Senior Materials Specialist

Job Description

<strong>Job Description<br><br></strong><strong>Job Overview: <br><br></strong>The Senior Materials Specialist uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Material Management discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Material Management discipline. They solve complex problems and use their discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Materials Specialist impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Material Management team and other related teams and ensures that they are working within the appropriate guidelines and policies.<br><br><strong>Responsibilities<br><br></strong><strong>Key Tasks and Responsibilities:<br><br></strong><ul><li>Lead or assist in the execution of Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) Category Sourcing</li><li>Implement commercial agreements and associated work processes for products and services as delegated by the Sourcing Manager</li><li>Identify Value Recovery opportunities for MRO spending and define/implement associated projects</li><li>Maintain knowledge of suppliers and relevant market intelligence developments</li><li>Utilize available Sourcing tools to the fullest capability, to improve the efficiency, and effectiveness of the Purchasing process</li><li>Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers and effectively manage quality service/product performance issues with suppliers</li><li>Leverage company spending/demand and develop supplier management strategies and tactics to ensure the organization is getting the best possible products &amp; services, quality, and price</li><li>Rationalize the vendor portfolio to ensure critical supply products are proactively managed for example Just-In-Time delivery, live supplier stock holding, and dynamic supplier capacity management</li><li>Identify through investigation and communication significant improvement opportunities, suggest ways in which to release these opportunities and deliver against them</li><li>Challenge and support the vendors to identify and deliver improvements</li><li>Set and monitor KPIs, and when necessary, put in place corrective action plans ensuring performance improves </li><li>Conduct regular supplier reviews including supplier visits, quarterly business review meetings, and the use of supplier quality audits</li><li>Support QHSES and Fabrication teams on product changes and new product introductions that impact the manufacturing and supply chain processes</li><li>Deliver vendor cost savings in line with set objects</li><li>Liaise with the shared procurement team on supplier management and continuous evolvement of KPIs (performance, quality, delivery, cost, and communications)<br><br></li></ul><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong><strong>Essential Qualifications and Education: <br><br></strong><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering</li><li>5 years minimum experience in procurement of materials within the Energy and Oil and Gas Industry</li><li>Extensive functional, business, industry, and leadership expertise</li><li>Strong functional knowledge of HR System</li><li>Ability to generate Excel spreadsheets with supporting analysis<br><br></li></ul><strong>Company Overview and Core Values:<br><br></strong>McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. For more than a century, customers have trusted McDermott to design and build end-to-end infrastructure and technology solutions—from the wellhead to the storage tank—to transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today.<br><br>At McDermott, we hold all employees accountable to follow our 5 core values.<br><ul><li>Integrity – we maintain a firm adherence to legal and ethical conduct </li><li>One Team – we are one company, where everyone is equally important </li><li>Go Beyond – we seek courageous and creative solutions </li><li>Well-Being – we promote all forms of well-being </li><li>Commitment – we are reliable and dependable in delivering quality solutions</li></ul>