Assistant Buyer - Columbus, OH

Kimball Midwest; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Kimball Midwest, a national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation products, is seeking an Assistant Buyer for our Columbus, OH location. This on-site role supports purchasing activities and collaborates with internal and external customers to ensure timely order status communication and fulfillment.

The position requires 2+ years in purchasing or related roles and a high school diploma, with strong communication and basic arithmetic skills.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a purchasing support, customer support, or operations support role.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers, supervisors, and managers.
• Ability to read and write small letters and numbers; and the ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Follow oral and written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external customers to ensure order statuses are effectively communicated.
• Call on, expediting, resolving, and maintaining open Purchaser Orders with updated, current information.
• Monitor and respond to assortment component needs to ensure on time availability.
• Understand the flow of items from order to delivery.
• Update sales representatives on outstanding sales order statuses.
• Invoicing of drop-ship orders.
• Serve as a point of phone and email contact for Purchasing related questions.

Skills

Communication

Arithmetic

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Kimball Midwest, a national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation products, is searching for an Assistant Buyer for our Columbus, OH location.

As a Kimball Midwest associate, you'll be part of a company built on long‑term growth and strong values. From $1 million in sales in 1983 to over $500 million today, our success has been driven by our people. Despite our growth, we have stayed true to our family‐owned and operated roots-where employees are recognized as individuals and our culture remains a top priority

Responsibilities

• Responsible for collaborating with internal and external customers to ensure order statuses are effectively communicated.
• Responsible for calling on, expediting, resolving, and maintaining open Purchaser Orders with updated, current, and pertinent information
• Monitors and responds to assortment component needs to ensure on time availability.
• Understands the flow of items from order to delivery
• Updates sales representatives on outstanding sales order statuses
• Responsible for invoicing of drop-ship orders
• Functions as a point of phone and email contact for Purchasing related questions

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a purchasing support, customer support, or operations support role
• High School diploma or equivalent
• The ability to communicate with co-workers, supervisors, and managers
• The ability to read and write small letters and numbers; the ability to make arithmetic calculations; and the ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions
• Follow oral and written instructions.

This is a fully on‑site position reporting to the office Monday through Friday.

We offer a benefits package that includes health, dental and vision insurance, company sponsored life, optional life and disability insurance, Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts, a 401(k) plus match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (PTO), a Dress for your Day dress code and paid holidays.

Kimball Midwest is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a program of recruitment of females, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, qualifying veterans and any other classification that is protected by federal, state, or local law.

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