Company Overview: If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone! **Role Summary:** This individual contributor role is responsible for driving data accuracy, material availability, and inventory optimization across the end-to-end supply chain. This role transforms ERP and planning data into actionable insights that support production schedules, procurement execution, backlog reduction, and working-capital goals. The Materials Analyst partners closely with Buyers, Planners, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance to ensure materials are available when needed, excess inventory is minimized, and risks are identified early. This position supports engineered manufacturing operations for $120M in annual revenue with as many as 300,000 active item masters. **Responsibilities:** + Material Availability & Shortage Management + Monitor MRP, backlog, and production schedules to identify material shortages, late orders, and constraint risks + Proactively highlight line-down risks, critical shortages, and supplier performance issues + Partner with Buyers and Planners to drive recovery actions (expedites, re-plans, substitutions, or resequencing) + Track and escalate material risk on key customer orders + Review MRP exception messages to determine inventory and item master planning adjustments required to fulfill the production plan + Partner with Production planners to evaluate production capacity planning and ensure that the inventory and manufacturing supply plan is sufficient to meet the backlog and forecasted demand plan + ERP, Data Integrity & Planning Governance + Support BOM governance, material master cleanup, and planning logic accuracy + Identify and correct MRP drivers that create false demand, excess inventory, or shortages + Maintain and validate item master data, including: + ABC/XYZ categorization + Sourcing and supplier data + Planning parameters + Order policies (MOQ, lot size, safety stock) + Lead times + Inventory & Working Capital Management: + Analyze excess, slow-moving, and obsolete (E&O) inventory + Support disposition, transfer, or re-deployment of materials + Monitor Days Sales of Inventory (DSI), turns, and inventory exposure + Identify opportunities to reduce inventory without increasing service risk + Performance Reporting & Analytics: + Build and maintain dashboards and reports for: + Shortages and past due material + Supplier delivery performance + Inventory health + Backlog and revenue risk + Translate ERP and planning data into clear, decision-ready insights for leadership + Support SIOP, backlog reviews, and recovery meetings + Leader and SME in LeanDNA usage across purchasing and planning. **Requirements:** + Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Finance or related field. + 3-7 years in materials planning, supply chain analytics, or production control + Strong understanding of the function of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) systems. + Demonstrated proficiency with data analytics preparation and autonomous decision making. + Advanced Excel Skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas, data analysis) + Experience working in manufacturing, preferably ETO or regulated environments + Basic business acumen and understanding of the financial impact of inventory account balances, working capital, and how to influence associated business results. + Strong verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in English. **Preferred:** + Previous manufacturing experience **Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!** Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve. **Req ID** : R-17784 **Job Family Group** : Logistics **Job Family** : LO Purchasing EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. 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