Material Management Specialist

Role Overview

Material Management Specialist at Air Products, based in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

Company Overview

Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company founded in 1940 with a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, and an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship.

Role Purpose

The Material Management Specialist manages facilities spare parts inventory and consumables in close partnership with Operations & Maintenance teams to maintain an optimized balance between plant costs and equipment unavailability while understanding the costs of capital in inventory, all in line with business needs. The role provides day-to-day support for safe, reliable, and efficient management of the bill of materials and warehouse inventory through SAP.

Key Responsibilities

Safety & Compliance

• Provide and maintain a safe work environment.
• Demonstrate leadership with all company and industry safe work processes to prevent all injuries.
• Ensure compliance with company safety, health and environment standards and fulfil mandatory safety requirements and activities.
• Ensure warehouse activities are executed in compliance with EH&S requirements.
• Contribute to the development of EH&S related procedures in support of warehouse activities.
• Understand environmental regulatory requirements.

Inventory & Materials Management

• Build the Bill of Materials (BOM) as provided by suppliers and enter the data and stored location into SAP.
• Determine the correct level of spare parts once the facility is operational based on in-country availability of parts to meet business needs.
• Optimize stock levels.
• Manage stock inventory check programs.
• Manage the stock replacement program.
• Manage shipment and control of facility spares inward and outward.
• Manage the safe storage of capital spares both onsite and offsite.
• Provide training and support in hard goods inventory management methods and SAP transactions.

Warehouse Operations

• General plant provisioning including zone store setup and management.
• Provide warehouse support during the commissioning of plants.
• Maintain accurate inventory control.
• Provide warehouse input as required for scheduled outages to Management.
• Insure company standards and best practices for warehouse management are met.
• Emergency transport arrangements with vendors.
• Supervise and assist warehouse contractors with all site-related activities assigned to them, ensuring the safety and reliability philosophy is followed.

Operational Support & Coordination

• Work closely with internal and external resources and ensure the scope of work is executed safely and reliably.
• Support overall construction and commissioning activities.
• Work with the operations and maintenance teams to understand plant issues and execute cost-effective solutions for resolution to meet the customer's satisfaction on safety, reliability, product quality, and flexibility on product supply.
• Provide support during turnarounds (TAR), ensuring spares and materials are available to the site team.
• Work closely with operations and maintenance teams to ensure alignment with operational objectives.
• Respond to emergencies 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least 5 years of warehouse and inventory management work-related experience.
• Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Business, Engineering, or Technical disciplines.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic (reading and writing).
• Knowledge of SAP (ERP System).
• Forklift operation with a valid driver's license to operate and train people is a plus point.
• Knowledge of the Saudi market vendors and suppliers.

Skills & Competencies

• Respectful and presentable demeanor.
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Flexible and responsive to organizational needs.
• Sound work ethics.
• Detail oriented, analytical, and inquisitive.
• Effective written, verbal, and listening skills.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Good planning, monitoring, and reporting skills.
• Team player with excellent team building skills.
• Comfortable in an unstructured and fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter, proactive at gathering information and understanding subject matters.
• Good skills at organizing, analyzing, and coordinating.
• Strong communication, cooperation, teamwork, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Internet and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong organizational, planning, and interpersonal skills.
• Credibility and respect across the organization.

Additional Information

• Work location: Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
• Emergency response availability required 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.