Purchasing Assistant
About The Position
The Purchasing Assistant supports a busy manufacturing purchasing team by managing purchase orders, coordinating with vendors, tracking deliveries, and maintaining accurate information in the ERP system. The role helps support production schedules and material availability by monitoring open and past-due orders, following up on delays and discrepancies, and sharing delivery updates with internal teams. This is a contract position based onsite in Saint Michael, Minnesota. It offers hands-on experience in purchasing and procurement within a high-volume manufacturing environment, with collaboration across operations, production, finance, and supply chain teams. The position provides opportunities to develop ERP, vendor management, purchasing operations, and manufacturing-process skills, with potential for long-term growth in purchasing and supply chain functions. The stated pay range is $24.00–$25.00 per hour.
Requirements
- Experience working with an ERP system and maintaining purchasing, inventory, or order-related data.
- Previous experience supporting vendors, customers, suppliers, or logistics operations.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to follow up professionally and build vendor relationships.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
- Strong computer skills, including data entry and working with digital systems.
- Exposure to purchasing, procurement, order entry, supply chain, inventory, or vendor management processes.
Nice To Haves
- Purchasing, procurement, or supply chain support experience.
- Experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or distribution.
- Experience managing purchase orders, vendor communications, delivery tracking, or inventory-related activities.
- Acumatica ERP experience.
- Interest in building a long-term career in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and update purchase orders in the ERP system to keep information accurate and current.
- Monitor open and past-due purchase orders to support production schedules and material availability.
- Communicate with vendors about order status, shipment timelines, and delivery expectations.
- Follow up on delayed shipments, shortages, and order discrepancies to ensure commitments are met.
- Track incoming deliveries and update internal operations, production, and finance teams.
- Maintain purchasing records, documentation, and order data accurately.
- Support invoice reconciliation, reporting, and purchase order maintenance.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to help ensure materials are available for manufacturing operations.
- Assist with backlog reduction and ongoing purchasing process improvements.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, if eligible.
- Dental insurance, if eligible.
- Vision insurance, if eligible.
- Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage, if eligible.
- 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contribution options, if eligible.
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents, if eligible.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage, if eligible.
- Health Spending Account (HSA), if eligible.
- Transportation benefits, if eligible.
- Employee Assistance Program, if eligible.
- Time off or leave, which may include PTO, vacation, or sick leave, if eligible.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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