Materials Management Mechanical Spare Parts Provisioning Analyst

Reimagine What's Possible

Are you someone with a strong mechanical aptitude and the ability to translate equipment documentation into practical provisioning solutions? This technically oriented materials management role is responsible for evaluating industrial equipment and developing spare parts strategies that support safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of Air Products facilities throughout North and South America.

The successful candidate will work closely with our internal Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement teams. They will also work with our equipment suppliers to understand how equipment functions, identify potential failure modes, determine appropriate sparing requirements, and ensure critical spare parts are available to support plant commissioning and long-term reliability.

Candidates with hands-on equipment experience, maintenance, reliability, engineering, manufacturing, or plant operations backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Review equipment documentations, drawings, vendor manuals, and recommended spare parts lists to identify spare parts requirements and develop equipment Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Determine appropriate spare parts requirements and recommended stocking quantities in accordance with approved sparing philosophies, operational requirements, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, maintenance, operators, and equipment suppliers to validate vendor spare parts recommendations to ensure alignment with Air Products' sparing philosophies and operational requirements.
• Support the development of spare parts cost estimates for new project opportunities.

Additional information

Activities must be completed within project schedules and budget constraints to support successful plant start-up and long-term operational reliability. This role contributes directly to inventory optimization, cost savings, asset reliability, and downtime mitigation through effective spare parts planning and SAP master data management.

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead provisioning kickoff meetings with project stakeholders to establish scope, deliverables, schedules, and spare parts requirements for new projects.
• Review equipment documentation and apply existing Operations and product-line sparing philosophies to identify required spare parts.
• Coordinate the material master creation and extension process, including submission of requests to the Coding Team for new material numbers.
• Develop, maintain, and validate equipment spare parts BOMs in SAP for all applicable project assets.
• Monitor, track, and forecast project spare parts budgets, and project completion status.
• Support spare parts estimating activities for new project opportunities by working closely with Project Development Engineering, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and equipment suppliers.
• Establish initial safety stock for new plants by evaluating criticality, existing inventory, reliability considerations, and sparing strategies.
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing inventory across facilities to reduce procurement costs and improve inventory utilization.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting operational requirements during weekends and holidays approximately three to four times per year.

Preferred Skills / Competencies

• 5+ years' experience in materials management, procurement, or related fields is preferred
• B.S. in an engineering discipline or related subject area is preferred
• Working knowledge of SAP, including the ability to navigate and utilize standard transactions, and retrieve and maintain data
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, equipment lists, and vendor documentation
• Inventory management and supply chain knowledge
• Cross-functional collaboration and project management skills
• Proficiency with Excel and data analysis tools

What We Offer

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D

Air Products proudly values the skills, dedication, and leadership that veterans offer. As a veteran-friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the outstanding strengths and experiences that veterans contribute and foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.

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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what's possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.