Buyer 1

H. T. PROF Group; Menomonee Falls, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

H. T. PROF Group in Wisconsin seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Purchasing professional focused on metals, bar stock and materials for precision machining.

Buy metal bar stock, select suppliers, and coordinate inbound freight to keep production flowing. You’ll monitor pricing, manage POs, and resolve supplier issues while partnering with quality and production teams to improve cost and availability. The role emphasizes close collaboration with internal teams and accurate ERP-based record-keeping to

Qualifications

• Experience purchasing metals, bar stock, and related materials for metalworking/manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Purchase metal bar stock, raw materials and components used in machining operations.
• Select suppliers based on price, quality, availability and performance.
• Monitor material pricing and costs.
• Manage purchase orders and supplier commitments.
• Coordinate inbound freight and transportation.
• Monitor supplier deliveries and address potential shortages or delays.
• Resolve material quality, return and supplier issues.
• Work closely with quality, production and other internal teams.
• Maintain accurate purchasing information within an ERP system.
• Support other purchasing, materials and production needs as the business grows.

Skills

Supplier management

Purchasing

Materials knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP systems

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Our client is a long-established, stable precision manufacturer in the Menomonee Falls area experiencing significant growth. As the business expands, they are adding purchasing capability to support a busy contract machining operation.

This is a hands-on manufacturing purchasing role with a strong emphasis on raw metals and materials used to produce precision machined components. If you understand buying metal bar stock and working with suppliers in a manufacturing environment, we'd like to know you.

The work may include:

• Purchase metal bar stock, raw materials and components used in machining operations
• Select suppliers based on price, quality, availability and performance
• Monitor material pricing and costs
• Manage purchase orders and supplier commitments
• Coordinate inbound freight and transportation
• Monitor supplier deliveries and address potential shortages or delays
• Resolve material quality, return and supplier issues
• Work closely with quality, production and other internal teams
• Maintain accurate purchasing information within an ERP system
• Support other purchasing, materials and production needs as the business grows

Experience purchasing metals, bar stock, raw materials, machined components, forgings, stampings or other materials used in metalworking/manufacturing would be particularly relevant.

Our client offers the stability of an established manufacturer combined with the opportunity created by substantial growth. This could be especially attractive to a buyer who enjoys being close to manufacturing, working directly with suppliers and seeing the impact of good purchasing decisions.