Global Process Owner - Materials Management

Worley • Houston, TX

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About The Position

Worley is hiring a Global Process Owner (GPO) – Materials Management to lead the design, governance, standardization, optimization, and global adoption of the end-to-end Materials Management process across geographies, business units, and projects. The role owns a global framework spanning engineering material definition, material requirements planning, material control, procurement interfaces, expediting, logistics, warehousing, field material management, inventory visibility, and construction material readiness. It ensures materials are accurately defined, procured, tracked, delivered, received, allocated, and installed to support safe, predictable, and efficient project delivery.

The GPO drives process standardization, digital enablement, systems integration, data integrity, governance, performance measurement, and continuous improvement throughout the material lifecycle. The role provides functional leadership and subject matter expertise to project teams globally, supports major projects and recovery efforts, and leads transformation, training, and change management initiatives.

Worley describes itself as a global energy, chemicals, and resources company headquartered in Australia. It partners with customers across the lifecycle of their assets, providing consulting, engineering, procurement, and construction services, as well as operations and decommissioning support. The company emphasizes a values-inspired, diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace and supports workforce development for low-carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in EPC project delivery, Materials Management, Material Control, Supply Chain, Construction, or Project Delivery leadership.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex materials management programs across large capital projects.
• Deep understanding of engineering deliverables, MTO development, procurement, expediting, logistics, warehousing, material control, and construction execution.
• Experience implementing process improvements, governance frameworks, and business transformation initiatives.
• Proven success leading global and multicultural teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the global end-to-end Materials Management process.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve global standards, procedures, workflows, templates, and work instructions.
• Establish a common global operating model and ensure consistency across regions, project delivery centers, and project execution teams.
• Define roles, responsibilities, accountabilities, and process interfaces across the organization.
• Establish global standards for Material Management Plans and project materials execution strategies.
• Define best practices for material planning, MTO management, PMTO management, spool management, steel management, owner-furnished equipment, and bulk material processes.
• Govern material requirements from engineering definition through construction installation.
• Improve material forecast accuracy and reduce material shortages and surplus inventory.
• Drive early material planning to support AWP and construction readiness objectives.
• Serve as business owner for Materials Management systems and digital solutions.
• Establish ERM as the authoritative source of material information and governance where applicable.
• Define integration requirements across engineering systems, ERM, procurement systems, expediting tools, logistics platforms, warehouses, SiteSense, fabrication facilities, and construction systems.
• Lead initiatives to eliminate manual workarounds, duplicate data entry, and disconnected material tracking tools.
• Drive automated reporting, dashboards, analytics, and digital material visibility solutions.
• Partner with IT and Digital teams to develop integrated future-state material management capabilities.
• Establish global material traceability standards from engineering through final installation.
• Define governance requirements for material status reporting, inventory accuracy, and material location visibility.
• Develop processes that provide real-time visibility of material constraints and schedule impacts.
• Standardize material readiness reporting and field material forecasting.
• Align home office material control, logistics, warehousing, fabrication facilities, and field material management teams.
• Provide functional leadership and subject matter expertise to global project teams.
• Support major projects in developing and implementing material management strategies.
• Review and resolve complex materials management issues affecting project execution.
• Capture lessons learned and incorporate them into global standards.
• Support project recovery efforts when material management deficiencies affect schedule or productivity.
• Develop and maintain global KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Monitor performance across material planning, inventory accuracy, material availability, schedule adherence, and installation readiness.
• Establish audits and governance reviews to ensure compliance with standards.
• Report performance trends and improvement opportunities to Supply Chain leadership.
• Lead corrective actions when systemic process deficiencies are identified.
• Lead the global materials management transformation roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, predictability, cost performance, and project outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops, root cause investigations, and process redesign initiatives.
• Drive adoption of industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Champion automation, AI-enabled analytics, digital twins, and integrated project delivery improvements related to materials management.
• Develop and maintain global training programs and competency frameworks.
• Lead organizational change management for process, system, and organizational improvements.
• Support onboarding and development of Materials Management and Material Control personnel globally.
• Build a global community of practice across engineering, procurement, logistics, construction, and field materials functions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior