Senior Material Specialist

Job Purpose

To handle the purchasing of nuclear and non-nuclear related materials and equipment from initiation to post-award administration for Nawah requirements, ensuring that those requirements are met in a safe, compliant, timely, and efficient manner to support the safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

Responsibilities

• Prepare, plan, schedule and process the purchase of spare parts, tools, materials, and equipment in a timely and cost-effective manner to ensure safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the NPP.
• Support nuclear supplier qualification as required and update the qualified supplier list.
• Understand specifications and scope of work/Material Masters; ensure QA, Health and Safety, Engineering, and end-user requirements are included.
• Review technical specifications for purchasing materials and equipment.
• Assist end users in creating PRs and selecting correct parameters in the system.
• Assist end users in developing the Scope of Work/Material Masters by sending RFIs to the market to gather information.
• Arrange supplier meetings with end users and site visits for suppliers, if required.
• Review PRs in the system and assess material consumption to identify potential for strategic contracts.
• Interface with Engineering and QA to ensure safety and quality of materials and resolve non-conformance issues.
• Assess quotes for compliance with policies and budgets.
• Review competitive bids and quotes, evaluate proposals with requesters and SMEs, and analyze grounds for rejection.
• Assist vendors in raising Bid Exceptions, Deviations, and clarifications; resolve with support of PE including changes in the material master.
• Discuss and resolve supply issues with related departments (QA, Specification Engineering, Inventory Management, Warehouse, Logistics, etc.).
• Prepare the Commercial Evaluation.
• Ensure terms and conditions are agreed by vendors; no clauses should be open.
• Meet, negotiate, and/or clarify terms with vendors as requested by management.
• Prepare recommendations for award with justification per the Delegation of Authority (DOA) and ensure all required information is available.
• Prepare and issue the final Purchase Order/Outline Agreement for signature and assist peers in review.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)

• Coordinate with supplier, warehouse, and QA if any Non-Conformity Report (NCR) / Over, Short, Damaged & Discrepant (OSDD) is raised after receipt of material.
• Assist head and team members in day-to-day operations.
• Work with specification engineering and suppliers to find alternatives for obsolete items.
• Assist inventory management in analyzing and forecasting material requirements for online and outage work orders.
• Identify potential suppliers for materials in PR based on details in Material Masters.
• Proactively identify potential vendors for materials installed in BNPP and register/qualify them with QA and SRM support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration or Engineering, or equivalent Master's in Business Administration (MBA), Supply Chain Management, or Engineering.

Experience

• More than 5 to 7 years of Procurement experience in the energy sector (Nuclear power plant experience preferred).