This position serves as a material planning, purchasing, expediting purchasing team member supervising personnel with guidance from Purchasing Management, handling critical project material. • Manage critical material orders and supervise personnel at a management level• Ensure personnel are properly inducted in Project specific procedures, systems, protocol, and responsibilities• Facilitate functional/discipline training requirements for personnel, required to effectively execute their role on the Project• Plan and execute the material planning, purchasing, or logistics associated with commodities or engineered equipment, systems, or materials in support of project operations and/or goods in support of office operations• Assist in the handling of complex material planning, purchasing, logistics, or field purchasing functions or plans, and executes those functions within established Material Management Plans, policies, and procedures• Procure engineered equipment and materials in accordance with the Material Management Plan• Other duties as assigned• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and four (4) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to eight (8) years if non-degreed; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements• Create and manage expediting package plan• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors• 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• High School Diploma or equivalent appropriate General Certificates of Secondary Education or global equivalent, however four (4) year accredited degree or global equivalent preferred• Experience in Supply Chain for the Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical Industries• Experience in EPCM industry with industrial capital expansion projects (Brownfield and/or Greenfield)• Experience in dealing with global vendors (outside US)• Strong understanding of data analysis platforms such as Power BI, Excel, Tableau.• Ability to communicate fluently in English (read, write, and speak)• Working toward applicable professional certification(s) or license(s)• Experience should be primarily in the area of material management• Good interpersonal and communication skills• Good computer and software skills to include the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets, and electronic presentation programs• Good leadership and decision-making skills• Business travel to vendor shop(s) may be required