Corporate Buyer

RustOleum • Vernon Hills, IL

55d • $60,000 - $70,000

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
• 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.

Benefits

• After 30 days of employment, you will be eligible for a benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability and business travel insurance, flexible spending accounts, EAP, stock purchases and more.
• We also offer a 401(k) plan after three months of employment.
• Associates are vested in the RPM Pension plan after completing five years of service.
• Rust-Oleum offers 9 paid holidays and one floating holiday per year.
• You are also eligible to earn three weeks of vacation on an annualized basis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees