Buyer

Manufacturing Plus; Fort Wayne (IN); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Manufacturing Plus in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a skilled Buyer to bring both expertise and energy to the general team. With a four-year background in strategic planning, you will negotiate, source, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to support production needs.

This full-time, remote-friendly role offers a salary range of $54,000 to $80,000 plus benefits and mentorship as you help scale operations. Fort Wayne-based teammates value hands-on collaboration and practical decision-making.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in strategic planning or buyer-related activities.
• Ability to mentor or support mid-level teammates.
• Strong collaboration and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Balance independent work with full-time team collaboration.
• Maintain Fort Wayne, IN work after launch buzz fades.
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls.
• Keep Customer Service documentation current as the work grows.
• Use self-motivation to streamline routine tasks.
• Turn pattern recognition into faster general calls.
• Keep Fort Wayne, IN stakeholders briefed with clear updates.
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for tasks.

Skills

Mentoring

Prioritization

Collaboration

Decision facilitation

Job description

Manufacturing Plus is expanding its general team and needs a Buyer who brings both expertise and energy. The bargain is plain — your 4 years and Strategic Planning for $54,000 - $80,000, plus a general team that hands over the reins.

Key Responsibilities

• Balance independent work with effective full-time team collaboration
• Keep showing up for the Fort Wayne, IN work after the launch buzz fades
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls
• Keep Customer Service documentation current as the work outpaces it
• Use Self-Motivation to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
• Turn 4 of pattern recognition into faster general calls
• Keep Fort Wayne, IN stakeholders briefed without burying them in updates
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Plus-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Comfort steering general conversations toward a decision
• A Manufacturing Plus mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking

Manufacturing Plus doesn't sell general so much as guarantee it, a remote-friendly distinction the Fort Wayne, IN team takes personally. Inclusion isn't a poster on the Fort Wayne, IN wall; it's who gets pulled into the room and heard.

Here is the deal: $54,000 - $80,000, a mentor who answers, benefits that hold up, and a flexible full-time schedule that fits real life.

We re-validated this opening today; Manufacturing Plus is still on the lookout.