Job Description
Title: Buyer II
Location: Bolingbrook IL
Hire Type: Contract
Shift : 100% on Site
Compensation: $63,550 - $80,513 annually
Location: Bolingbrook IL
Hire Type: Contract
Shift : 100% on Site
Compensation: $63,550 - $80,513 annually
Benefits: As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Overview:
Join Our Team as a Buyer II
Join Our Team as a Buyer II
We're looking for an experienced Buyer II to provide immediate support in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This is a strategic purchasing role responsible for managing complex components, supporting key suppliers, and ensuring materials are available to meet production demands.
Job Duties:
- Source materials and manage supplier relationships for complex engineered products.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and delivery terms.
- Manage purchase orders and monitor supplier performance.
- Support day-to-day purchasing activities, including invoice reconciliation, PO validation, and inventory discrepancy resolution.
- Monitor inventory levels, lead times, and min/max planning parameters.
- Partner with Operations, Planning, Engineering, and Quality teams to prevent shortages and improve supply chain performance.
- Drive cost savings, supplier improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- 4+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with complex parts and strategic suppliers.
- ERP experience required; JD Edwards (JDE) preferred, SAP or Oracle experience also considered.
- Strong understanding of inventory management, lead times, and procurement processes.
- Proficiency in Excel with the ability to analyze and manipulate data.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to hit the ground running and work independently.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Bolingbrook, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $63,550–$80,513 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Contract Negotiationunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Inventory Levelsunmatched
- Inventory Managementunmatched
- J D Edwardsunmatched
- Java IDE (Integrated Development Environments)unmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Operations Planningunmatched
- Oracleunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Performance Managementunmatched
- Pricingunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Purchase Ordersunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- SAPunmatched
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
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