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Our purpose is to build a better world, a mission that resonates with our ambition and serves as the foundation of our organizational culture. At Fluor, we design and construct the world’s most challenging projects. We provide professional and technical solutions that deliver safe, well-executed, capital-efficient engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects to clients worldwide. This role will be part of the most rapidly growing segment within Fluor, one that spearheads transformative projects in advanced technologies and life sciences.

This position requires extensive and diversified knowledge of material management practices and principles. In Fluor, Material Management encompasses sourcing, purchasing, expediting, material planning, field purchasing, warehousing and logistics.

The role ensures the accurate, timely, and cost-effective identification, sourcing, purchasing, delivery, warehousing, installation, and commissioning of materials and equipment. In coordination with the Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction (EPFC) effort and/or facility and overhead department support, this role negotiates or supervises complex commercial negotiations with suppliers to achieve the best value, emphasizing the on-time delivery of materials and equipment.

Technical and professional knowledge in job-related areas is required to maintain awareness of business unit activity and keep the strategic business line president’s direct reports informed about material management matters. This position requires strategic thinking and action, considering all available facts and data, as well as considering alternative courses of action, resources, constraints, and company values. Work is performed in the home office and field locations for projects ranging in duration from short term to long term.

Basic Job Requirements :

• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and twenty (20) years* of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to twenty-four (24) years* if non-degreed; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders

• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job

• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines

• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner

Other Job Requirements :

• Oversee all global team activities, including direct and functional reports, and manage the implementation of the Field Material Management Work Process (i.e., Warehousing, field material management plans, purchasing of equipment and bulks, expediting, logistics), to meet project field requirements and schedule.

• Supervise team in the development and execution of integrated Material Management Plans in coordination with Home Office Material Management, Construction and Material Control. This includes overseeing the development of detailed site logistics plans for cost-effective transportation services.

• Communicate staffing requirements with material management, management and maintain effective client relationships through service excellence. Interact with project managers, discipline leads, clients, and joint venture partners to meet project objectives.

• Develop warehousing plans and strategies.

• Maintain knowledge of safety policies and procedures, ensure safe work practices, and adhere to all applicable policies, procedures, and global standards.

• Manage global personnel for Business Lines, provide an environment for staff development and professional advancement, including training opportunities and performance feedback.

• Analyze situations, identify and forecast problems, evaluate options, and implement appropriate actions. Organize and prioritize multiple tasks and projects effectively to meet critical deadlines.

• May need to travel to attend to business related matters

• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications :

• Twenty (20) years of material management experience

• Applicable professional certification(s) or license(s)

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills

• Experience managing warehousing, field material planning, purchasing, expending, logistics and material planning in Megaprojects (>$2B) experience

• Experience and ability to lead a globally dispersed team

• Experience managing multidisciplinary supply chain team of 20 or more.

• Fluor Material Management Leadership experience strongly preferred

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