Buyer

Educated Solutions Corp; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Educated Solutions Corp offers a fully-remote opportunity for an experienced Buyer to support a premier ecommerce client's rural expansion strategy. This role involves setting up vendors, managing purchase orders through Coupa, and ensuring timely product delivery. It's a 6-month contract requiring strong analytical skills and recent procurement experience.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Buyer experience in procurement/supply chain.
• Recent experience with Coupa for purchasing.
• Highly analytical with strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Place high-volume purchase orders using Coupa.
• Maintain product-level data and manage vendor relationships.
• Support cross-functional procurement initiatives.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Detail-oriented

Organizational Skills

Tools

Coupa

Excel

Smartsheets

Job description

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ESC has an exciting opportunity for an experienced fully-remote (CST) Buyer to join our premier ecommerce client’s rural expansion strategy, ensuring the right products are delivered to the right locations – on time and cost-effectively. In this role, you will play a key part in launching new product assortments by setting up new vendors and SKUs, managing product pricing and content, and processing high-volume purchase orders using Coupa. You’ll also support cross-functional procurement initiatives and maintain strong relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders. The role is a 6-month contract opportunity, providing in-roads with this exceptional employer.

Procurement & Purchase Order Management

• Place high-volume purchase orders using Coupa purchasing tools (e.g., Coupa).

• Use internal tools like MBOA to export and manage order data, ensuring accurate and timely procurement of supplies and equipment for new facility launches.

• Maintain product-level data including costs, retail pricing, content, and images, ensuring catalog integrity for rapid deployment.

• Act as a backup to the Control Buyer as needed, including assisting with training and task visibility through Smartsheets

• Ensure procurement tasks align with supply chain objectives for new site launches.

• Set up and manage relationships with new vendors, ensuring that procurement timelines align with site launch schedules.

• Act as a liaison between internal project managers, operations teams, and external suppliers.

• Support vendor compliance and resolve any issues related to product quality, delivery, or pricing.

Data & Analytics

• Use Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables) and Smartsheets to validate orders, track procurement progress, and manage large datasets.

• Provide regular reports and updates to project teams and leadership.

Key Attributes of a Successful Buyer

• 5+ years of Buyer experience in a procurement/supply chain environment

• Recent experience with Coupa for purchasing and procurement operations

• Highly analytical with strong Excel skills

• Detail-oriented and organized, especially in high-volume procurement environments

• Comfortable working remotely and collaborating cross-functionally across procurement, operations, and logistics

• Familiarity with Six Sigma or process improvement technologies.

• Remote position with flexibility in hours

• Collaborative team of 8 PMs led by a supportive manager

• Agile, high-energy work culture with a focus on execution and cross-functional coordination

• No expectation of overtime; daily rhythm includes independent and team-based work

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Supply Chain and Other

• Industries

  Retail and Wholesale

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