Corporate Buyer (Vernon Hills, IL)

The Mom Project is excited to partner with Rust-Oleum in their search for a Corporate Buyer. This role is hybrid in Vernon Hills, IL (Hybrid M, T, W in office, Th/Fri Remote)

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, durable industrial roof repair coatings, and, of course, our famous rust-fighting formula that started it all.

As the Corporate Buyer, you will analyze material requirements, previous purchases, and the 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.

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.

Skills and 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
• 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 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 purchases, and generous PTO (vacation/sick days/parental leave). Rust-Oleum offers 10.5 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per year.

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 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.