Plant Buyer

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company—Birmingham Manufacturing Site—seeks a Buyer/Scheduler to align weekly production schedules with raw material availability and RM flow. The role coordinates purchasing decisions with production sequencing and customer service expectations, resolving daily plan and material conflicts on-site.

Collaborating across Operations, Buyers, Analysts, and Transportation, you will support MRO procurement and drive schedule stability, KPI dashboards, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or 4+ years purchasing/scheduling experience.
• 2-5 years combined experience in planning, scheduling, purchasing, or supply chain.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of MRO parts, supplies, and services to support facility and equipment needs.
• Review MRP daily and order raw materials and packaging components.
• Build and manage weekly production schedules that incorporate RM availability and supply risks.
• Execute and monitor purchase orders supporting the production plan.
• Resolve material, capacity, and production conflicts within established site guardrails.
• Maintain integrated dashboards highlighting RM availability, schedule adherence, and service risks.
• Coordinate with Operations, Buyers, Analysts, and Transportation to support daily execution.
• Support CI activities that improve schedule stability, inbound RM flow, and inventory health.
• Communicate daily schedule updates and material risks to key stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Purchasing experience

Scheduling experience

Planning experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

4+ years purchasing/scheduling experience

Tools

Oracle Cloud

SAP

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft 365

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

The Buyer/Scheduler supports integrated production and material planning by coordinating weekly schedules with raw material availability. This role ensures alignment between purchasing decisions, RM flow, production sequencing, and customer service expectations. The position works crossfunctionally to resolve daily plan/material conflicts and maintain a stable supply chain rhythm, while also performing key MRO activities such as acquiring essential materials and services.

• Procurement of MRO parts, supplies, and services to support facility and equipment needs.
• Review MRP daily and order raw materials and packaging components.
• Build and manage weekly production schedules that incorporate RM availability and supply risks.
• Execute and monitor purchase orders supporting the production plan.
• Resolve material, capacity, and production conflicts within established site guardrails.
• Maintain integrated dashboards highlighting RM availability, schedule adherence, and service risks.
• Coordinate with Operations, Buyers, Analysts, and Transportation to support daily execution.
• Support CI activities that improve schedule stability, inbound RM flow, and inventory health.
• Communicate daily schedule updates and material risks to key stakeholders.

Employee Engagement

• Be active in employee engagement initiatives.
• Exhibit behaviors consistent with S-Ws Create Your Possible and S-Ws Culture of Belonging.

Safety and Wellness

• Support safety initiatives.
• Adhere to all safety policies while working on-site.
• Participate in required safety training and promote a safety culture with all employees.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role is not remote/ hybrid and will report to Sherwin-Williams Birmingham Manufacturing Site located at 90 Carson Rd N, Birmingham, AL 35215.

This position is also eligible for a bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• A bachelor's degree or 4+ years purchasing/scheduling experience
• 2-5 years combined experience in planning, scheduling, purchasing, or supply chain.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.

Preferred:

• A bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field
• Experience with scheduling tools, ERP/MRP systems
• Prior work experience using ERP software such as Oracle Cloud, SAP, etc.
• M365 Office suite systems familiarity (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause identification skills.