Buyer Sales Assistant

Buyer Sales Assistant
📍 Location: Pewaukee, WI
🕒 Shift Hours: 8am - 5pm; Monday - Friday
💲 Competitive Salary

Make the Right Connection—Build Your Career with Dixon!

The Dixon Group is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Buyer-Sales Assistant to join our team in Pewaukee, WI! The Buyer will support all activities related to procurement, inventory management and sales quotation. This will include obtaining quotations, calculating lead times and prices, placing purchase orders, tracking orders, and assisting with inventory activities. Will also support part number creation by assuring parts are entered into the system accurately and in a timely manner. Assist with Purchasing and Sales related projects as required.

If you are a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys balancing technical data entry with vendor communication, we want to hear from you!

Who We Are: The Dixon Group is a global, family-owned manufacturing company with a history of over 100 years of operation in the U.S.A. Based in Chestertown, Maryland, with distribution centers located worldwide. The company has a diverse workforce and a strong values-based culture. As an innovator in the hose coupling industry, our mission is to provide real solutions for our customers while fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment.

At The Dixon Group, we value the contributions of our Military Veterans and proudly employ our nation’s heroes. Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

⚡What You'll Do:

As a Buyer-Sales Assistant, your day-to-day will involve high-level coordination across the following areas:

• Manage the Open Order Report, handle Domestic PO acknowledgments, and conduct rigorous follow-ups on past-due purchase orders.
• Solicit vendor quotes, maintain the vendor database, and manage ongoing vendor communications.
• Handle Bill of Materials and part number entry into the system; ensure vendor part maintenance is accurate and timely.
• Provide essential back-up for Foreign Purchasing and SF Factory ordering.
• Calculate prices based on standard costs, perform margin analysis, and handle custom part quoting to support the sales team.
• Generate and manage various reports including Delivery Date Accuracy (DDA), Logility, and Cancelled Orders.
• Assist with Standard Cost Rolls, Supply Chain QC tasks, and manage/clean up shared departmental file folders.
• Assist Customer Service Representatives (CSR) via Smartsheet to resolve inquiries efficiently.

🎯 What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in purchasing, sales support, or a related administrative supply chain role.
• Ability to perform margin analysis and price calculations with high accuracy.
• Advanced computer skills, specifically in Microsoft Excel and Word, with a strong familiarity with ERP systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills for professional vendor and internal interaction.
• A self-starter who can multi-task across different programs, set priorities, and meet deadlines autonomously.
• A flexible "team player" attitude, willing to jump in and assist with various projects as required.

🌟 What We Offer:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Competitive salary
• Bonus programs
• 401K retirement plan
• Training opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacation, PTO, and holidays
• Gym reimbursements, and more!

Join us and be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your goals!

The Dixon Group is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy and practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals, as well as to administer all personnel actions, compensation, and benefits, without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry or national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, veteran status, military service, or any other factors protected by applicable law. This policy extends to all employees and applicants and to all aspects of the employment relationship.

The Dixon Group is committed to protecting the privacy rights of its employees and job applicants to the fullest extent required by applicable law. To that end, personal information will be collected solely for those legitimate business purposes recognized by law, and then maintained in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to document retention requirements. The Dixon Group does not sell personal information to third parties, and does not share such personal information with third parties except when authorized by law to do so (e.g., in response to a lawful subpoena; mandatory tax reporting; etc.)