Beckers Group is a global leader in coil coatings and top-tier supplier of industrial paints, operating in 18 countries and serving customers in around 60 markets. Drawing on 160 years of experience and supported by around 1,700 employees worldwide, the company continuously advances high-performance technology to create positive impact through its coatings. Beckers head office is located in Berlin and the company is owned by Lindéngruppen, a Swedish family business focusing on long-term development of industrial enterprises.  To learn more about us, please visit https://www.beckers-group.com/en/about-us.

Why Work With Us?

At Beckers, technical expertise meets real autonomy. If you're ready to take ownership of complex challenges, you'll find an organization that backs your initiative and supports what you build.

Position Overview

The Buyer is responsible for ensuring the timely availability of all raw materials and semi-finished raw materials required to support the production plan while optimizing inventory levels and cost, minimizing supply risks, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. The role works closely with Procurement, Production, Quality, and Warehouse teams to maintain uninterrupted plant operations and schedule adherence.

Essential Duties/Functions

Essential Duties are those that are critical, integral, necessary, crucial, primary, and/or fundamental. These essential functions are the basic job duties that an employee must be able to perform.

• Utilize planning tools to place purchase orders for direct and indirect purchases in both Elk Grove Village, IL and Fontana, CA.
• Ensure accurate material planning through MRP/ERP system (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics).
• Work closely with the Production Planner to ensure materials are received in time for scheduled production.  Follow up on pending deliveries, resolve carrier issues, adjust delivery dates for bulk Raw Materials and track supplier on-time delivery. 
• Follow up on open purchase orders to ensure on‑time delivery.
• Resolve supply delays, shortages, or quality issues with Procurement and suppliers.
• Assist Procurement with meetings with suppliers to discuss pricing, delivery performance, and forecasts.  Perform annual supplier evaluations as part of our ISO procedures. 
• Work closely with the R&D team and Procurement Manager to achieve annual sourcing savings goals.  Assist in qualifying new materials and resolving any quality issues / non-conforming product. 
• Manage consignment inventory and report usage to suppliers on a monthly basis.
• Update ERP system with minimum stock levels and reorder points as demand/forecasts changes.
• Maintain optimal inventory levels to balance service, cost, and working capital.
• Monitor slow-moving, excess, and obsolete materials; recommend actions to minimize waste.
• Conduct regular inventory reconciliations with Warehouse and Finance.
• Reinforce cycle counts and root-cause analysis of variances.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings including the daily production meeting and aged inventory reviews.  Assist the supply chain team in conducting quarterly cycle counts and during the annual physical inventory.
• Approves invoices for purchases and inbound freight.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or supply chain. 
• 3 or more years of experience.  Chemical manufacturing is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.  Experience with Microsoft D-365 is a plus. 
• Ability to interface with suppliers, build strong partnerships, and represent Beckers best interest. 
• High analytical capability and able to solve complex problems.
• Appropriate relational skills to work effectively with others. 
• Experience using Microsoft Excel.
• To recognize that health and safety is an obligation of every employee and to take reasonable care of oneself and others and to comply with Beckers Health and Safety policy and any Beckers procedures/rules that apply to the role.  All employees have an obligation to highlight unsafe conditions and EHS Managers, Officers, Supervisors and above have the obligation to shut down any activity if it is operating in an unsafe condition.

Physical Requirements

• Office environment: ability to be seated for potentially prolonged periods of time.
• Employee may be exposed to excessive noise, moving machinery, marked changes in temperature and/or humidity.
• Employee may be exposed to dust, fumes, gases, chemicals.
• Employee must be able to carry/lift loads of up to 50 lbs.

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job obligations, tasks, and duties. The obligations, tasks, and duties of the jobholder might differ from those outlined in the job description and other duties, as assigned, might be part of the job.