Category Specialist, CCIG and Specialty Chemicals

Chevron•Houston, TX

About The Position

This position is designed for a strategic sourcing and commercial leader who can manage complex chemical, catalyst, and industrial gas categories by combining technical understanding, market insight, supplier relationship management, and strong business judgment. The role supports reliable supply, competitive value creation, risk management, and continuous improvement across technical and commercial supply chains. This role is responsible for developing and executing commercial and supply strategies for chemicals, catalysts, and/or industrial gases in support of business objectives. The successful candidate will bring strong technical and commercial acumen, downstream oil and gas experience, and the ability to translate market insights, supplier input, customer needs, and business priorities into actionable strategies that deliver reliable supply, competitive value, and leading performance.

Requirements

Petrochemical or Refining supply chain or technical experience
Understanding of chemicals, catalysts, industrial gas markets, or related technical supply chains.
Ability to apply technical understanding to commercial decisions.
Strong commercial acumen with proven ability to evaluate market conditions, develop strategies, and build sound business cases.
Experience conducting market analysis, supplier assessments, benchmarking, opportunity evaluations, and risk assessments.
Demonstrated ability to integrate input from customers, suppliers, technical experts, and business partners into practical plans.
Proven ability to lead projects, influence stakeholders, and deliver results through cross-functional collaboration.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting sourcing, supplier management, procurement, commercial negotiations, or category strategy in a technical industrial environment.
Experience working with strategic suppliers, customers, and cross-functional business partners across multiple functions or regions.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement sourcing, commercial, and market strategies aligned with business plans and operational priorities.
Assess market opportunities, threats, supplier capabilities, cost drivers, and competitive dynamics to support sound business decisions.
Provide commercial guidance to business partners and support benchmarking activities to improve performance and value delivery.
Lead cross-functional projects that require coordination across procurement, technical, operations, supply chain, commercial, and supplier organizations.
Build and maintain complex strategic relationships with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, customers, and industry partners.
Support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen commercial outcomes, supplier performance, and Operational Excellence/Reliability, and operational execution.