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About Huhtamaki

Huhtamaki’s North America Business segment is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging as well as tableware, cups, folding cartons, containers, trays and service ware for the foodservice industry and retail markets. Our product portfolio includes Chinet®, the leading brand of premium tableware. Huhtamaki North America with sales of $1.3B employs approximately 42,000 people in 18 manufacturing location with its US headquarters in De Soto, KS. The parent company, Huhtamaki Oyj, has its head office in Espoo, Finland. Huhtamaki Oyj is the #1 globally operating foodservice packaging and molding fiber company in the world.

We’re looking for professionals to join our team of approximately 17,000 people in 34 countries. You’ll think creatively about making our business and those of our customers’ more effective and successful. You’ll always be looking for new ways of working. And along the way you’ll be making a difference to some of the world’s biggest brands, by helping great products reach more people, more easily.

Job Summary

Plan and purchase all raw materials for the facility so finished goods can be produced timely for customers. This must be accomplished with the thought of keeping inventory dollars as low as possible without any material related shortages.

Essential Functions

• Purchase raw materials to meet the current forecasts for each product.
• Constantly monitor inventory levels to keep the inventory as low as possible while meeting the forecast and operational objectives.
• Analyze actual raw material usage compared to forecasted demand within the structure of vendor lead times.
• Maintain accurate and complete purchases, confirmation, tracking and vendor records.
• Work closely with planning and operations to understand the constant changes of both forecast and performance to be able to adjust orders to meet all the needs.
• Make projections for raw materials yearly and review with vendors.
• Monitor vendors that require vendor managed inventory. Set guidelines for their inventory levels.
• Maintain an efficient and accurate system for monitoring all open purchase orders.
• Source and obtain written quotes from vendors as required for new items by utilizing specifications supplied by maintenance and operating departments.
• Ensure sustainability channels for all new materials.
• Assist with cost estimates and special projects as needed.
• Develop and provide materials reports to management.
• Work with the inventory management team to ensure all deliveries satisfy the assigned purchase orders and report any back-ordered or missing products.
• Monitor and coordinate movement of inventories in any outside warehouses.
• Work with the controller to ensure the coding of inventory and purchase products are correct.
• Assist in reconciling PO’s and invoices with accounts payable.
• Assist independent auditors in auditing PO’s.
• Crosstrain with Planning department to provide backup.
• Required to participate in Continuous Improvement program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Required

• Comprehensive understanding of MS Excel, MS Word and industry standard purchase order software platforms.
• Strong communication skills
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Clear understanding of the production planning function.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to work well with a team
• Order Trail Material for our T&D Department

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years experience of material purchasing in a manufacturing environment desired.

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