Purpose

To govern maintenance materials, cost efficiency, and logistics systems, while supporting reliability improvement projects, ensuring the implementation of technically sound and cost-effective solutions across the plant. The role acts as a bridge between engineering, planning, and procurement, ensuring that the materials, logistics, and commercial aspects of maintenance and projects are effectively aligned.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Engineering
Perform lifecycle cost analysis for maintenance and improvement activities
Support and structure repair vs replace economic evaluations in collaboration with reliability engineers.
Track, analyze and benchmark maintenance and turnaround costs.
Identify and drive cost optimization and standardization opportunities across materials and vendors.
Materials System Governance
Implement spare parts strategy defined by reliability engineers
Drive inventory optimization, standardization, and rationalization
Manage obsolescence execution, including phase-out and replacement alignment
Improve materials, master data and governance in SAP
Ensure alignment between materials strategy, reliability programs, and procurement execution.
Turnaround Materials & Logistics
Ensure material completeness and readiness for turnaround and major maintenance events
Coordinate long-lead items, vendor delivery, and staging plans
Develop and maintain material logistics strategies to support efficient execution
RFQ & Project support
Support reliability engineers in developing RFQ packages and vendor evaluations frameworks
Translate technical scope into clear, structured, and commercially comparable RFQ documents
Perform Technical-commercial evaluation, including:

i. Lifecycle cost comparison

ii. Spare parts compatibility

iii. Maintainability considerations

iv. Vendor capability assessment

Consolidate vendor proposals into clear, decision-ready comparisons
Provide structured analysis to support reliability engineers final technical and vendor selection decisions.
Vendor & Materials Optimization
Support vendor performance evaluation and feedback loops
Rationalize vendors and material specifications across the plant
Align materials and vendor strategy with reliability and improvement programs

Qualification & Experience

Degree in Engineering, Physical science, Supply Chain or a related discipline preferred.
Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in procurement, materials management, or plant support roles within industrial or petrochemical environments.
Demonstrated experience supporting:

Maintenance and turnaround activities
Materials and spare parts management
Vendor coordination and RFQ processes

Candidates with relevant industry experience in plant maintenance, materials management, procurement, or turnaround support will be considered in lieu of a specific degree discipline.

Competencies

Strong practical understanding of plant maintenance workflow, materials systems and vendor ecosystems.
Ability to integrate technical, commercial, and operational considerations.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
Effective stakeholder management across engineering, planning, and procurement teams
Proficiency in SAP or equivalent materials management systems

Materials, Cost & Logistics Specialist