Materials Lead

Requisition ID: 284679 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: New Albany, OH 

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will interface with supply chain and construction personnel in all materials fulfillment and operations for the OSM program. You will participate with the project management team in defining and developing the scope of work, and in preparing and coordinating materials management plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets. You will ensure materials management operations comply with corporate, business unit and project requirements. #LI-HB1

Major Responsibilities:

• Participates with the OSM program team on a large project in defining and developing the scope of materials management at multiple domestic and international OSM Subcontractor facilities, and in preparing and coordinating materials fulfillment plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets.
• Contributes supply chain input to the preparation and/or modifications of the OSM program’s strategy and execution plan.
• Prepares and/or directs preparation material fulfillment of all Bechtel and Subcontractor procured materials including interface with Purchasing, Expediting, Subcontracts and Construction to ensure that our tools reflect material planning and active inventory associated with the OSM program.
• Develops, coordinates, and make materials management presentations to project and/or Customer personnel as needed. Maintains a positive working relationship with the various OSM Subcontractors to ensure that they have and follow a materials control and inventory program. This role will also be responsible for adjusting the destination of purchased material in our tools when there is a strategy adjustment to stick build or complete work in the field instead of at an OSM Subcontractor scope.
• Coordinates with the Project Supply Chain Manager to update plans for fulfillment of materials based on the Supply Chain Assignment Schedule and the division of responsibility. Will escalate late delivery risks through a progression of options to mitigate schedule impacts in consideration of cost including making comprehensive recommendations to the PMT.
• Collaborates with Engineering and OSM Subcontractor to resolve UOS&D’s associated with material free issued by Bechtel. As applicable, the role will provide oversight to Bechtel resources and/or third parties co-located at the OSM Subcontractor facilities to ensure prompt receiving and actioning/disposition of any technical concerns raised during the receiving process.
• Plans and directs the orderly closeout of Procurement operations, including destaffing, coordination for settlement of material claims and back-charges, actioning surplus materials and resolving punch list items for modules on the OSM program.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a bachelor’s or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 7-10 years of relevant experience or +10 years of relevant work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive knowledge in Materials Management including the use of material allocation tools, inventory controls, material demand forecast planning, schedule/cost risk mitigation and metrics/reporting. 
• Familiarity with procurement, expediting, and logistics activities to support a global materials management program.
• Expanded experience in project setup, including building a team, developing project specific templates, developing materials management strategy, etc.
• Demonstrates advanced skills in developing and upskilling team members, working and communicating effectively with all levels of project functional groups.
• Preference to be familiar with Incoterms® 

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