Manager, Category Management (Shared Services)

Cheniere Energy • Houston, TX

9h • Onsite

About The Position

This Manager, Category Management (Shared Services) is a critical position that supports the Cheniere corporate functions businesses with the development and deployment of category strategies. In doing so, the Manager will work closely with business partners to source, select, contract, and manage supplier relationships. Additionally, this position will be responsible for integrating new business processes, sourcing, and contracting principles and systems being developed through our SCM transformation.

The Manager shall have experience with all the processes associated with category management to include category strategy development, annual planning, sourcing, contracting, contract management and supplier management.

This is a non-DOT position.

Requirements

• Understanding of LNG or Oil & Gas plant or pipeline experience.
• Understanding of corporate contracting requirements to be used centrally and by operating sites.
• Advanced knowledge of category management strategies, inventory management and purchasing.
• Ability to create and manage Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams. Collaborative, teamwork approach with alignment with 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.
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Supply Chain or related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of relevant, progressive Supply Chain Management experience.
• Managing teams of direct and indirect reports.
• Leading cross functional teams across multiple organizational disciplines.
• Hands-on experience with sourcing, negotiation of general material and service contract provisions, commercial terms, and post award contract management.
• Hands-on experience with managing and delivering value from supplier relationship management.
• Hands-on experience with source-to-contract and purchase to pay systems i.e. Oracle, SAP, GEP, Coupa, JDE, etc.
• Experience with the following spend categories or another relevant category experience: Any of the following categories: Software Services, IT Hardware, Contingent Labor, Fleet Management Services, Consulting Services, Security Services, HR Services, Waste and Environmental Services, Logistics Services, Warehouse Services, Travel Services, and other corporate shared services.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of Supply Chain professionals.
• Integrating and working lock-in-step with business partners in Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities, Health & Safety, Security, Sustainability, and other corporate function businesses.
• Managing categories and contracts associated with Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities, Health & Safety, Security, Sustainability, and other corporate function businesses.
• Maintaining and supporting the Shared Services Category Management team’s category strategies with business stakeholders.
• Provides leadership in the management of the team’s category portfolio, value delivery, data integrity and communication.
• Leads, coaches, and performance manage team’s quality of work, and career development.
• Communicates with business stakeholders to align the strategic intent of supplier relationships, category or sourcing strategies and the business needs.
• Proactively influences senior leaders to gain alignment and access to appropriate resources.
• Coordinates business specific interests while leveraging Cheniere’s scope and scale.
• Supports innovation and introduction of changes considering internal and external market challenges.
• Ensures the timeliness and quality of sourcing and contracting.
• Provides assurance for team performance, quality of work, data management and capability development related to their Sourcing, Competitive bidding, Contracting and category implementation.
• Acts as the primary interface for all 3rd party spend in the category for Business and SCM.
• Owns business relationships and collaborates with their teams to provide thought leadership and way of working that drive category and contract management best practices.
• Supports cross-team workload balancing to ensure SCM services are delivered with quality and timely response.
• Develops supplier management plans for category-specific suppliers, to manage internal and external relationships focused on enhancing collaboration and value.
• Manages targeted supplier relationships for the Category.
• Champions supplier innovation with business stakeholders and leadership to contribute to Cheniere’s future success.
• Supports Contract Owners to gather performance feedback for effective contractor and supplier management (per Cheniere’s Operating Management Systems element 9.1).
• Provides input to the development of comprehensive Category Strategies.
• Integrates and connects demand planning, materials management, inventory strategy, contract call-off, buying and invoice requirements to deliver the Category.
• Ensures the category activities are compliant with local laws/regulations, policies and SCM functional policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Implements end-to-end category strategies – from the development of the strategy, through the implementation and benefits realization of that strategy.
• Provides expertise within their category portfolio, with an intimate knowledge of the supply market dynamics, the latest thinking on innovative technologies, disruption, and innovative commercial contracting.
• Ensures category coverage, timeliness and quality of all contracts required for safe, reliable, and competitive business operations
• Ensures all category specific sourcing & contracting is delivered in a compliant, timely, and accurate manner.
• Perform negotiations to establish contracts with qualified suppliers, to secure equipment, materials, and services on time at optimum cost for the Company.
• Drafts, evaluates, negotiates, and executes contracts (several types, including lump sum [firm, fixed price], time based, and multi-year contracts).
• Maintains an awareness of supplier activity to ensure supply of materials, equipment, and services required for current and future needs.
• Ensures contractual records and documentation for all suppliers are maintained in the appropriate systems.
• Supports the Delivery Purchasing team in the establishment of Contract Purchase Agreements (CPA’s) and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA’s) as appropriate for the business and supplier contracts.
• Supports the Delivery Purchasing team to establish transactional purchases against established contracts.

Benefits

• Cheniere Energy’s global impact is achieved through a diverse and passionate workforce that is invested in our company through our annual stock-grant program.
• Our comprehensive compensation and benefits offerings are competitive and strong, and they prioritize wellness and performance incentives that reward results.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level