Specialist - Materials Mgmt

Description - External Energy Transfer, recognized by Forbes as one of America's best large employers, is dedicated to responsibly and safely delivering America’s energy. We are driven to inspire our employees to create superior value for our customers, our investors, a sustainable future and giving back to the community where we have long-standing commitments to causes including MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital, The Salvation Army, The American Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House and many more. We value all of our employees who make our growth and success possible. We are proud to offer industry leading compensation, comprehensive benefits, 401(k) match with additional profit sharing, PTO and abundant career opportunities. Come join our award winning over 12,000 strong organization as we fuel the world and each other! Summary: The Materials Management Specialist primarily supports IT-based Materials Management transactions in SAP and related applications. The role maintains material master data, processes and validates inventory transactions, and partners with IT and business teams to ensure accurate data, reliable systems, and effective operations. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Create, review, and maintain SAP material master and purchasing catalog records, including descriptions, material extensions, delivery addresses, plant and storage-location data, bin locations, and related attributes, in accordance with approved taxonomy, naming conventions, data standards, and governance requirements. Analyze material requests, manufacturer information, industry standards, existing SAP records, and inventory to produce accurate catalog content, prevent duplicates, and identify suitable close-match or reusable materials. Process, validate, and reconcile SAP inventory transactions—including goods issues, reversals, transfers, material corrections, initial loads, and returns to stock—by verifying quantities, units of measure, organizational data, financial coding, values, approvals, and supporting documentation. Maintain transaction logs, control files, SharePoint trackers, FileNet records, and audit-ready documentation, and develop and reconcile reports that monitor inventory accuracy, catalog quality, transaction activity, exceptions, and work status. Perform data cleansing, duplicate review, catalog standardization, and master-data quality checks to improve data integrity, searchability, consistency, and downstream system performance. Translate business needs into system and data requirements and coordinate with IT and functional support teams on access, defects, enhancements, data corrections, interfaces, and exchanges among SAP, SharePoint, FileNet, Service Now, reporting tools, and related Materials Management applications. Support SAP testing, upgrades, acquisitions, integrations, configuration changes, and process improvements by developing test scenarios, validating results, documenting defects, and confirming business readiness. Apply role-based access, segregation-of-duties, change-control, cybersecurity, retention, and internal-control requirements when maintaining records, processing transactions, and supporting systems. Provide enterprise-wide guidance and training on material searches, catalog requests, inventory transactions, data standards, and system procedures. Monitor market, manufacturer, and industry changes that may affect catalog content, material availability, or inventory data. Provide assistance and support across all Materials Management functions and duties as needed to meet operational priorities and business requirements. Requirements: Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below: Required experience is equivalent with the selected job level: The Associate Specialist level requires 0-2 years of …

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