Position Title:
Material Analyst
Direction:
Contracts & Procurement
Reports to:
DW Head of Procurement
Location:
Kampala
Position Gap:
One (1) Gap
ACTIVITIES
The main responsibility of the position holder’s:
- Ensure that all stock items and their parameters are set to optimum level avoiding over stock as well as zero stock
- Ensure physical stock replenishment and availability in accordance with parameters
- Guarantee the accuracy and the updating of the stock database.
- Ensure that Financial and Physical stocks match each other
- Identify, recommend and participate to all optimization actions in relation to stock (cost avoidance saving, stock reduction, optimization of stock level, etc.)
Main Missions
- Coordinate with Technical Administrators (TADM) for correct data input in Material Master Forms (MMF) ensuring to comply with group recommendation (short / long descriptions, classification, etc.) and to have HSE and QA/QC requirements embedded
- Ensure consistency & quality of SAP Material Master creations for all materials (Stock items and Non-stock items) and support Key User for material management in SAP and BW
- Manage planning for stock materials replenishment, to ensure availability for operational requirement, to avoid shortage of material, to optimize stock level and to reduce surplus
- Work closely with Logistics / Warehouse to check physical inventory against SAP on regular basis, identifies any discrepancy and launches corrective actions promptly
- Initiate and coordinate with TADMs for dead stock reduction regularly
- Coordinate with TADMs for replenishment of material proposed by Material Replenishment Planning (MRP) in SAP for material optimization, cost avoidance and stock saving
- Assist Partners’ Inventory Audits at the warehouses
- Manage all C&P stock transactions in SAP
- Control the various returned materials from drilling activities and liaises with Finance and TADMs for reintegration
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES REQUIRED
- Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience:
- A minimum of 3 years of international experience in managing Drilling & Wells related materials, with good understanding of Drilling Service field operations.
- Knowledge and understanding of drilling materials and procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of inventory control and materials management processes.
- Understanding of material specification, certification and verification processes.
- Understanding of the interfaces between materials function, user departments and Technical Administrators.
- Good inter-personal and analytical skills.
