Materials Management Provisioning Analyst

Air Products • Allentown, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This materials specialist role is responsible for all aspects of the spare parts provisioning process supporting Sale of Gas and Sale of Equipment Operate & Maintain projects throughout North and South America. The role ensures critical spare parts requirements are accurately identified, procured, and managed to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operations.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of SAP, including the ability to navigate and utilize standard transactions, and retrieve and maintain data
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, equipment lists, and vendor documentation
• Inventory management and supply chain knowledge
• Cross-functional collaboration and project management skills
• Proficiency with Excel and data analysis tools

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years’ experience in materials management, procurement, or related fields is preferred
• B.S. in an engineering discipline or related subject area is preferred

Responsibilities

• Collecting and analyzing equipment data for new and existing projects to develop and maintain equipment Bills of Material (BOMs) in SAP.
• Determining appropriate spare parts requirements and recommended stocking quantities in accordance with approved sparing philosophies, operational requirements, and industry best practices.
• Collaborating with Engineering, Operations, Procurement, and Project teams to ensure maintenance, reliability, and operational requirements are incorporated into provisioning strategies.
• Supporting the development of spare parts cost estimates for new project opportunities.
• Activities must be completed within project schedules and budget constraints to support successful plant start-up and long-term operational reliability.
• This role contributes directly to inventory optimization, cost savings, asset reliability, and downtime mitigation through effective spare parts planning and SAP master data management.
• Lead provisioning kickoff meetings with project stakeholders to establish scope, deliverables, schedules, and spare parts requirements for new projects.
• Review equipment documentation and apply existing Operations and product-line sparing philosophies to identify required spare parts.
• Coordinate the material master creation and extension process, including submission of requests to the Coding Team for new material numbers.
• Develop, maintain, and validate equipment spare parts BOMs in SAP for all applicable project assets.
• Monitor, track, and forecast project spare parts budgets, and project completion status.
• Support spare parts estimating activities for new project opportunities by working closely with Project Development Engineering, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and equipment suppliers.
• Establish initial safety stock for new plants by evaluating criticality, existing inventory, reliability considerations, and sparing strategies.
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing inventory across facilities to reduce procurement costs and improve inventory utilization.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting operational requirements during weekends and holidays approximately three to four times 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