• North Reading, MA
  • $23–$33 Per Hour
9 days ago

Job Description

Job#: 3051271

Job Description:

Buyer - Buyer II

Location: North Reading, Massachusetts (Onsite)

COMPENSATION: $23 - $33 HOURLY

Role Overview

We are seeking a candidate for a Buyer position. This role involves purchasing materials, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring material availability. The successful candidate will be organized, self-motivated, and detail-oriented, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Purchasing materials and equipment from suppliers, including electro-mechanical assemblies, electronic components, and PCB assemblies.
  • Managing supplier relationships and key performance indicators.
  • Providing inputs for monthly scorecards and presenting procurement data during business reviews.
  • Planning material requirements, managing inventory levels, and managing schedules in an ERP system.
  • Identifying supply chain material risks and providing transparent monitoring of material flow.
  • Collaborating with Planning to communicate supply chain risks and mitigation strategies.
  • Developing mechanisms for monitoring and updating open purchase orders and delivery requirements.
  • Assisting the Global Commodity Management team with supplier relationship management and performance monitoring.
  • Resolving purchase order receiving errors and assisting with invoice reconciliation.
  • Managing supplier returns, including non-conformance reports and return material authorizations.
  • Identifying and executing opportunities for process improvement.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills: Proficiency with computer applications such as Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint is required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • An understanding of data management and databases is a plus.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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Employee Type:

Contract

Location:

North Reading, MA, US

Job Type:

Date Posted:

September 10, 2026

Pay Range:

$23 - $33 per hour

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Numbers & Facts

LocationNorth Reading, MA
Salary$23–$33 Per Hour

Skills

  • Career Counselingunmatched
  • Commodity Managementunmatched
  • Computer Skillsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Data Managementunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
  • Electrical Componentsunmatched
  • Electromechanical Assemblyunmatched
  • Geneticsunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Inventory Levelsunmatched
  • Inventory Managementunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)unmatched
  • Materials Trackingunmatched
  • Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Order Deliveryunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA)unmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Purchase Ordersunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Reconciliationunmatched
  • Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA)unmatched
  • Risk Managementunmatched
  • Schedule Developmentunmatched
  • Scorecardingunmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Systems Engineeringunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched

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