Support engineering change notifications (ECNs) with suppliers
- Assist with inventory controls, excess stock escalation, and supplier performance tracking
- Process supplier invoices and resolve quantity or delivery date issues
- Communicate daily with value-stream buyers and manufacturing teams
- Experience as a Buyer or in procurement within a manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with parts lists, BOMs, and production-driven purchasing
- Experience working in a business system; SAP preferred
- Strong communication skills with a firm, diplomatic approach
- Ability to multitask and stay organized in a fast-paced setting
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Bilingual German/English a plus
- Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM–4:30 PM | Full-Time
- $25.00–$35.00/hr DOE | Weekly Pay
- Temp-to-Hire opportunity based on performance
- Weekly pay through direct deposit
- Medical, dental & vision insurance options
- Paid holidays and referral bonuses
- Stable full-time schedule
- Temp-to-hire career opportunities
- Supportive onboarding and guidance from your Kelly recruiting team
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Get a complete career fit with Kelly®.
You’re looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we’re here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.
Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Salary : $25 - $35