Job Title: Material Analyst

Division: Drilling

Direction: Contracts & Procurement

Reports to: SAP & Stock Senior Engineer

Activities

The job holder is responsible for the following.

Main accountabilities:

• To ensure that all stock items and their parameters are set to optimum level avoiding over stock as well as zero stock. • To ensure physical stock replenishment and availability in accordance with parameters.

• To guarantee the accuracy and the updating of the stock database.

• To ensure that Financial and Physical stocks match each other.

• To identify, recommend and participate to all optimization actions in relation to stock (cost avoidance saving, stock reduction, optimization of stock level, etc.)

Main Missions: 

• Coordinates with Technical Administrators (TADM) for correct data input in Material Master Forms (MMF) ensuring to comply with group recommendation (short / long descriptions, classification, etc.) and to have HSE and QA/QC requirements embedded.

• Ensures consistency & quality of SAP Material Master creations for all materials (Stock items and Non-stock items) and support Key User for material management in SAP and BW.

• Manages planning for stock materials replenishment, to ensure availability for operational requirement, to avoid shortage of material, to optimize stock level and to reduce surplus.

• Works closely with Logistics / Warehouse to check physical inventory against SAP on regular basis, identifies any discrepancy and launches corrective actions promptly.

• Initiates and coordinates with TADMs for dead stock reduction regularly.

• Coordinates with TADMs for replenishment of material proposed by Material Replenishment Planning (MRP) in SAP for material optimization, cost avoidance and stock saving.

• Assists Partners’ Inventory Audits at the warehouses.

• Manages all C&P stock transactions in SAP.

• Controls the various returned materials from drilling activities and liaises with Finance and TADMs for reintegration.

Qualifications/Experience required

Qualification and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree

• minimum of 3 years of international experience in managing Drilling & Wells related materials, with good understanding of Drilling Service field operations.

• Knowledge and understanding of drilling materials and procedures.

• Knowledge and understanding of inventory control and materials management processes.

• Understanding of material specification, certification, and verification processes.

• Understanding of the interfaces between materials function, user departments and Technical Administrators.

• Good inter-personal and analytical skills.