Maintenance Parts Buyer (Expeditor)

Winpak Careers • Senoia, GA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Winpak Films is hiring a full-time Maintenance Parts Buyer (Expeditor) to support operational reliability at its onsite facility in Senoia, Georgia. The role ensures timely sourcing, purchasing, tracking, and availability of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies and critical spare parts for 24/7 manufacturing operations. The buyer works closely with Maintenance, Engineering, Production, and shipping teams to manage parts availability, reduce emergency downtime, and improve the spare-parts strategy.

The position includes purchasing maintenance supplies, expediting supplier orders, maintaining vendor relationships, managing service contracts, and coordinating vendor repairs and preventative maintenance. It also manages maintenance inventory and related CMMS records, coordinates shipments, maintains purchasing documentation, and reconciles invoice discrepancies. The role is onsite and requires the ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of MRO purchasing or maintenance-parts procurement experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or production environment.
• Experience supporting maintenance or purchasing activities in a continuous or high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience using ERP systems to create and manage purchase orders, track vendor activity, and maintain inventory records.
• Experience using a CMMS for inventory tracking, parts management, or maintenance coordination.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Outlook, Word, and Teams.
• Experience organizing and maintaining spare-parts inventory in a maintenance storeroom, warehouse, or manufacturing environment.
• Experience coordinating with internal teams such as Maintenance, Engineering, Production, or shipping to ensure parts availability.
• Ability to analyze purchasing or inventory data to support inventory accuracy and purchasing decisions.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of mechanical and electrical industrial components commonly used in manufacturing maintenance, such as motors, bearings, sensors, drives, valves, and fasteners.
• Proficient Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, or data-tracking tools for purchasing or inventory analysis.
• Experience generating reports or analyzing MRO spend, usage trends, or inventory performance metrics.
• Experience maintaining CMMS data structures such as Bills of Materials (BOMs), asset hierarchies, or integrated parts lists.
• Experience supporting maintenance service contracts or coordinating preventative maintenance services with vendors.
• Experience working in a 24/7 manufacturing or production environment.

Responsibilities

• Purchase maintenance supplies and parts according to company policies and management authorization.
• Work with Maintenance leadership to pursue competitive pricing and cost-effective purchasing.
• Expedite supplier orders and communicate potential delays to internal teams.
• Build and maintain working relationships with vendors.
• Manage vendor service contracts, including scheduling repairs and preventative maintenance such as scale calibration, forklift and roll-lift PMs, IR and vibration analysis, and HVAC PMs.
• Manage maintenance-material inventory levels using the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Organize and maintain spare-parts inventory for the Maintenance Department.
• Maintain accurate stock identification and location information in the CMMS.
• Document and track purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and inventory transactions accurately.
• Coordinate incoming and outgoing shipments with shipping personnel to ensure cost-effective delivery methods.
• Coordinate with Maintenance and other departments to ensure critical parts are available when needed.
• Reconcile invoice discrepancies to ensure accurate charges and maintain system integrity.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Travel coverage
• Disability coverage
• Voluntary life insurance
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Tuition assistance program
• Retirement savings plans
• Employee and family assistance program, including short-term counseling, wellbeing coaching, and financial and legal consultation services

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed