Senior Buyer: Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Lead

Carley Foundry, Inc.; Blaine (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical plans

HSA

Vision and dental

Short-Term Disability

401K retirement

Paid Time Off

Company events

Job summary

Carley Foundry, Inc. seeks a Senior Buyer to source raw materials, components, tooling, and outside services in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will partner with Production, Planning, Engineering, and Quality to ensure material availability, on-time delivery, and cost control. This role emphasizes supplier relationship management, ERP/MRP proficiency, and strong negotiation, with a salary range of $80,000–$90,000 and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of purchasing or procurement in manufacturing.
• Experience buying industrial materials, components, tooling, consumables, or outside services.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (M1, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite).
• Strong negotiation and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Source and purchase raw materials, components, consumables, tooling, and outside services.
• Review purchase requisitions and MRP recommendations.
• Create, confirm, and maintain accurate purchase orders in the ERP system.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotes and negotiate pricing, lead times, freight, payment terms, and minimum order quantities.
• Monitor open orders and expedite or reschedule deliveries to prevent shortages and production disruptions.
• Respond quickly to supplier delays, quality concerns, schedule changes, and other purchasing issues.
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships.
• Monitor supplier performance, including quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, and corrective-action follow-through.
• Support supplier selection, qualification, development, and alternate-source identification.
• Maintain accurate supplier, pricing, lead-time, item, and purchasing information.
• Help control inventory levels, excess materials, purchasing commitments, and overall material costs.
• Resolve receiving, quality, return, and invoice discrepancies.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes, supplier communication, reporting, data accuracy, and cost performance.

Skills

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

BOM interpretation

Materials purchasing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, operations, or related field

Job description

Carley Foundry, Inc. seeks a Senior Buyer to source raw materials, components, tooling, and outside services in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will partner with Production, Planning, Engineering, and Quality to ensure material availability, on-time delivery, and cost control. This role emphasizes supplier relationship management, ERP/MRP proficiency, and strong negotiation, with a salary range of $80,000–$90,000 and comprehensive benefits.