Supply Chain Operations Specialist

Flotek Industries, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Flotek Industries, Inc. seeks a Supply Chain Operations Specialist in Houston to support both inventory management and procurement activities.

This role focuses ~60% on inventory execution and ~40% on procurement, with weekend coverage and weekday overlap with the Inventory Control Analyst. The candidate will collaborate across Logistics, Manufacturing, Client Fulfillment, Accounting, and Field Operations to ensure accurate ERP data and compliant processes in a dynamic energy services

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, or related field preferred.
• 2–4 years of experience in Supply Chain, Inventory, Procurement, Logistics, or Operations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Experience working within an ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Execute inventory transactions within JD Edwards including goods receipts, stock transfers, sales orders, inventory adjustments, and inventory reclassifications.
• Support transactional inventory activities to ensure inventory accuracy across manufacturing plants, staging yards, and customer locations.
• Assist with monthly inventory cycle counts, reconciliations, investigations, and discrepancy resolution.
• Review inventory movements for accuracy and resolve transactional issues.
• Coordinate inventory-related communication between Logistics, Manufacturing, Client Fulfillment, Accounting, and Field Operations.
• Monitor operational queues and ensure transactional activities are completed within required service levels.
• Provide weekend inventory support for manufacturing and field operations.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and ensure audit compliance.
• Assist the Inventory Control Analyst with daily transactional workload and reporting.
• Support purchase requisition processing and purchase order maintenance.
• Review and reconcile purchase orders against receipts and vendor invoices.
• Identify and resolve routine procurement discrepancies.
• Maintain procurement documentation and purchasing records.
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies and internal controls.
• Generate reports supporting procurement operations.
• Escalate non-routine purchasing issues to Procurement Specialist II or Supply Chain leadership.
• Assist with vendor communication regarding routine purchasing activities.
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy across all ERP transactions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify transactional processes.
• Ensure timely communication during shift transitions and weekend handoffs.
• Partner with Inventory, Procurement, Manufacturing, Client Fulfillment, Logistics, Accounting, and Field Operations.
• Respond professionally and promptly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation supporting audit readiness and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking

Analytical problem solving

Verbal and written communication

ERP system experience

Education

Associate's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, or related field

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, or related field

Tools

Excel

ERP system

Job description

Flotek creates unique solutions to reduce the environmental impact of energy on air, water, land and people. A technology-driven, specialty green chemistry and data technology company, Flotek helps customers across industrial and commercial markets improve their environmental performance. The Company serves specialty chemistry needs for both domestic and international energy markets. Flotek has an intellectual property portfolio of over 170 patents and a global presence in more than 15 countries, including North America, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. Flotek is based in Houston, Texas and its common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FTK.” For additional information on Flotek, please visit www.flotekind.com.

Overview

The Supply Chain Operations Specialist plays a critical role in executing day-to-day supply chain operations by supporting both Inventory Management and Procurement functions. This position is responsible for ensuring inventory transactions, purchasing activities, and ERP data are executed accurately, timely, and in accordance with company procedures.

Approximately 60% of the role focuses on inventory transaction execution, inventory control support, and weekend operational coverage, while the remaining 40% supports procurement execution, purchase order reconciliation, and purchasing administration.

This role provides critical operational support during weekends while maintaining weekday overlap with the Inventory Control Analyst to improve workload distribution, process continuity, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Inventory Operations (Approximately 60%)

• Execute inventory transactions within JD Edwards including goods receipts, stock transfers, sales orders, inventory adjustments, and inventory reclassifications
• Support transactional inventory activities to ensure inventory accuracy across manufacturing plants, staging yards, and customer locations
• Assist with monthly inventory cycle counts, reconciliations, investigations, and discrepancy resolution
• Review inventory movements for accuracy and resolve transactional issues
• Coordinate inventory-related communication between Logistics, Manufacturing, Client Fulfillment, Accounting, and Field Operations
• Monitor operational queues and ensure transactional activities are completed within required service levels
• Provide weekend inventory support for manufacturing and field operations
• Maintain accurate inventory records and ensure audit compliance
• Assist the Inventory Control Analyst with daily transactional workload and reporting

Procurement Operations (Approximately 40%)

• Support purchase requisition processing and purchase order maintenance
• Review and reconcile purchase orders against receipts and vendor invoices
• Identify and resolve routine procurement discrepancies
• Maintain procurement documentation and purchasing records
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies and internal controls
• Generate reports supporting procurement operations
• Escalate non-routine purchasing issues to Procurement Specialist II or Supply Chain leadership
• Assist with vendor communication regarding routine purchasing activities

Cross-Functional Responsibilities

• Maintain a high degree of accuracy across all ERP transactions
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify transactional processes
• Ensure timely communication during shift transitions and weekend handoffs
• Partner with Inventory, Procurement, Manufacturing, Client Fulfillment, Logistics, Accounting, and Field Operations
• Respond professionally and promptly to internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain documentation supporting audit readiness and regulatory compliance

Candidate Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, or related field preferred
• 2–4 years of experience in Supply Chain, Inventory, Procurement, Logistics, or Operations
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Experience working within an ERP system

Preferred Qualifications

• JD Edwards experience
• Oil & Gas or Chemical industry experience
• Experience supporting both inventory and procurement functions
• Experience with inventory reconciliation and purchasing processes
• Knowledge of inventory control best practices

Work Schedule

This is a full-time position with a scheduled workweek of Friday through Tuesday from 8 am to 5 pm. Occasional overtime or schedule adjustments may be required to support business operations.

Travel

This position requires less than 10% travel.

Flotek Industries is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.