Buyer

Weg industrias de Venezuela, c.a.; Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Health insurance (medical)

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

WEG Electric Corp. in Minneapolis seeks a Buyer to manage material purchasing for an engineer-to-order environment. You will coordinate with planning and suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, interpret technical requirements, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years in planning/purchasing, SAP experience, and strong analytical skills. This full-time position offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities within a global company.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in planning, purchasing, inventory, manufacturing, or engineering.
• SAP Materials and Planning experience is a plus.
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to interpret drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Review daily material requirements planning for production materials and MRO.
• Collaborate with planning and suppliers to resolve delivery issues.
• Interface with other departments to determine needs such as technical or manufacturing requirements.
• Process Engineering Change Order releases for updates to manufacturing and vendors.
• Maintain inventory at appropriate levels including safety stock.
• Provide regular updates on assigned metrics and reports using SAP and Excel.
• Support Purchasing Manager with tasks and projects.

Skills

Planning

Purchasing

Inventory management

Engineering experience

SAP experience

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree (business/technical)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Career Opportunities with WEG - A First Class Company!

Founded in 1961, WEG is recognized as one of the largest electric machine manufacturers in the world. WEG employs over 47,000 people around the globe and offers a diversified and integrated product line, with sales to more than 135 countries worldwide. Our U.S. operations are growing at an impressive rate and we're looking for talented individuals to help us move forward with this aggressive growth plan. WEG offers competitive compensation, challenging and exciting career options, as well as great benefits, including paid vacation, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and disability.

A Note About Applying at WEG

Over the past several years, WEG has grown through the acquisition of several industry-leading companies. While all roles are part of the WEG organization, hiring is currently managed through separate systems aligned to each business.

Electric Machinery Company. a division of WEG Electric Corp.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Position: Buyer

Department: Purchasing

Primary Objective of Position:

Responsible for purchasing material in our dynamic engineer to order and made to order manufacturing facility with a Customer Driven focus that provides On Time Predictability thru Continuous Improvement.

Major Areas of Accountability:

• Daily Material Requirement Planning review with executing orders for production materials, MRO items and services.
• Works collaboratively with planning and suppliers to resolve delivery issues and develop recovery plans for to support on time delivery to customer.
• Interface with other department representatives to determine specific needs, such as technical requirements, or manufacturing requirements.
• Processes Engineering Change Order releases for updates to manufacturing and vendors.
• Follows up on deliveries, obtains proof of delivery if required and resolves invoicing related issues.
• Responsible to manage inventory for assigned materials to the appropriate level for order quantity, safety stock, excess and obsolete inventories
• Provides regular updates on assigned metrics.
• Completes other tasks and projects as assigned by the Purchasing Manager
• Ensures tasks are performed according to organizational requirements for quality management and environmental, health and safety standards, policies and procedures.
• Maintains data and prepares reports using SAP and Microsoft office software.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Minimum 2+ years Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, or Engineering experience. Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field a plus.
• SAP Materials and Planning experience a plus.
• Demonstrates Inventory Management Skills for order quantity, safety stock quality, stocking determination, identifying excess and obsolete inventories.
• Excellent communication, computer, and analytical skills required.
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to respond to changing priorities required.
• Ability to interpret drawings and specifications.
• Demonstrates excellent inter-personal, group participation, and group management skills.
• Must be a flexible, high-energy individual, able to handle multiple tasks and frequently changing priorities.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite products with a focus on Excel preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Approximately 80% sitting, 20% walking. Must be able to carry 20 pounds unassisted of production order packages around a manufacturing facility.
• Physical ability to travel freely within manufacturing and office facilities. This requires climbing stairs and moving over, around, and about shop machinery.

$65k to $70k

Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time.

Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position

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