Corporate Buyer

Rust-Oleum•Vernon Hills, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As our Corporate Buyer, you will analyze material requirements, previous purchases and forecast report to determine the needs of a fast-paced organization. Use the current optimization process to procure finished goods, raw materials and components for use in paint or paint-related materials.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required
3-5 years experience as a Buyer (or similar role) in a corporate environment
Knowledge of Materials Requirements Planning systems (MRP) & SAP experience is strongly desired
IBP software and processes experience
Advanced skill level of MS Excel and MS Word
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
Proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Plan and purchase finished goods, raw materials, and components by analyzing MRP and forecast reports to determine optimal order quantity and date required.
Review daily exception messages generated by MRP system and maintain the optimization process for all finished goods, raw materials, and components with respective MRP group.
Maintain vendor relationships by following up on delivery dates, reconciling invoicing issues, and dealing with quality issues.
Support product-to-market process by working with Sourcing, Marketing, Finance, as well as external vendors to ensure the on-time launch of new products. Such tasks include the set-up of artwork, bills of material, information records, source lists, and costing.
Analyze subcontract purchase price variance (PPV) by running PPV reports and reporting on favorable/unfavorable PPV. Fix costing & bill of material errors identified in the analysis process.
Conduct on-site vendor physical inventories by meeting schedule set by Purchasing Manager. Obtain counts from vendors, create spreadsheets to analyze, and perform SAP transactions to reconcile counts.