Materials Planning & Supplier Manager (12-Month Contract)

Akkodis; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Material Planning & Supplier Management Specialist in Waltham, MA for a 12-month contract. The role focuses on end-to-end material planning, supplier coordination, procurement visibility, and project material readiness to support safe, efficient project execution.

The candidate will collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Inventory, Warehousing, and suppliers, while supporting supplier performance, QA/QC, reporting, analytics, and process improvement.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience in materials management, supply chain, procurement, supplier management, engineering support, or utility operations.
• Experience supporting capital projects within electric utilities, energy, construction, manufacturing, or infrastructure environments.
• Strong experience with material planning, forecasting, ordering, expediting, tracking, and delivery coordination.
• Experience managing supplier communications, commitments, schedules, production updates, delivery risks, and issue resolution.
• Strong supplier relationship management and supplier performance monitoring skills.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP, including SAP Material Management (MM) processes.
• Experience with SAP Ariba procurement and supplier management systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for material tracking, analysis, and reporting.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, KPIs, and material/supplier performance metrics.
• Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization experience preferred.
• Experience supporting inventory, warehouse, depot, yard, logistics, and field material management.
• Knowledge of QA/QC, supplier non-conformance, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and quality performance tracking.
• Ability to identify material shortages, supplier delays, and project risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with process improvement, RACI development, governance, and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end material planning, supplier coordination, procurement visibility, and project material readiness.
• Support supplier performance, QA/QC, reporting, analytics, and continuous process improvement.

Skills

Materials management

Supply chain

Procurement

Supplier management

Capital projects

SAP MM

SAP Ariba

Excel

Data visualization

Dashboards / KPIs

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Utility industry experience

Tools

SAP MM

SAP Ariba

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Akkodis is seeking a Material Planning & Supplier Management Specialist in Waltham, MA for a 12-month contract. The role focuses on end-to-end material planning, supplier coordination, procurement visibility, and project material readiness to support safe, efficient project execution.

The candidate will collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Inventory, Warehousing, and suppliers, while supporting supplier performance, QA/QC, reporting, analytics, and process improvement.