Material Coordinator

DuPont; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive pay and benefits package

Job summary

DuPont is hiring a Material Coordinator in Wilmington, DE, to support the Experimental Station. This role is crucial for ensuring that materials and tools are prepared before work execution. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in maintenance support or materials coordination and proficiency in using systems like SAP for tracking material status.

Key responsibilities include planning materials for maintenance and research, coordinating procurement, and optimizing inventory management. The position demands strong organizational skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in maintenance support or materials coordination.
• Working knowledge of Work Management Process principles.
• Ability to coordinate across departments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure materials are available and ready before executing maintenance work.
• Coordinate the procurement and inspection of materials.
• Optimize inventory management in a high-variability research environment.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Prioritization skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

DuPont has an immediate opening for an experienced Material Coordinator to support the Experimental Station in Wilmington, DE.

The Material Coordinator – Experimental Station is a key enabling role within DuPont’s Work Management Process (WMP), responsible for ensuring that facilities maintenance and crafts support of laboratories is executed with complete material readiness in a complex research campus environment.

Role Alignment within the Experimental Station WMP

• Planning and Ready‑to‑Schedule stages: validate material completeness before jobs are scheduled.
• Schedule reliability: prevent execution delays.
• Execution readiness: ensure materials are staged and available.
• Post‑execution closeout: disposition of surplus material and accurate system updates.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will help ensure maintenance, facilities, and research craft teams have the right materials, tools, and equipment available before work is scheduled or executed. You will partner closely with planners, schedulers, procurement, maintenance teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders to improve material readiness, inventory accuracy, and campus work execution.

Key Responsibilities

Material Planning & Readiness

Review job plans for Maintenance and Research Crafts work to verify that required materials and tools are clearly defined and verified available before jobs are released for scheduling.

• Validate that material requirements align with needs.
• Partner with planners to improve material lists and reduce last‑minute material changes that drive break‑in work.

Procurement & Expediting

• Create and manage material, tool, and equipment using approved DuPont systems (SAP, procurement platforms, Pro‑card per policy).
• Confirm delivery dates and actively expedite materials critical to time‑sensitive work.
• Communicate material status changes to planners, scheduler, and supervisors to support informed scheduling decisions.

Material Coordination, Staging & Access Control

• Coordinate receipt, inspection, staging, and kitting of materials to ensure they are available at the correct time and location.
• Maintain accurate material status flags and notes within SAP to support WMP visibility and schedule credibility.
• Ensure materials are staged safely and in compliance with laboratory, chemical handling, and EHS requirements.

MRO & Inventory Optimization (Campus Environment)

• Identify opportunities to convert repetitive ESL maintenance and facilities materials into stocked MRO items where appropriate.
• Coordinate disposition of surplus or unused materials following work completion, ensuring laboratory and campus spaces remain clear and compliant.
• Partner with MRO resources to balance inventory control with execution readiness in a high‑variability research environment.

WMP Discipline & Operational Excellence

• Enforce material readiness as a prerequisite for scheduling, consistent with DuPont WMP stage‑gate expectations.
• Reduce material‑related break‑in work that disrupts ESL schedules and research activity.
• Participate in WMP reviews, scheduling meetings, and campus reliability improvement initiatives.
• Model DuPont Operational Excellence behaviors, including standard work, first‑time‑right execution, and waste elimination.

Safety, Compliance & Research Continuity

• Demonstrate unwavering commitment to DuPont’s safety culture and Experimental Station EHS requirements.
• Ensure material handling, staging, and storage comply with laboratory safety, chemical management, and company and regulatory standards.
• Support work by ensuring materials and documentation are accurate and available before execution.
• Act as a steward of WMP discipline.

What We’re Looking For

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in maintenance support, materials coordination, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations), or industrial/site operations.
• Working knowledge of Work Management Process principles, especially planning readiness and schedule support.
• Experience using a CMMS (SAP preferred) to track work orders and material status.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across maintenance, planning, scheduling, procurement, and EHS organizations.
• Strong organizational, communication, and prioritization skills in a fast‑changing environment.

Preferred

• Experience supporting large campuses, research laboratories, pilot plants.
• Familiarity with Maintenance & Reliability best practices and WMP performance measures.
• Knowledge of MRO inventory principles and material master data fundamentals.
• Experience working in permit‑intensive or access‑restricted environments.

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DuPont offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package.