Assistant Buyer

Job Description:
Assistant Buyer (Heredia, Costa Rica)

Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions.

Huntsman offers unsurpassed opportunities to build a successful future. Our diverse portfolio creates a range of career fields including manufacturing, research and development, technical services, sales and marketing, customer service - and the list goes on.

Here, you can make an impact and make a difference. Come join us.

Huntsman is searching for an Assistant Buyer for our growing business based out of Heredia.

Manage and ensure the purchasing of materials, services and/or equipment for the assigned purchasing portfolio, within the set procurement policies and guidelines established on unit or organization level, to ensure an uninterrupted and timely supply in line with the objectives of the operational team.

In summary, as the Assistant Buyer, you will:

- Operationalize Procurement: Execution of the purchase to pay process by ensuring order accuracy, placing purchase orders, and processing invoice disputes in a compliant manner for multiple purchasing areas.
- Supply & Demand: Ensure alignment, support, and follow-up of logistic and operational activities in line with demand and in accordance with company targets including the order confirmation process.
- Purchasing Master Data: Manage and maintain all levels of purchasing data including pricing and order profiles, supplier data, and orders placed according to strategic sourcing expectations.
- Collaboration: Actively collaborate with commercial purchasing and key stakeholders by being the daily operational contact between purchasing and several manufacturing sites or administrative departments.
- Information Sharing: Provide and share data analysis to internal stakeholders on purchased goods and services, within standards of information management.
- Optimization: Identification of trends and improvements to drive automation, streamline processes and create efficiencies based on strategic optimization and the procurement strategy and in consultation with the business.
- EHS and compliance: Ensure, follow-up and control the compliance of processes and organizational policies regarding environment, health, and security standards.

Education
- Bachelor’s degree or 0-2 years of experience
- Understanding of the purchasing process.
- Capable of working with Microsoft Office package.
- Knowledge on 0-2 ERP platforms
- Ability to identify and solve basic issues.
- Must be able to perform operational tasks.

Competencies
- Adaptability
- Achievement Orientation
- Analytical Thinking

Huntsman is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation and/or expression or any other characteristic protected by law in every location in which we have facilities national or local.

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