Materials Coordinator

Job description / Role

Objectives:
- Consult to SA business leaders to develop and implement strategic materials / services planning at optimum value and deliver sustainable, year -on-year improvements in financial performance through improved supply practices.
- To develop relationships with end users to plan materials and services.

Main responsibilities:
- Consult with the SA business leaders to develop and implement area and product strategic planning to deliver sustainable, year-on-year improvements in financial performance through improved supply practices.
- Engage with Area Superintendents to understand their business, the business needs and profit drivers.
- Apply planning skills to optimize inventory and maintain a healthy service level through analyses of requirements.
- Maintain, review the materials master data.
- Conduct regular interactions with end users.
- Identify & monitor list of critical items.
- Review outstanding PRs on daily and monthly basis
- Review all stock outs.
- Cleaning up of material descriptions.
- Monitor duplications.
- Understanding of the MSDS sheets.
- Possess good knowledge of Business Warehouse reports.
- Understand consumption base planning.
- Understand all parameters of the material master.
- Maintain and review stock levels.
- Ensure all KPIs assigned are on target.

Requirements

The Coordinator is required to operate independently and to apply technical knowledge and skill.

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience.

The Coordinator must have leadership, negotiation, project management and change management skills as well as a knowledge of:
- Inventory management;
- Analyzing reports
- Material Planning Cycles

About the Company

Sohar Aluminium was formed in September 2004 to undertake a landmark Greenfield aluminium smelter project in the Sultanate of Oman and is jointly owned by Oman Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC - TAQA and Rio Tinto.

By implementing decades of industry insight in its design, specification and construction Sohar Aluminium has been created to ensure efficiency, environmental protection and the utmost safety of its workforce. The smelter has an annual production capacity of 375,000 tonnes of high quality Aluminium.

Omanisation, which currently stands at 72% of its workforce, is a driving force within the organisation. The development of its young employees is paramount and with that in mind, Sohar Aluminium has its own internationally recognised training centre which gives each and every employee the opportunity for further learning.