Corporate Buyer (Hybrid - Vernon Hills, IL)

The Mom Project is excited to partner with Rust-Oleum in their search for a Sales Analyst. This role is hybrid (3 days in-office and 2 days remote/week) in Vernon Hills, IL.

Rust-Oleum Corporation is a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry. We offer a wide range of products, including decorative fashion paints and finishes, durable industrial, roof repair, and flooring coatings, and, of course, our famous rust-fighting formula that started it all.

As our Corporate Buyer, you will analyze material requirements, previous purchases, and forecast reports 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.

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 the MRP system and maintain the optimization process for all finished goods, raw materials, and components with respective MRP groups.
• 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 the schedule set by the Purchasing Manager. Obtain counts from vendors, create spreadsheets to analyze, and perform SAP transactions to reconcile counts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 3-5 years of 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 multitask in a fast-paced environment

Salary Target Range: $60,000 - $70,000, bonus eligible

From big benefits to small, we take care of our associates! 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 purchase,s 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.

Rust-Oleum is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.