Purchasing Assistant

Are you highly organized, detail-oriented, and looking to grow your career in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain operations? We are seeking a Purchasing Assistant to support a busy manufacturing purchasing team by managing purchase orders, coordinating with vendors, tracking deliveries, and ensuring accurate data within the ERP system.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in purchasing support, customer service, logistics, administration, or supply chain who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants to gain hands-on experience within a manufacturing organization.

• Maintain and update purchase orders within the ERP system to ensure information remains accurate and up to date.
• Monitor open and past-due purchase orders to help support production schedules and material availability.
• Communicate regularly with vendors regarding order status, shipment timelines, and delivery expectations.
• Follow up on delayed shipments, shortages, and order discrepancies to ensure commitments are met.
• Track incoming deliveries and provide updates to internal teams across operations, production, and finance.
• Maintain purchasing records, documentation, and order data with a high level of accuracy.
• Support invoice reconciliation, reporting, and purchase order maintenance activities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to help ensure materials are available to support manufacturing operations.
• Assist with backlog reduction and ongoing purchasing process improvements.

• Experience working in an ERP system and maintaining purchasing, inventory, or order-related data.
• Previous experience supporting vendors, customers, suppliers, or logistics operations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to professionally follow up and build vendor relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Strong computer skills, including data entry and working within digital systems.
• Exposure to purchasing, procurement, order entry, supply chain, inventory, or vendor management processes.

• Purchasing, procurement, or supply chain support experience.
• Manufacturing, production, operations, or distribution industry experience.
• Experience managing purchase orders, vendor communications, delivery tracking, or inventory-related activities.
• Acumatica ERP experience is a plus, but not required.
• Interest in building a long-term career in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management.

• Gain hands-on purchasing and procurement experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Work closely with operations, production, finance, and supply chain teams.
• Learn and develop skills in ERP systems, vendor management, purchasing operations, and manufacturing processes.
• Join a collaborative team where your work directly impacts production and business success.
• Strong opportunity for long-term growth within purchasing and supply chain functions.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Saint Michael, MN.

The pay range for this position is $24.00 - $25.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract position based out of Saint Michael, MN.

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 18, 2026.

This is a fully onsite position in Saint Michael,MN.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email for other accommodation options.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.