# Buyer Direct

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Buyer Direct located in Austin, TX. Reporting to the Purchasing Manager Direct, Buyer Direct role being responsible of coordinate activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment. What a typical day looks like: Maintaining relations with the suppliers. Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production. Receiving and handling the confirmations. Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List. Tracking shipments, urging them if

- **Id**: 3996852
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/flex-buyer-direct-13>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T01:33:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4936
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Electronics Manufacturing, Power Supplies & Power Electronics, Contract Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1845316
- **Name**: Flex
- **Domain**: flex.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/flex-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 156
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.609
- **Repost share**: 0.026
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T01:33:56Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 25 · green card filings: 3; Filings 12m: 25

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T04:12:14Z

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