Job Description:
Ariba Buying Process Manager
We are currently looking for a dynamic individual as a Ariba Buying Process Manager for Corporate Purchasing at our Corporate Purchasing Department, Heredia, Costa Rica.
As the proficient user of Ariba Buying, you will suggest, plan, and implement changes. You will promote alignment by understanding and communicating (internal) client needs and requirements throughout the global organization.
What will be expected from you?
Global Ariba Buying Lead
- Responsible for overall system governance and management for Ariba Buying comprised of Ariba P2O and Ariba Guided Buying. Role of designated support contact for the tool
- Responsible for issue resolution and enhancement requests logging, tracking and performance
- Responsible for quarterly release readiness and testing for system enhancements and changes including communication and change management
- Responsible to keep training materials and documentation up to date.
General Data Manipulation and Reporting
- Provide purchasing specific data for requested reports by Purchasing Leadership and others
- Establish and maintain Purchasing Dashboards in reporting tool.
- Establish and maintain Purchasing Hub (SharePoint) areas.
- Perform analytic review to identify process improvement opportunities, conduct process improvement investigation and activities (prepare and present proposals)
- Publish purchasing regular Scorecards & KPIs, conduct analysis for performance improvement.
Information Management and Systems
- Designated regional support contact for SAP and other Ariba tools
- Promote performance improvements within the Purchasing organization through development of associates, improvement of systems and performance monitoring.
- Act as purchasing liaison with other functions through participation in cross-functional analysis, process design, and projects on an as needed basis.
- Proactively investigate and lead the review of purchasing processes to manage improvements.
- Lead purchasing data reviewing and cleansing to support the transformation to a data-driven organization
- Fundamentally understand data structure and attribute in various purchasing tools & systems
Compliance Purchasing
- Lead the compliance activities for purchasing related SOX and Internal Audit controls.
- Maintain and administer local Purchasing procedures
- Provide necessary purchasing standpoint information wherever required by compliance team for investigation
- Develop/implement purchasing process/governance to address regional needs under global guideline, act as role for training and coaching
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree with 5+ years related business process design, audit, project management experience.
- Required 2+ years recent experience with Ariba Buying/Ariba P2O/Ariba P2P and or Ariba Guided Buying
- Ariba Administrative experience required
- SAP MDG (Master Data Governance) experience desired
- SAP Experience
- Knowledge of audit and compliance
- Project Management
- Advanced Excel Skillset
- Ability to work with various business groups and manage multiple projects at one time
- Enable Now experience a plus
- Problem solving and critical analysis skills
What can we offer you?
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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