Job Title: Procurement Specialist IV/The Materials Management Advisor
Location: Houston TX 77079
Duration: 12-month contract (potential for extensions)
Pay range : $56-$70/hr
Job Description :
- The organization is seeking a skilled Procurement Specialist to oversee inventory control, optimization, and management across a designated region or site.
- The role involves analyzing inventory data, reporting on performance metrics, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives to ensure effective inventory health and support operational needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategic inventory plans aligned with the overall business objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in finance and procurement to assess and meet inventory requirements while balancing total cost of ownership and service expectations.
- Ensure compliance with internal enterprise processes and inventory accounting standards relevant to the region or site.
- Monitor and communicate key performance indicators related to inventory performance to stakeholders.
- Lead and manage inventory analysts, fostering a culture of effective learning and professional development.
- Maintain high data integrity standards for material master records within enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including stakeholder engagement for critical asset linkage visibility.
- Work closely with maintenance teams to define strategies for critical spare parts and establish service level agreements at the item master level.
- Manage demand planning processes related to inventory management.
- Analyze and optimize inventory levels regularly to align with material requirements and strategic goals.
- Conduct physical inventory counts and reconcile discrepancies in coordination with finance and compliance requirements.
- Partner with operational teams to identify surplus inventory and facilitate the disposal or reutilization of obsolete materials.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in inventory management, procurement, or related supply chain functions.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data and develop improvement strategies.
- Knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems and data integrity best practices.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Ability to lead and develop team members effectively.Understanding of inventory-related operational processes and compliance standards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working within structured enterprise problem-solving methodologies.
- Familiarity with demand planning or inventory optimization processes.
- Prior experience supporting physical inventory reconciliation and surplus management.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to adapt to changing operational priorities and continuous improvement initiatives.
Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.
Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.