Materials Management Coordination Lead

Airswift; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift seeks a Materials Management SAP SME for a 1-year, hybrid role in Houston, TX. The position focuses on inventory control, optimization, and SAP MM processes, partnering with Finance, Procurement, Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain to drive improvements.

Requires an undergraduate degree in procurement or business and extensive SAP MM experience, with a strong emphasis on data quality, governance, and cross-functional influence.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in procurement or business or equivalent experience.
• Extensive SAP ERP MM experience and MM processes.
• Experience supporting inventory control, optimization, and performance analysis.
• Experience maintaining, reviewing, and resolving Material Master data issues.
• Collaboration with line, finance, procurement, maintenance, and operations teams for inventory decisions.
• Experience with physical inventory counting, reconciliation, and audit processes.
• Experience supporting demand planning, surplus inventory identification, and obsolete material disposition.
• Experience troubleshooting inventory, material master, and SAP MM process issues.

Responsibilities

• Focus on inventory control, optimization, and MM in a complex energy environment.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain stakeholders.
• Develop inventory strategy, demand planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain material master data integrity and troubleshoot MM processes.
• Support reconciliations, audits, and total cost of ownership decisions.

Skills

SAP MM

Inventory optimization

KPIs

Data governance

MM data

Matrix org

Problem solving

Stakeholder mgmt

Spare parts linkage

Education

Bachelor's in procurement or business

Tools

SAP ERP

SAP MM

Job description

About Airswift
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
About Airswift
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
Job Title: Materials Management SAP SME
Duration: 1 year
Schedule: 5x40 (Hybrid: 3 days onsite/2 days Working From Home)
Location: Houston, TX
This opportunity focuses on inventory control, optimization, and materials management within a complex energy industry environment. The role serves as a key resource for inventory performance, material master data integrity, and SAP Materials Management (MM) processes, while partnering closely with Finance, Procurement, Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain stakeholders. The successful candidate will support inventory strategy development, demand planning, spare parts management, inventory modeling, and continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires a strong combination of hands-on Materials Management experience and deep SAP MM expertise, including the ability to troubleshoot system and process issues, maintain material master data, and drive inventory-related business improvements.Required Education:

• An undergraduate degree, ideally in procurement or business, or equivalent experience
  

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience working with SAP ERP systems, specifically SAP Materials Management (MM)
• Strong knowledge of Materials Management processes and how they function within ERP environments
• Experience supporting inventory control, inventory optimization, and inventory performance analysis across regional or site-based operations
• Experience maintaining, reviewing, and resolving Material Master data issues
• Experience collaborating with line, finance, procurement, maintenance, and operations teams to evaluate inventory requirements and support total cost of ownership decisions
• Experience with physical inventory counting, reconciliation, and audit processes aligned with finance requirements
• Experience supporting demand planning, surplus inventory identification, and obsolete material disposition activities
• Experience troubleshooting inventory, material master, and SAP MM process-related issues
  

Required Skills:

• Advanced SAP MM knowledge with the ability to identify and resolve system and process issues
• Strong knowledge of inventory strategy, inventory level setting, and continuous improvement within Materials Management
• Ability to monitor, analyze, and communicate key performance indicators related to inventory performance
• Strong focus on data quality and governance, including Material Master record integrity
• Understanding of both the operational and system aspects of Materials Management
• Ability to work effectively within a functional matrix organization and influence leadership and operational stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to support spare parts linkage to critical assets and service level reviews at the item master level
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to make effective decisions based on economics and total cost of ownership principles
• Understanding of equipment, spare parts, and materials used in the energy industry
• Knowledge of statistical analysis, inventory modeling techniques, forecasting, or inventory accounting
• Experience supporting MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) inventory program
• Field experience working in or supporting inventory control, warehouse operations, or inbound logistics within the oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, LNG, or energy sectors