Materials Management Plant Support Specialist

Air Products • Allentown, TX

7d • $72,195 - $120,830 • Onsite

About The Position

At Air Products, our operations depend on having the right materials, in the right place, at the right time. As a Plant Support Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting Industrial Gas Operations by ensuring our plants have access to the spare parts and materials needed to operate safely, efficiently, and reliably. This role includes participation in a shared on-call rotation to support operational needs: Weeknight on-call rotation. Weekend coverage for North American Global Operations (typically limited to approximately six weekends per year). One holiday weekend coverage assignment per year.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of relevant experience in materials management, supply chain, maintenance planning, inventory management, procurement, or a related field.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP, particularly materials management and inventory processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, operations, plant maintenance, or reliability organizations.

Responsibilities

• Source spare parts from the US in support of our international counterparts in situations where they cannot source locally or directly.
• Be directly responsible for spare parts management for a set of assigned domestic plants.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance teams to quickly identify and source critical spare parts, helping maximize plant uptime and reliability.
• Investigate material-related issues, analyze available data, and recommend practical solutions.
• Support planned maintenance outages by sourcing spare parts required for SAP work orders.
• Manage the capital spare repair process, including coordination and expediting activities with external repair vendors.
• Work with technical teams to identify replacement solutions for obsolete or discontinued parts.
• Replenish spare parts inventory using SAP inventory management and procurement processes.
• Balance inventory investment with operational reliability requirements through effective inventory planning and sparing strategies.
• Create, maintain, and improve Maintenance Bills of Materials (BOMs) in support of Operations sparing strategies.
• Support annual inventory audits and cycle count activities at plant and third-party warehouse locations.
• Assist with establishing and optimizing spare-parts warehousing solutions at both new and existing plant sites.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D

What This Job Offers

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