Senior Buyer

LaSalle Network
Chicago, IL

LaSalle Network is hiring a Senior Buyer to join a global manufacturing leader known for precision, innovation, and teamwork. This role is onsite in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, ideal for someone who thrives in the details, has an eye for vendor quality, and knows how to negotiate with confidence. You’ll be at the heart of our procurement operations—balancing cost, quality, and delivery timelines across international and domestic supply chains. Immediate availability is preferred!

Senior Buyer Responsibilities:

  • Create and manage purchase orders for U.S. and international suppliers

  • Confirm and track all orders and update systems accordingly

  • Review vendor confirmations, ensuring accurate pricing and timely updates

  • Resolve delivery delays and backorders with proactive communication

  • Evaluate vendors based on cost, quality, and reliability

  • Conduct vendor interviews and site visits to build strategic relationships

  • Negotiate contracts and secure favorable terms

  • Verify purchase requests, ensuring alignment with company needs and budgets

  • Schedule deliveries and resolve shipping discrepancies

  • Authorize payments and maintain all procurement documentation

  • Troubleshoot supplier-related issues, including quality and invoicing

  • Recommend and implement procurement process improvements

  • Collaborate with suppliers to reduce lead times and improve delivery metrics

  • Maintain ERP system with accurate and up-to-date procurement data

Senior Buyer Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Technical field preferred

  • 3–5 years of buying/purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment

  • International sourcing experience is a plus

  • Strong Excel/MS Office and ERP system proficiency

  • Proven ability to negotiate, analyze data, and make sound decisions

  • Excellent organizational and time management skills

  • Collaborative, communicative, and customer-service driven

Ready to level up your career in procurement? Apply now and join a team that values expertise, ownership, and forward-thinking.

Thank you,
Kelly Wagner
Director
LaSalle Network

LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.?

LaSalle Network is the leading provider of direct hire and temporary staffing services. For over two decades, LaSalle has helped organizations hire faster and connect top talent with opportunities, from entry-level positions to the C-suite. With units specializing in Accounting and Finance, Administrative, Marketing, Technology, Supply chain, Healthcare Revenue Cycle, Call Center, Human Resources and Executive Search. LaSalle offers staffing and recruiting solutions to companies of all sizes and across all industries. LaSalle Network is the premier staffing and recruiting firm, earning over 100 culture, revenue and industry-based awards from major publications and having its company experts regularly contribute insights on retention strategies, hiring trends and hiring challenges, and more to national news outlets. ?

Posted 2025-07-29

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