ACARA Jobs
Senior Indirect Buyer
Apply- ID: 559874
- Posted: 5/11/2026
- Location: Mankato, MN
- Category: LI - Manufacturing
- Job Type: Temporary
- Duration: 12 + Months
Description
Job Title: Senior Indirect Buyer
Location: Mankato, MN
Employment Type: Contract (24 months)
Industry: Manufacturing
Compensation: $ 47.55/ hr.
Schedule: 40 hrs/Week.
About the Opportunity:
- Process purchasing award summaries and purchasing documents for suppliers directly related to maintenance, repair and operational goods and services within client global compliance policies
- Develop sourcing lists and monitor supplier performance
- Aggressively resolve all pricing, invoicing, and contract related issues with the suppliers.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive the business outcomes they seek. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- This position is recognized as a strategic buyer responsible for procurement of indirect materials and services for certain commodities in support of all business sectors in the Americas.
- This position will collaborate with multiple site facility leaders and work within the global procedures for Strategic Purchasing
- Negotiate pricing, terms and annual contracts with suppliers, especially for goods and services utilized at client operational facilities in Mankato, MN.
- Analyze supplier cost/pricing information and benchmark the competition
- Manage purchase requisition queue, vendor invoice management queue
- Maintain open communication between internal departments, management, and suppliers
- Actively identify, drive, and support cost savings initiatives
- Support the implementation of a standardized process approach utilizing common forms, measurements, and structure
- Maintain good housekeeping practices
- Promote a compliance culture in area of responsibility, and live the letter and the spirit of the client Code of Conduct
- Perform special projects as required
Job Requirements
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business or Materials Management or Finance or Packaging Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in procurement, materials management, supplier cost analysis, or supply chain management.
- 5+ years of experience in handling confidential, sensitive matters with discretion
What Sets You Apart:
- Specific knowledge of construction, site professional services, and facilities management procurement processes
- Experience developing and executing contracts and service level agreements
- Experience with construction sourcing, machines and heavy-duty manufacturing equipment
- Project management experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with others
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent working knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures
- Strong financial/cost analysis skills and problem-solving ability when issues are complex
- Excellent organizational, planning, and follow-up skills
- Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills, and the ability to understand the needs of the internal customer
- Strong ability to interpret blueprints and engineering documents
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently with little direction
- Ability to learn commodity processes at supplier locations
- Ability to travel on a limited basis
- Proficient with PC and MS Office Suite
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Ability to travel (may need to go to supplier sites) - 10-15% travel
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
- Daily work is performed in an office, general manufacturing environments.
- This position has a Monday through Friday work schedule, as business requires.
- While performing tasks of this position, the employee is regularly required to operate a computer inside the facility. Next, an employee will be occasionally required to come in contact with wet or humid conditions. Finally, this position within the work environment, employees are occasionally requested to endure noise while performing daily tasks.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, crouch, or reach within the facility. Also, the employee will occasionally be required to grasp items to carry that are 10-25 pounds once per day. Finally, the employee is occasionally required to push or pull items that 10-25 pounds once per day.
- Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, distance vision, see color.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.