
Buyer
Minneapolis, MNFull-time$60–65K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Buyer purchases materials for an engineer-to-order and made-to-order manufacturing facility. The role reviews material requirements, executes orders, coordinates with planning and suppliers to address delivery issues, and manages inventory for assigned materials. It also processes engineering change releases, follows up on deliveries, maintains purchasing data and reports using SAP and Microsoft Office, and supports quality and environmental, health, and safety requirements.
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Buyer
Minneapolis, MN (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+Central+Ave+NE+Minneapolis+MN+USA+55413)
Job Type
Full-time
Description
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:
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Daily Material Requirement Planning review with executing orders for production materials, MRO items and services.
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Works collaboratively with planning and suppliers to resolve delivery issues and develop recovery plans for to support on time delivery to customer.
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Interface with other department representatives to determine specific needs, such as technical requirements, or manufacturing requirements.
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Processes Engineering Change Order releases for updates to manufacturing and vendors.
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Follows up on deliveries, obtains proof of delivery if required and resolves invoicing related issues.
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Responsible to manage inventory for assigned materials to the appropriate level for order quantity, safety stock, excess and obsolete inventories
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Attends production meetings.
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Provides regular updates on assigned metrics.
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Completes other tasks and projects as assigned by the Purchasing Manager
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Ensures tasks are performed according to organizational requirements for quality management and environmental, health and safety standards, policies and procedures.
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Maintains data and prepares reports using SAP and Microsoft office software.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
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Minimum 2+ years Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, or Engineering experience. Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field a plus.
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SAP Materials and Planning experience a plus.
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Demonstrates Inventory Management Skills for order quantity, safety stock quality, stocking determination, identifying excess and obsolete inventories.
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Excellent communication, computer, and analytical skills required.
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Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
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Strong attention to detail and the ability to respond to changing priorities required.
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Ability to interpret drawings and specifications.
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Demonstrates excellent inter-personal, group participation, and group management skills.
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Must be a flexible, high-energy individual, able to handle multiple tasks and frequently changing priorities.
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Experience in Microsoft Office Suite products with a focus on Excel preferred.
Physical Requirements
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Approximately 80% sitting, 20% walking. Must be able to carry 20 pounds unassisted of production order packages around a manufacturing facility.
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Physical ability to travel freely within manufacturing and office facilities. This requires climbing stairs and moving over, around, and about shop machinery.
Salary:
$65k to $70k
Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time.
Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position
Please, no agencies
Salary Description
$60,000 - $65,000
How this job compares
Set against the 1,223 open Buyer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$60–65K/yr
- Minnesota median$72–101K/yr38 salary ranges
- US median$75–104K/yr536 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $63K, is 28% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($87K) — in the lowest quarter of Buyer salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 43 open Buyer jobs in Minnesota and 1,223 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Target12 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Buyer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (901 postings).
- Education
- 393 of the 1,223 open Buyer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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