Assistant Buyer

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

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 food service 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 4,200 people in 18 manufacturing locations 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 food service 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.

EEO/AA Employer/Veterans/Disabled

• Performs primary and supporting purchasing duties with guidance from the Buyer and Planning Manager, including performing general administrative work, issuing PO’s, communicating with vendors and internal stakeholders, obtaining new and existing part quotes, helping resolve invoicing and vendor shipment discrepancies and other related purchasing duties as assigned
• Perform supporting planning administration/follow up responsibilities, as needed/requested

• Execute the directives of Huhtamaki’s North America and global management to support Huhtamaki’s operations and those of its customers
• Review system-generated demand and issue purchase orders for select low demand complexity item groups (non-casting items)
• Issue outside process purchase orders for manufactured items
• Maintain purchase orders and follow up on non-confirmed and past due orders
• Maintain ERP costing data
• Expedite open purchase orders as required to support production and customer demand
• Assist Buyer through direct communication with vendors
• Assist Buyer with the quoting process for new and existing parts
• Assist Buyer, Receiving Clerk, Accounts Payable, and vendors in reconciling invoicing, shipping, and receiving discrepancies
• Perform root cause analysis of system, inventory, vendor, etc. discrepancies to address and prevent future disruptions, errors, and non-conformities
• Assist Planner with administrative duties including internal follow-up communications to internal team members
• Assist Buyer and Receiving Clerk with RV (return-to-vendor) process
• Participate in safety hazard hunts
• Other duties as assigned

• 2+ years in a purchasing or clerical environment.
• Experience using MS Office program or equivalent
• 2+ years frequently communicating via email and/or phone in a professional environment to internal and external parties

• 2+ years utilizing an ERP system to perform regular daily/weekly tasks
• 2+ years in a manufacturing environment

Associate’s degree or higher OR 2+ years related work history AND high school diploma

Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.