Job Description:
Product Portfolio Specialist
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 seeking a Product Portfolio Specialist supporting the Advanced Materials Division located in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Job Scope
We are seeking an enthusiastic product portfolio specialist to work in our Operational Marketing team in Advanced Materials. Reporting directly to the Product Portfolio Manager, the individual will perform activities that support the continued optimization of the Americas Advanced Materials product range.
As the Product Portfolio Specialist, you will:
- Under direction, execute product portfolio management process, tracking lifecycle performance and implementing changes to improve the overall portfolio health.
- Manage Advanced Materials product portfolio in SAP and Master data systems.
- Execute portfolio change tasks in SAP in Material Master module ensuring process compliance.
- Continuously review and track portfolio costs, working closely with procurement and manufacturing sites.
- Support the innovation stage gate process to ensure completion of portfolio tasks in a timely manner.
- Under direction, review the opportunity pipeline projects to ensure proper validation of site capacity, timelines, and Material Master Data alignment.
- Monitor and report on project related inventory, working closely with Supply Chain.
- Support Operational Marketing team to maintain portfolio sample inventory.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Technical Service, Manufacturing, Quality, Suppply Chain, Procurement and Regulatory to execute on portfolio related activities.
Required Qualifications:
**Education**:
- Bachelor's degree in science/engineering or any business discipline in marketing or product management
- Fluent in English, written, reading, and oral.
Experiences:
- Minimum of 3+ years' experience in chemical manufacturing preferred.
- SAP and Material Master module experience essential
- Experienced on Microsoft 365 Suite. Advanced Excel required.
Competencies / Skills:
- Must possess effective communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Detail oriented, analytical, and organized with excellent follow-up and problem-solving skills.
- Works well independently with a positive attitude.
- Adaptable to changing priorities and timelines.
- Travel up to 10% of the time.
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 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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