MRO Project Specialist at Turtle & Hughes Inc. in Clark, New Jersey

Job Description:

Why Turtle?

Are you looking to join a growing team of dedicated, driven, and passionate people who emphasize a work environment based on respect, collaboration, and diversity?

At Turtle, you will play a key role in our goal to listen, learn, and be helpful to every customer in need. With over 900 employees, spanning across the US, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, we believe that our people are our most valuable assets. Through our culture of innovation, education, and accountability, you ensure to create a space where Everyone Matters. We believe that EVERYONE can do extraordinary things and our mission is to create a workplace that empowers our employees to be successful. It explains why our history spans 100 years and has led to our standing as one of the nation’s largest independent electrical industrial distributors. You believe that by making the right choices, you can find the right solutions. That’s how we built our past. That’s how we’ll build our future.

About the Role

The MRO Project Specialist is responsible for executing various client projects, and providing operations support. They are the onsite partner for customers in setup, process development and projects. Every day work includes housekeeping, storeroom setup, information gathering, managing project plans, updating customer contacts, data analysis, relaying information to key subject matter experts, coordinating work with team members, and providing feedback for process improvement. Position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong time management and organizational and project management skills and refined attention to detail. The MRO Project Specialist must also be an exceptional problem solver, independent worker and must have strong follow-through. This position is fully remote. Candidates within the United States can apply.

What You’ll Do:

• Follow and enforce all site Safety and Security Procedures while documenting and reporting as required; ensure all staff receive initial and ongoing required safety training; file any safety incidents according to safety SOPs. Ensure compliance with ISO requirements.


• Serve as the onsite Turtle & Hughes point of contact for project management including, but not limited to, the client corporate champion, each client site champion and other key client personnel.


• Effectively communicate to Turtle and Hughes and Client contacts on project status updates.


• Manage and execute the onsite tasks required for each specific project


• Provide training to Site personnel in all aspects of their positions. Responsible for developing unity, morale and welfare at all levels of subordinate positions and working towards their professional development.


• Adherence to individual project budgets


• Ability to work independently


• Build the correct process flows, streamline procedures and providing data enhancements.


• Develop, implement and execute onsite strategic sourcing initiatives, reverse engineering, MWBE spend initiatives, and green sustainability programs to optimize savings and achieve spending targets.


• Generate purchase orders in Turtle & Hughes operating system or client CMMS purchasing systems.


• Analyze information, reports, etc. to determine trends, issues and makes recommendation.


• Work with Site Manager to streamline processes and implement quality improvements, documenting any changes into the Turtle & Hughes operating system and the site SOP.


• May be responsible for purchasing at off-site procurement only sites.


• Manage and instruct local temporary labor to complete tasks


• Ability to travel 75-90% (local, national, and international) for required to visit sites, and work with direct reports as well as clients.


• Ability to work weekends if required.

What You’ll Bring

• Two-year college degree required; or 3+ years’ experience in lieu of a degree is required. Experienced in client relationship management dealing with senior level customers


• 3+ years experienced in building relationships, leading and working in Supply Chain, Procurement or similar industry


• 2+ years supervisory and managing direct reports.


• Thorough knowledge of purchasing and inventory management including experience using ERP systems and working with interfaces.


• Familiarity in identification of MRO materials including, but not limited to the following commodities (HVAC, Power Transmission, Electrical, PVF, Industrial)


• Excellent interpersonal skills, writing ability, and presentation and verbal skills, with prior experience presenting in group settings and to senior management.


• Experience and familiarity with inventory control, receiving, and shipping processes


• Experience in financial reporting, budgeting and/or overseeing multiple P&L statements


• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint


• Strong skills in Excel / PowerPoint / Visio / Word; ability to learn and work with MS Project.

What We Offer:

We offer a competitive benefits package. Some of which include:

• 401(k) plan


• Health Insurance


• Dental Insurance


• Vision Insurance


• Life Insurance


• Paid Holidays plus a Birthday holiday


• Vacation and Sick Days

Who We Are

Founded in 1923, Turtle is a fourth-generation, family-owned, and three-generation women-owned business, and one of the nation’s largest independent electrical and industrial distributors. Headquartered in Clark, NJ, our Electrical Distribution division operates 14 branches spanning from coast to coast. It is a significant force in the engineering and procurement of power distribution, automation, lighting, and energy projects, offering integrated services for the industrial and construction markets. Turtle Integrated division provides on-site MRO procurement, cost-saving, and spend analytics across the US and in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

What To Do Next

You can begin by filling out our application online. If you want to learn more about Turtle, please visit our website www.turtle.com or our social medias! LinkedIn: @Turtle Instagram: @TurtleandHughes Facebook: @TurtleandHughes Twitter: @TurtleandHughes YouTube: @TurtleandHughes

Turtle is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.