Buyer III - Hybrid

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Full Time Professional Brown Deer, WI, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $75,000.00 To $85,000.00 Annually

Please note
- The pay rate will be based on experience.

• Bonus Plan
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Personal Time
• Four Weeks of Paid Parental Leave with no waiting period
• 401K Plan with Employer Match (fully vested on day one)
• Company-Funded Short-Term Disability
• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• Quarterly Company Events and Lunches
• Have a say in TAPCO Happenings by joining the Fun or Safety Committee

The Buyer III is an advanced purchasing role responsible for independently managing complex suppliers, commodities, purchasing processes, and higher-impact procurement activities within established procurement procedures, approval requirements, and company policies. This position supports business continuity by leading complex purchasing execution, supplier follow‑up, delivery recovery, inventory support, ERP data accuracy, and cross‑functional issue resolution with limited supervision. This role is intended as an advanced execution and business process ownership level within the buying career track.

The primary focus is managing higher‑complexity supplier and purchasing activity, leading cross‑functional coordination, resolving escalated issues, supporting process improvement, and coaching Buyer I and Buyer II team members as needed.

• Create, release, and manage purchase orders for complex assigned suppliers, items, commodities, programs, or business processes in accordance with established procurement procedures, approval requirements, and company policies.
• Review purchasing signals, demand requirements, planning worksheets, forecasts, inventory positions, supplier capacity, and customer commitments to determine appropriate purchasing actions within assigned scope.
• Lead follow‑up on supplier acknowledgements, promised delivery dates, open order status, shipment timing, receipt activity, and high‑priority purchasing exceptions.
• Independently resolve complex late, missing, inconsistent, or incomplete supplier responses and escalate significant risks to Buyer IV+, the Procurement Manager, or other designated leaders as appropriate.
• Support continuity of supply by proactively managing supplier commitments, inventory constraints, shortage risk, customer impact, and recovery actions.
• Serve as the primary supplier contact for assigned complex suppliers, commodities, processes, or purchasing responsibilities.
• Communicate professionally and consistently with suppliers regarding order status, delivery commitments, documentation requirements, pricing questions, recovery actions, and escalated issue resolution.
• Provide timely and clear updates to internal stakeholders regarding supplier risks, late orders, shortages, customer impacts, recovery plans, and recommended next steps.
• Use established communication standards, escalation paths, and documentation practices to ensure supplier and internal follow‑up is complete, visible, and actionable.
• Coach Buyer I and Buyer II team members on supplier communication, follow‑up expectations, escalation discipline, and process compliance when needed.
• Enter, maintain, review, and correct purchasing data in the ERP system, including purchase order details, supplier responses, promised dates, receipt information, item notes, pricing, and other required documentation.
• Review assigned purchasing data for completeness and accuracy and resolve data issues within established authority.
• Identify ERP setup, item master, supplier, lead time, pricing, planning, or purchasing data issues that may impact execution, inventory, production, or supplier performance.
• Partner with appropriate internal teams to correct recurring data issues and improve the reliability of purchasing signals, supplier information, and reporting outputs.
• Maintain accurate transactional records to support production planning, supplier…