# Purchasing Agent

Overall Summary: The Purchasing Agent sources and obtains competitive pricing for required fine paper products and services. They ensure the required timeframe and appropriate quality level for direct material requirements. Primary Duties/Responsibilities: Analyze, identify, and communicate any sourcing constraints and opportunities; including cost savings, supply and service risks, category implementations and mitigation strategies. Maintain JIT stock purchasing without risk of stock outages; identify, escalate and resolve issues before they impact production schedule. Manage the procurement relationship; serve as first point of contact for suppliers and internal business partners regarding vendor escalation and/or supply issues. Negotiate with suppliers on key service and supply activities, as needed. Maintain accurate transaction records in Megamation, Monarch, Verticent, and/or PSI systems Provide back-up support for other Purchasing Agents. Conduct spend analysis; identify over-purchases and look for cost-saving opportunities. Work with A/P to resolve pricing or payment processing issues. Research alternative products or alternate suppliers as needed or assigned. Esta

- **Id**: 4307934
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/iwco-purchasing-agent>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chanhassen, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-26T20:37:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T09:24:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 18
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3748
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Vision insurance, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, Design & Creative

## Company

- **Id**: 2874743
- **Name**: IWCO
- **Domain**: iwco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/iwco-com>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: UltiPro

## Salary

- **Min**: 65000
- **Max**: 90000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 90000

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 18

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T09:24:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 77
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 18
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:5, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T15:09:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 90000
- **Is top pay**: no

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