Buyer Assistant

Buyer Assistant Dexian DISYS United States, Tennessee, Nashville May 01, 2026 Buyer Assistant Job details Posted 01 May 2026 Location Nashville, TN Reference 1002914 Job description

Job Title:

Buyer Assistant

Location:

Nashville

TN 37201

Duration:

8+ Month Contract position

Job Overview:

The Global Procurement Operations Center (GPOC) supports Clients Global Procurement organization by ensuring efficient, compliant, and standardized purchasing operations. The Buyer Administrator plays a key operational role focused on purchase request processing, supplier coordination, system accuracy, and day-to-day buying support across managed spend categories. This role emphasizes transactional execution, policy compliance, and administrative excellence. The Buyer Administrator serves as a primary point of contact for internal requestors, buyers, and Procure-to-Pay partners to ensure timely and accurate purchasing activity.

Key Responsibilities:

Review, and validate purchase requests in Ariba and Oracle, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with procurement policies. Create, update, and maintain purchase orders (POs), and related documentation in procurement systems. Support assigned buyers and category leads by handling administrative and operational purchasing tasks. Provide guidance and hands-on support to internal users, including educating requestors on how to create and submit Purchase Requisitions (PRs) when needed to ensure accurate and compliant requests. Partner with Procure to Pay (PTP), Accounts Payable, suppliers, and business stakeholders to resolve time sensitive invoice, purchase order, and goods receipt issues to ensure accurate and timely payment. Ensure correct use of preferred suppliers, contracts, and buying channels in accordance with sourcing guidance. Monitor purchasing queues and workflow backlogs to ensure requests are processed within established service levels. Assist with data entry, reporting, and ad-hoc analysis related to purchase activity, spend tracking, and compliance metrics. Support system initiatives such as ERP enhancements, buying-channel rollouts, and procurement tool updates by assisting with testing, data cleanup, and user support. Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by identifying recurring issues, gaps in process, or training needs.

Basic Qualifications:

1-3 years of experience in procurement operations, buying administration, or procure-to-pay support. Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Working knowledge of procurement systems such as Ariba, Oracle, or SAP. Strong proficiency in MS Excel and other MS Office tools. High attention to detail with strong organizational and follow-through skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting indirect procurement or shared services procurement teams. Familiarity with media, entertainment, or large enterprise environments. Strong customer service mindset with the ability to support a high volume of requests. Ability to follow established processes while adapting to evolving system and business needs. Clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal stakeholders and suppliers. Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support. Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/. Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.