Lead Specialist, Category Management (Shared Services)

Cheniere Energy•Houston, TX

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

Cheniere Supply Chain Management (SCM) is undergoing a transformation to establish an agile and resilient supply chain to support company growth. The SCM team supports indirect business partners to create value, mitigate risk, and ensure security of supply. This role is critical in supporting Cheniere’s Shared Services requirements for Indirect Category contracts across various departments including Environmental, Health & Safety, IT, Human Resources, Compliance & Ethics, Facilities, Professional Services, and more. The position involves working closely with business partners to develop and deploy Category Strategies, including sourcing, selecting, contracting, and managing supplier relationships. It also requires integrating new business processes, sourcing, and contracting principles and systems developed through the SCM transformation. The ideal candidate will have experience engaging business partners and suppliers in sourcing, contracting, contract management, and supplier management processes.

Requirements

Advanced knowledge of various Indirect Category and Strategic Sourcing Strategies.
Advanced knowledge of purchasing implementation processes.
General understanding of LNG or Oil & Gas plant or pipeline industry.
Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams.
Collaborative, teamwork approach with alignment to company values.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Advanced MS Office skills.
Proficiency in ERP or similar procurement software and central contract management system.
Minimum eight (8) years of relevant, progressive Supply Chain Management experience with sourcing, competitive bidding, RFP development, bid evaluation, selection, contracting and purchasing.
Hands-on experience with Sourcing, Contract Agreement Negotiation for Indirect Service contract provisions, commercial terms, and contract life cycle management.
Hands-on experience with competitive source-to-contract events and purchase to pay systems i.e. Oracle, SAP, GEP, Coupa, JDE, etc.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education, experience, and certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

Integrate and work collaboratively with business partners in the assigned categories.
Develop and lead Shared Services Strategic Sourcing Events in support of Category Management Strategies by working with cross-functional Shared Services teams.
Deliver the selection of suppliers for Indirect Categories.
Engage with Supplier Assurance, Purchasing Delivery team, and business partners to deliver strategies to meet business needs and supply market capability.
Manage direct Contract Agreement Negotiations working with Legal, Insurance, Treasury and Risk Management functions.
Implement Contract Agreements working with the Purchasing Delivery team and Share Services businesses.
Develop and leads supplier performance reviews meeting with Shared Service business partners.
Manage Shared Services commercial contract life cycle requirements for assigned Category Agreements.
Communicates across business stakeholders to align the strategic intent Contract and Procurement Strategy, sourcing strategy, and the business needs.
Actively influences senior leaders to gain alignment and access to appropriate resources.
Develops and maintains the Shared Services Contract and Procurement Strategy papers.
Integrates other SCM resources into the development and delivery of the C&P Strategy.
Project manages and reports SCM activities tied to the Shared Services portfolio.
Supports innovation and the introduction of changes considering internal and external market challenges.
Integrates with business partners and suppliers to align business needs, supplier capability, and drive performance and best practices.
Leverages Cheniere’s scale to coordinate business needs with suppliers.
Acts as the single point of accountability for all spend against their assigned categories.
Supports the Contract Owners in the gathering of performance feedback for effective contractor management.
Lead the development and execution of comprehensive Shared Services Category Strategic Sourcing Strategies.
Shared Services Contract Agreement Negotiations.
Lead the development and implementation of Shared Services Category Strategies for assigned categories.
Initiates the Supplier Pre-Qualification process for new suppliers working with SCM Supplier Assurance team for assigned Shared Services.
Develops and ensures Competitive Sourcing Events and Contracting is compliant, timely and delivered in line with the Shared Service Strategic Sourcing Strategy requirements.
Develops Requests for Proposal (RFPs) utilizing GEP system to consider total cost models to understand value, operating costs, and price impacts on existing budgets working with cross functional business partners. Prepares bid ranking evaluation criteria matrix, RFP packages, Approach to Market (ATM) and Recommendation of Award (ROA) documents in line with SCM Sourcing and Contracting Policy.
Leads contract negotiations to establish best in class contracts with suppliers to secure best price and risk mitigation for our Shared Service business partners.
Drafts, evaluates, negotiates, and executes various contract commercial structures working with Legal, Tax, Treasury, HSE, and Insurance functions.
Ensures timely delivery of Contract Agreements in support of Company’s safe, reliable, and competitive operations requirements.
Implements and maintains post contract award awareness of supplier activity requirements.
Ensures contractual records and documentation and contract correspondence maintained and logged into the appropriate systems.
Supports the Delivery Purchasing team in the creation of Contract Purchase Agreements (CPA’s) and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA’s / Outline Agreements) in Oracle P2P system in line with Contract Agreement Negotiations.
Manage Post Award Contract Management process, inclusive of contract handover and supplier management activities, while ensuring adherence to commercial assurance.