Senior Buyer Procurement Representative

Shell is looking for a senior procurement representative.

Senior buyers actively work with various category and procurement Managers, technical & maintenance managers, and other site-based teams to identify optimal procurement strategies utilizing the Shell Category Management Process (CMP). Sr. Buyers are responsible for leading the implementation of these strategies while negotiating site contracts to meet a number of local/regional challenges. Additionally, Sr. Buyers are responsible to work with the business to deliver robust contract management on existing agreements to ensure the deals are delivering the anticipated benefits. The Sr. Buyer is responsible for managing spend of $50-$100MM per year at the Shell Deer Park Refinery & Chemical Plant, located just outside of Houston, TX.

This role is focused on reducing the costs to the business and driving out waste, while ensuring security of supply to ongoing operations, projects, and turnarounds.

More specifically, the role will perform the following: 

• Accountable for the overall development and delivery (end-to-end implementation) of procurement strategies to maximize the value of spend on a total life cycle basis.
• Lead the development of contracting strategies including tender, negotiation and award and the post-award contract management and continuous improvements against the deals.
• Take an active role in implementing Enterprise Framework Agreements at the site, including implementation of local call offs and transition between suppliers.
• Ability to interface effectively with Contract and Procurement and business people across a wide variety of backgrounds and levels, both at the plant and the regional level.
• Obtain active support for key procurement goals and objectives via local stakeholder engagement; able to link these goals to business needs and benefits, including LEAN manufacturing principles.
• Deliver third party spend savings to achieve site cost reduction targets.
• Ensure compliance with established strategies, contracts, policies, and procedures.
• Manage relationships with key third party providers so as to meet business challenges and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop new commercial ideas and opportunities to enable the business to meet current and prospective business challenges.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the supply market, including: a strong understanding of the drivers of value and cost for principal providers in the market; strong knowledge of the risks in the market and how best to respond; and a clear view of the ways in which we can most beneficially shape the market.
• Maintain full understanding of CP policies and procedures, Contract Review Board processes, Requisition to Pay processes, and ERP related processes and procedures.
• Develop, document and present robust Contract Review Board submittals for local/regional strategies.

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