Manager, Materials

Description

GasTech has been dedicated to helping energy clients around the globe achieve their goals for more than 30 years. As an oil and gas engineered-to-order business, we are committed to understanding each client’s specific goals and executing them as our own. 

 Things are exciting for us at GasTech, as we are growing and looking for an experienced Materials Manager to join our team! Our workplace culture is both friendly and dynamic, and in this role, you will have plenty of opportunities to interact with all members of our project teams. 

Because we are an Engineered To Order provider of gas processing equipment, you’ll enjoy leading and mentoring our Purchasing team who are responsible for securing the necessary materials for our projects that vary in scope, design, and function. As our Materials Manager, you will ensure your team operates with a cost effective and team oriented approach to our various ETO gas processing equipment projects. 

Key Contributions:

• Manage the procurement and warehouse staff and give daily direction and guidance on tasks as needed.
• Establish warehouse practices and protocols to achieve an efficient warehouse
• Set warehouse and procurement team goals in collaboration with executive management and other team members
• Provide regular employee performance reviews, job training, and job development for the procurement and warehouse staff.
• Provide direction and uniformity for purchasing all goods/services with the highest value and on-time delivery
• Develop critical KPI’s, i.e. cost savings, aging lines released and not purchased, aging PO’s past delivery, PO $ & Lines/week 
• Maintain up to date promise dates for major equipment and materials.
• Conduct material shortage meetings, and material review boards (MRBs) and play a key role in Production Meetings.
• Purchase manufacturing supplies and equipment and all capital equipment.
• Planning for the elimination of departmental non-conformances or quality incidents.
• Ensure all Materials activities are compliant with the Quality Systems Manual.
• Establishing cause and implementing corrective actions for all Material’s Quality incidents.
• Manage, control, disposition, and replenish supplier defective material.
• Direct and manage the inbound freight within the time constraints of the Production Job.
• Secure and route proper material and equipment documentation 
• Control overstock and finished goods inventory.
• Effectively negotiate supplier relationships to provide the maximum benefit to GasTech 
• Prepare, maintain, and control the AVL.
• Prepare and stage material purchases to eliminate duplication and to take advantage of quantity discounts.
• Establish and maintain performance evaluation criteria for Vendor performance scorecard reporting. 
• With Quality Assurance, evaluate and ensure that all GasTech suppliers are properly qualified to perform the service or provide the goods requested by purchase order.
• Proper, professional, and consistent housekeeping.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or a relevant field of study is required.
• Demonstrated experience in a dynamic corporate environment characterized by a substantial annual revenue of $50 million or greater and the subsequent high volume in procurement and receipt of materials.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in ASME code pressure vessel fabrication and process plants in a supply chain management capacity is required. A firm understanding of the manufacturing build sequence for process plants and ASME code vessels is also required.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience managing warehouse and procurement teams is required.  Previous experience working with a WMS (Warehouse Management System) is also required.  WM system implementation experience is preferred but not required.
• Firm understanding of piping elements, i.e. elbows, flanges, tees, weld-o-lets, manual valves and grades of materials
• Understanding of sourcing engineered items such as control valves, instrumentation, etc.
• A cooperative leadership style and a strong sense of urgency are required. 
• Previous experience developing and implementing critical KPI’s for both Warehouse and Material departments.
• Must be able to work collaboratively with all departments including but not limited to process engineering, project management, engineering, and design. 
• Previous experience in purchasing fabrication shop consumables, welding supplies, fixtures, tools, shop supplies, and capital equipment is required. Specifically, structural and plate steel, pipe, flanges, nozzles, fittings, etc.
• Proficiency with computer application