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Purchasing Manager Raw Materials Buyer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Saint Joseph, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
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Posted:
4 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
3 September 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
About Us
I&M Machine and Fabrication a local family-owned business since 1974 takes pride in the exceptional service their employees provide making customer satisfaction their top priority for over 50 years. A complete service a one stop shop encompassing a variety of services from Custom Metal Fabrication Precision Machining to Industrial Metal Finishing.
Our facilities encompass a variety of machines ranging from Sheet and Tube Lasers CNC Machining Centers Powder Coating Lines to Deliver Trucks and everything in between needed for Custom Metal Fabrication Precision Machining to Industrial Metal Finishing.
I&M Machine and Fabrication Corp offers a competitive Base Salary Paid Vacation & Holidays Health Dental & Life. We also offer Vision and 401K.
Job Summary
We are seeking a hands-on player-coach Purchasing & Inventory Manager to lead our raw materials procurement and spearhead a major operational this dual-role you will manage day-to-day raw steel buying while serving as the architect for our inventory restructuring. Following recent equipment investments Phase 1 of this role will focus heavily on inventory overhaul: executing a complete physical count redesigning warehouse footprint layouts establishing clear location assignments and building standardized data tracking procedures within JobBOSS. We have the ERP framework in place but we need a dedicated leader to implement tight material control procedures and drive departmental accountability.
Core Responsibilities
Phase 1 Focus: Inventory Overhaul & ERP Optimization
Warehouse Layout Re-design: Map and optimize new physical stocking locations for raw steel to accommodate our recent equipment upgrades.
Data Cleansing & Set-Up: Audit clean and structure material data part numbers and location codes within JobBOSS.
Comprehensive Material Audit: Lead a 100% complete physical inventory count of all raw steel hardware and shop consumables.
Process & Procedure Creation: Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) for inventory tracking including material checkout scrap logging and cycle counting.
Accountability Enforcement: Implement strict inventory control measures to ensure shop floor staff accurately log material movements in the ERP.
Ongoing Strategic & Buying Duties (The Buyer Role)
Raw Steel Sourcing: Leverage deep market knowledge to source and buy steel (plate structural sheet coil tube) directly from mills and service centers at optimal price points.
Market Trend Analysis: Track steel pricing indices to strategically time volume purchases hedging against market volatility.
Purchasing Operations: Review bills of materials (BOMs) and production schedules to issue daily purchase orders for steel and shop hardware.
MTR Management: Secure and systematically file Mill Test Reports (MTRs) to guarantee material traceability and project compliance.
Vendor & Secondary Management: Maintain relationships with key vendors including coordinating occasional secondary outside processing (plating heat treating) and logistics.
Qualifications & Skills
Experience: 5 years of dedicated purchasing and inventory control experience within steel fabrication or heavy manufacturing.
Expert Steel Knowledge: Deep understanding of steel grades mill buying practices pricing structures and raw material handling.
ERP Implementation/Optimization: Proven track record of setting up inventory locations auditing data and enforcing procedures within JobBOSS or a similar manufacturing MRP/ERP.
Change Management: Demonstrated ability to organize messy inventory environments build SOPs from scratch and hold shop teams accountable to data standards.
Physical & Analytical Skills: Ability to read fabrication drawings for material takeoffs combined with the willingness to be on the shop floor instructing during counting and overseeing iron movement if needed.
Preferred
Experience managing warehouse transitions or plant layout changes due to new machinery integration & movement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or disability status.
Required Experience:
Manager
