Senior Turnaround (TA) Materials Requisitioner and Logistics Support Lead

Senior Turnaround (TA) Materials Requisitioner and Logistics Support Lead Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port Employment Type: Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday Competitive salary 10% company contribution pension 25 days holiday, increasing with service Private medical insurance Additional flex benefits, including holiday purchase Access to Employee Assistance Programme with exclusive access to a range of Discounts Free secure on-site car parking About the Company EET (Essar Energy Transition) vision is to be the leading producer of low carbon fuels and establish a blueprint energy transition hub in the North West. EET plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions. We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future. With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector. Find out more: Redefining Energy | EET About the Role We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Turnaround Materials Requisitioner and Logistics Support Lead. As the Senior Requisitioning Focal Point for the Turnaround Team, you will play a key role in ensuring the successful planning and delivery of Turnaround events by managing and coordinating material requisition activities from end to end. You will be responsible for creating, controlling and maintaining material requests, ensuring all requisitioning processes are delivered efficiently and in line with project requirements. Acting as the subject matter expert for SAP requisitioning processes, you will support ongoing SAP HANA improvements relating to Turnaround material management. In addition, you will provide guidance, coaching and training to both site-based requisitioners and wider requisitioning resources within our Mumbai AO team, promoting consistent standards, clear accountability and high-quality service delivery across all locations. Primary Accountabilities · Act as the senior requisitioning focal point for Turnaround activities, ensuring all material requirements are identified, requisitioned and available to support successful event delivery. · Create and manage material requisitions and reservations for Turnaround and associated project requirements. · Identify long lead-time materials in collaboration with Engineers and Planners, ensuring requisitions are raised with sufficient technical detail to support competitive procurement activities. · Utilise SAP and iPlan to order materials, maintain accurate tracking records and ensure all documentation is appropriately filed and controlled. · Raise material requests against the correct Work Orders and Job/Tracker Sheet references, ensuring full cost and asset traceability. · Coordinate PPE requirements with the Warehouse team and manage stock withdrawals during execution to minimise unnecessary purchasing and stockholding. · Ensure discovery work materials are delivered within required timescales to support Turnaround schedules. · Support the movement, coordination and distribution of materials through close collaboration with Stores, External Liaison teams and contractors. · Work closely with offshore requisitioning teams to ensure all material demand is raised in accordance with engineering specifications and site standards. · Manage local Turnaround material stores, working alongside Inventory Analysts to maintain appropriate stock levels and replenishment activities. · Act as the subject matter expert for SAP requisitioning processes, providing guidance on system usage, data integrity, controls and issue resolution. · Support the ongoing development and implementation of SAP HANA enhancements, contributing operational expertise to system design, testing and process improvement initiatives. · Develop, maintain and continuously improve requisitioning procedures, work instructions, training materials and governance controls. · Utilise StageIT alongside the Warehouse team to support upcoming Turnarounds, ensuring material locations are communicated effectively to Engineers and Planners. · Comply with site permit-to-work procedures and all associated control systems. · Maintain accurate, auditable records to support financial control, assurance and compliance requirements. · Support financial reviews, audits and event close-out activities across the wider Turnaround team. · Provide day-to-day functional leadership, technical support and guidance to requisitioning personnel across both UK and offshore locations. · Lead the induction, training and ongoing development of new requisitioning team members, including offshore resources. · Establish clear working standards, monitor quality and performance, and provide constructive coaching and feedback to promote consistency and capability development. · Act as the primary escalation point for complex requisitioning and SAP-related issues, coordinating solutions with Engineering, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse, Finance, Project teams and offshore colleagues. · Support Turnaround events as required, including occasional additional hours and weekend working to meet business needs. · Hold a full UK driving licence and be willing to travel between site locations where required. About You You will have GCSEs in core subjects at Grade C/Level 4 or above, together with a strong awareness of COSHH and manual handling requirements. An IOSH Occupational Health and Safety qualification would be advantageous. With substantial experience in material requisitioning within a turnaround, project or heavy manufacturing environment, you will possess advanced SAP knowledge and hands-on experience, including the ability to troubleshoot transactional issues, support process improvements and provide expert guidance to colleagues. You will have experience training, coaching and supporting team members, including remote or offshore resources, and will ideally have contributed operational expertise to system implementation, upgrade or business change projects, with SAP HANA experience being beneficial. A sound understanding of UK HSSE legislation, engineering standards, contractor management, permit-to-work systems and safe systems of work within a high-hazard environment is essential. You will be confident building effective working relationships across Operations, Engineering, Planning, Projects, Procurement, Warehouse, Finance, supply chain partners and offshore support functions. To succeed in this role, you will be an organised and dependable individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively on your own initiative. You will demonstrate a high level of integrity, strong attention to detail, and proficiency across Microsoft Office applications, alongside exceptional SAP capability. Application Process This vacancy will be advertised for a minimum period of two weeks and will remain open to applications until an offer has been made and accepted. Therefore, the vacancy may close at any time after Friday, 23 October 2026 , and we encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible. Please note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.