Supply Chain Data Analyst

Job Description

: Supply Chain Data Analyst

Huntsman is seeking a Supply Chain Data Analyst supporting the Performance Products, Supply Chain Division located in San Jose, Costa Rica. This position will report to the Customer Service Manager.

Job Scope

We are currently looking for a dynamic individual to work as a West Supply Chain Performance Analyst. In this role, you will have broad responsibilities for assisting the Director of Supply Chain, the Director of Sales, and others to drive performance improvement in regional and global supply chain processes performance. This role promotes the use of data and analytics to provide insights to process-aligned teams to enable them to deliver excellent customer experience and enabling business, associate, and team performance. This role helps to enable management of inventory levels and capacity to meet customer service levels and working capital targets for the business. The foundational element of the role requires expertise in reporting and data manipulation in MS Excel and various other reporting and data storage systems. The successful Analyst then takes this reporting and identifies potential failures or problem areas and works with limited supervision to address and resolve these issues across the business. In sum, this position is an integral part of the business units ability to deliver on its service and execution component of our value proposition.

In summary, as the Supply Chain Data Analyst, you will: What will be expected from you? Strategic Focus

• Promote safe work practices and drive improvement in safety metrics.
• Collaborate with the SC Director and others in keeping existing and developing new reporting and key performance indicator metrics for the West Region.
• Collaborate with internal business partners to help enable the alignment of demand forecasts, manufacturing plans, new product introductions, supplier performance, and other related supply chain opportunities.
• Support implementation of supply chain regional and global strategies and best practices in areas such as demand management, order entry, order fulfillment, material replenishment practice, and inventory optimization.
• Establish a culture of urgency and systematic, systemic metric-driven execution.
• This objective will require the ability to work effectively and persuasively with the functional groups, suppliers, 3rd party providers, and supply chain team members.
• Primary liaison between business leadership, IT, and raw material/logistics vendors to provide, deploy and manage technology systems to meet business objectives.
• Scope includes management of data requirements, upgrades strategy, user interface, and technological advancements.
• Identify and propose automation opportunities within supply chain processes by leveraging data insights, with the goal of improving efficiency, reducing manual work, and enhancing scalability across operations.
• Assist in the implementation of supply chain technologies and digital transformation initiatives.

Tactical Execution

• Produce and maintain key reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to help manage the business in the West region.
• Analyze supply chain performance metrics (inventory levels, lead times, order accuracy, etc.) and generate actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to generate automation strategies based on data analysis to streamline supply chain workflows and drive continuous improvement.
• Support forecasting and demand planning through data modeling and predictive analytics.
• Partner cross-functionally with the Customer Service team, Commercial team, Sourcing, Logistics, and Operations to develop standardized processes, reporting methods, SCM tools, and technologies in supply planning and scheduling.
• Proactively identify, develop, and execute tools that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our supply chain transactions.
• Maintain appropriate KPIs/metrics to measure service levels, on-time delivery, and inventory across the supply chain.
• Perform root cause analysis and corrective actions on key metrics.
• This will require both a strategic and tactical perspective to develop partners not just raw material or logistics suppliers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

• The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in Costa Rica.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in supply chain management, Data Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Business intelligence, or related field.
• 3 years of experience in supply chain analytics or a related role. (report generation and maintenance; supply chain processes ownership/management, etc)
• Experience in supply chain metrics, data analytics, and logistics is preferred.
• Project management experience is preferred.

Skills and knowledge

• Energized by collecting and organizing data into business intelligence to drive value into an organization.
• Detail-oriented worker with a high degree of ownership and professionalism.
• Strong skills in Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• SAP (S/4HANA) knowledge is preferred.
• Strong skills in Automation tools like Power Apps, Python, Alteryx, are preferred.
• Celonis knowledge is a plus.
• Works cross-functionally and collaborates with others to learn and improve business.
• Excellent communicator who can simplify complex ideas into simple stories avoiding unnecessary detail as situations dictate.

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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Additional Locations

Locations - Costa Rica - Heredia

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