🚨 WE’RE HIRING – Purchasing Agent 🚨
📍 Location: Rochester, New York
🕒 Full-Time | Direct Hire
🏭 Industry: Aerospace / Precision Manufacturing
💰 Compensation: $30 to $35
TekPro is a direct-hire recruitment firm partnering with leading manufacturing and engineering companies across the United States. We’re currently seeking an experienced Purchasing Agent to support purchasing, supplier management, and material coordination within a precision manufacturing environment.
🔧 What We’re Looking For:
• 2–10 years of manufacturing purchasing experience
• Machine shop experience strongly preferred
• Experience purchasing raw materials, tooling, and maintenance supplies
• Experience managing purchase orders and expediting supplier deliveries
• ERP/MRP and Microsoft Office experience
• Strong supplier and vendor communication skills
• Experience coordinating outside processing/services
• Strong organizational, analytical, and documentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
⭐ Why This Opportunity Stands Out:
• Stable, long-term direct-hire opportunity
• Work in a precision manufacturing environment
• Play a key role in keeping production supplied and on schedule
• Communicate directly with suppliers, vendors, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Shipping & Receiving
• Manage materials, tooling, outside services, and supplier timelines
• Opportunity to contribute to an efficient and collaborative manufacturing team
📋 Key Responsibilities:
• Generate and manage purchase orders
• Identify and communicate with suppliers and vendors
• Track open orders, shipments, and delivery timelines
• Expedite materials and resolve supplier issues or discrepancies
• Order raw materials, tooling, and maintenance supplies based on shop requirements
• Coordinate outside processing and services with vendors, Quality, Sales, and Engineering
• Keep Manufacturing updated on incoming materials and potential delays
• Monitor supplier performance and delivery KPIs
• Help ensure materials and parts are available when needed for production
⭐ Ideal Background:
• Purchasing Agent / Buyer
• Manufacturing Buyer
• Purchasing Specialist
• Supply Chain Specialist
• Machine Shop Purchasing
• Aerospace or precision manufacturing experience
• ERP/MRP purchasing experience
• Strong understanding of materials, suppliers, purchase orders, and production needs
📩 If you or someone you know may be interested, feel free to reach out directly!
Schedule: 1st-shift, Monday–Friday schedule
🚀 Apply today! Join a growing manufacturing team and build your skills in assembly and production operations.