Supervisor, Material Management

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This position serves as a Project Material Manager on small Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction (EPFC) projects or may serve as a regional lead for non-project procurement.

• Plan, organize, direct, and control an appropriate portion of the purchasing or regional indirect procurement function or direct the purchasing, expediting, or field purchasing function on a project
• Develop, or assist in the development of purchasing, expediting, or field purchasing activities on the project or non-project procurement in a particular region
• Perform material buying, expediting, or field purchasing activities in accordance with the corporate Operating System Requirements (OSR) and established project or Material Management Plans, policies, and procedures
• Provide general and direct supervision to the purchasing, expediting, and other support staff as assigned
• Responsible for the implementation, management, and monitoring of the Material Management Work Process with the approved Corporate Reference Tool for Material Management to meet project requirements and schedule
• Negotiate and/or provide assistance in negotiation of large to complex equipment and bulk material packages to obtain best value for the Project
• Other duties as assigned

• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and eight (8) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to twelve (12) years if non-degreed; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner

• Experience managing/leading purchasing and expending on EPC or EPCF construction projects
• Ability to review project scopes of work and prime contract to determine Material Management requirements and flow downs to project procurement documents, plans, and procedures
• Ability to incorporate standard Fluor Procurement procedures and Commercial Strategies in the procurement of goods for the project
• Ability to align with Construction to determine site purchasing requirements and responsibilities
• Ability to coordinate the staffing of the project's purchasing functions in accordance with the requirements of the project Material Responsibility Matrix
• Ability to manage the execution of all procurement activities on the project in compliance with the project Baseline and procedures, plans, budgets, and schedules
• Ability to effectively manage personnel within multi-functional culturally and regionally diverse project team
• Ability to review and understand Prime Contract flow down requirements
• Ability to prepare staffing estimates
• Ability to prepare and update procurement schedules
• Ability to prepare individual Procurement Plans

• Ability to ensure that Project priorities of materials are identified to meet Construction requirements
• Ability to elevate suppliers, where required, to the Issues, Alerts, Warnings List (IAWL) when performance is detrimental to the Project Schedule
• Ability to manage the performance of Expeditors assigned to the Project

• Working toward applicable professional certification(s) or license(s)
• Experience primarily in the area of material management
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy and…