Materials Management Plant Support Specialist

Air Products • Allentown, PA

6d • 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.

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.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support operational needs, including weeknight on-call rotation, weekend coverage for North American Global Operations (typically limited to approximately six weekends per year), and one holiday weekend coverage assignment per year.

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