Procurement Systems Analyst (Smart Materials)

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a hands-on IT professional to administer support and enhance our enterprise deployment of Hexagon Smart Materials (formerly SmartPlant Materials) and adjacent procurement solutions. This role owns the platforms availability security integrations data quality and functional configuration while partnering with Supply Chain/Procurement Project Controls Engineering and IT to deliver continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has experience in Smart Materials modules (e.g. Purchasing Expediting Site Inventory Warehouse BOM/Ident) or similar procurement/supply chain system understands EPC or capital projects procurement lifecycle and can bridge functional requirements with technical delivery (config interfaces reports automations).

Your role

Platform Administration & Operations

• Administer Smart Materials environments (DEV/TEST/PROD) user provisioning role-based access control (RBAC) profiles catalogs and LOVs.
• Own environment health: patching upgrades backups performance monitoring license management housekeeping jobs and audit trails.
• Maintain application configuration (projects plants disciplines account codes UOMs rules of credit workflows).
• Manage environments through change control: release calendar deployment validation rollback plans and documentation.

User Support & Functional Consulting

• Serve as Tier 2/3 support for Smart Materials and connected procurement tools; triage incidents resolve defects and coordinate with vendor support when needed.
• Facilitate requirements gathering solution design and testing for enhancements new modules and process changes.
• Build knowledge base articles SOPs and quick-reference guides; deliver user training and onboarding.

Development & Automation

• Configure and enhance Smart Materials objects (e.g. screen layouts validations reports interfaces).
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards (e.g. supplier performance expediting status MTO progress over/short/damaged PO cycle times).
• Script data tasks (ETL data validation cleansing) and automate routine admin operations where feasible.

Data & Integrations

• Ensure data integrity across master data (materials parts BOM/Idents catalogs) transactional records (RFQs POs MRRs transfers) and reference data.
• Own/coordinate integrations with ERP (Oracle) Power BI Engineering tools (Smart 3D Smart Reference Data) finance receiving/site and supplier portals.
• Monitor interface queues error handling and reconciliation; maintain interface specifications and mapping documents.

Security Compliance & Governance

• Enforce SoD least privilege and audit logging; support internal/external audits.
• Maintain GDPR/PII SOX and project data handling practices as applicable.
• Drive configuration governance: naming standards code lists metadata and versioning.

Project Delivery & Continuous Improvement

• Lead or contribute to platform initiatives: module rollouts upgrades data migrations template standardization and new project onboarding.
• Define and track KPIs (system uptime ticket SLAs PO cycle time data quality).
• Champion best practices for EPC procurement material management and expediting within Smart Materials.

About you

• Education: Bachelors in Information Systems Computer Science Engineering Supply Chain or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 48 years administering or developing Hexagon Smart Materials (SmartPlant Materials) or similar enterprise procurement/materials systems in EPC industrial construction mining energy or manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of procurement supply chain warehousing and materials management processes.
• Knowledge of Oracle databases PL/SQL scripting or equivalent relational database technologies.
• Experience supporting engineering design systems or project execution environments.

Technical Skills:

• Strong Smart Materials module knowledge (Purchasing Expediting Site Warehouse/Inventory BOM/Idents Requisitions/RFQ/PO).
• SQL proficiency (Oracle or MS SQL); ability to read/write queries for troubleshooting and reporting.
• Experience with integrations (APIs web services flat-file interfaces iDocs/IDocs equivalents sFTP) and ETL tools.
• Reporting/BI (Power BI SSRS Crystal or equivalent).
• Understanding of infrastructure basics (Windows Server/Linux application servers SSL DNS) and identity (AD/Azure AD/SSO).

Process Skills:

• Procurement lifecycle in projects (RFx PO Expediting Receiving Site/Install).
• Change management SDLC test management and release practices in regulated environments.

Soft Skills:

• Strong stakeholder management (Procurement Engineering Finance IT).
• Clear documentation training capability and structured problem-solving.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to translate business processes into system configurations.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Customer-service orientation.
• Ability to work in cross-functional technical teams.

Nice-to-Have:

• Hexagon ecosystem: Smart Reference Data (SRD) Smart 3D/Intergraph integration concepts.
• ERP experience: SAP MM Oracle Procurement/Inventory or IFS.
• Scripting: PowerShell Python for admin automation and data wrangling.
• Data governance/MDM exposure (catalog standardization UNSPSC ISO 15926 familiarity).
• Cloud/Hosting knowledge (Azure VM management backup/DR patterns).
• Vendor management and contract/SLA performance oversight.
• Professional certifications (e.g. PMP ITIL CBAP SAP MM certs).

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