Material Management Specialist

Role Overview

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

Company Overview

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

Role Purpose

Manage facilities spare parts inventory and consumables to maintain an optimized balance between plant costs and equipment unavailability, while providing day-to-day support for safe, reliable, and efficient management of bill of materials and warehouse inventory using SAP.

Key Responsibilities

Bill of Materials & Inventory Management

• Build the Bill of Materials (BOM) as provided by suppliers and enter data and stored location into SAP.
• Maintain accurate inventory control.
• Optimize stock levels.
• Determine the correct level of spare parts once the facility is operational based on in-country availability of parts to meet business needs.
• Manage the stock replacement program.
• Manage the stock inventory check program.

Warehouse Operations

• Provide warehouse support during commissioning of plants.
• Manage general plant provisioning including zone store setup and management.
• 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.
• Supervise and assist warehouse contractors with all site-related activities, ensuring safety and reliability philosophy is followed.

Scheduling & Support

• Provide warehouse input as required for scheduled outages to Management.
• Provide support during turnarounds (TAR), ensuring spares and materials are available to the site team.
• Arrange emergency transport with vendors.

Compliance & Safety

• Understand environmental regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with company safety, health and environment standards and fulfill 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.

Operations Partnership

• Work closely with Operations and Maintenance teams to understand plant issues and execute cost-effective solutions for resolution.
• Support overall construction and commissioning activities.
• Ensure company standards and best practices for warehouse management are met.
• Maintain alignment with operational objectives and customer satisfaction on safety, reliability, product quality, and flexibility on product supply.

Availability

• Provide emergency response required 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's 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.

Skills & Competencies

• Detail oriented, analytical, and inquisitive.
• Strong organizational, planning, and interpersonal and communication skills.
• 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.
• Good skills at organizing, analyzing, and coordinating.
• Comfortable in an unstructured and fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter, pro-active at gathering information and understanding subject matters.
• Skill in using Internet and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Honest and trustworthy.
• Respectful and presentable.
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Demonstrate sound work ethics.
• Knowledge of the Saudi market vendors and suppliers.

Additional Information

• Flexible working hours required to support plant operations.
• Works according to the needs of the organization.