Junior Buyer

Advisory services include transaction due diligence, valuation, forensic accounting and IT risk. Offices in Milwaukee and more than 20 other cities share a national tax and technical resources team. Founded in 1976, we now have 420 employees.

Role overview

We are backfilling a position after an internal move. We need a buyer who pushes back on price increases with data and keeps the production schedule fed. We engage team members in Portugal as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Main duties

• Resolve invoice and receiving discrepancies with accounts payable
• Identify cost savings and report them monthly
• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes
• Coordinate returns and supplier corrective actions with quality
• Manage blanket orders and consignment agreements
• Run RFQs and RFPs and compare bids on total cost
• Issue purchase orders from approved requisitions and MRP signals in SAP
• Expedite late orders and keep production planning informed

Minimum qualifications

• 0-2 years of purchasing or procurement experience
• Advanced Excel for bid comparisons and spend analysis
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of contracts, Incoterms and payment terms

Nice to have

• CPSM or CPIM certification
• Manufacturing or direct materials background
• Coupa or SAP Ariba experience

Benefits

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise
• Company laptop

We review applications as they come in.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Milwaukee Accounting.