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TekWissen LLC

Buffalo Grove, IL

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$35–$35
SKILLS
Accounting, Aircraft Maintenance, Alternative Energy, Aviation Industry, Communication Skills, Cost Control, Data Entry, Data Quality, Detail Oriented, Diversity, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Healthcare, High School Diploma, High Tech Industry, Inventory Management, Manufacturing, Medical Equipment, Medical Imaging, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Negotiation Skills, Oil and Gas, Oracle, Order Management, Organizational Skills, Power Generation, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Production Planning, Production Schedule, Production Support, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Record Keeping, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain, Team Player, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Workforce Management, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Buffalo Grove, IL
POSTED
Today
Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. Our client is a High-tech industrial company engaged in energy, healthcare, and transportation. It operates in five segments: Power, Renewable Energy, Aviation, Healthcare, and Capital. The company offers products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, and oil and gas production equipment to medical imaging, financing, and industrial products.

Position: Buyer
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Buffalo Grove, IL, 60089
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: On-site
Job Description:
  • The Buyer is responsible for supporting the procurement of materials, products, and services needed for company operations.
  • This role focuses on placing purchase orders, maintaining supplier relationships, tracking deliveries, and ensuring items are received on time and at the correct cost and quality.
Key Responsibilities
  • Create and process purchase orders based on approved requisitions.
  • Review and approve auto generated requisitions routed to WMU.
  • Review supplier order confirmations and update Oracle accordingly.
  • Expedite past due and urgent orders with suppliers to prevent production delays.
  • Order parts and materials to support Aftermarket demand.
  • Create and manage intercompany inventory transfer requests.
  • Collaborate closely with Production, Planning, Engineering, and Inventory teams to support manufacturing schedules.
  • Communicate with suppliers regarding pricing, availability, lead times, and delivery schedules.
  • Monitor open orders and follow up proactively to ensure on time delivery.
  • Verify order accuracy and resolve discrepancies involving quantity, pricing, or quality issues.
  • Maintain accurate purchasing records and ensure data integrity within the ERP system.
  • Assist with supplier evaluations and help maintain the approved vendor list.
  • Coordinate with internal departments such as Manufacturing, Quality, and Accounting to resolve order related issues.
  • Support cost control initiatives by reviewing pricing, identifying savings opportunities, and preventing unnecessary spend.
  • Ensure all purchasing activities follow company policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
Qualifications
  • High school diploma or equivalent required; associate's degree or coursework in business or supply chain preferred
  • 0 2 years of purchasing, administrative, or supply chain experience
  • Basic understanding of purchasing or inventory processes
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook); ERP experience a plus
Skills & Competencies
  • Ability to manage multiple open orders and priorities
  • Basic negotiation and cost-awareness skills
  • Clear communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders
  • Basic negotiation and problem-solving skills
  • Team-oriented with the ability to work independently
  • Data entry accuracy
Work Environment
Office environment
  • Standard business hours, occasional overtime may be required to support production needs.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/

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