Lummus Technology, LLC
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
Department: Supply Chain
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Houston - Texas
Description
At Lummus Technology, innovation thrives, and excellence is a shared pursuit. When you join the Lummus Family, you are empowered to make an impact and be part of a dynamic team that celebrates creativity, encourages professional development, and fosters collaboration. The Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) group is looking for a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the Category Management team.Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall category strategy, vendor relationships, onboarding of new vendors, and evaluation of potential suppliers for a category with $200M of annual spend.
- Researching and selecting potential suppliers based on quality, cost, delivery performance, and other criteria.
- Lead bidding events and negotiating commercial and legal terms to secure favorable contracts.
- Continuously seeking ways to reduce total costs and driving process improvements.
- Assessing potential risks in the supply chain, such as disruptions, regulatory issues, or geopolitical factors, and developing contingency plans and effectively communicating these risks to the business.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure quality and reliability.
- Keeping up to date with market trends, supplier capabilities, and competitive pricing to inform sourcing decisions.
- Using data to track spending, measure supplier performance, and analyze the effectiveness of sourcing strategies.
- Work closely with procurement, finance, logistics, sales, and demand planning to align sourcing with broader organizational objectives.
- Develop raw materials cost forecasts and communicate impacts to the business partners
- Ad-hoc analysis and other duties may be assigned.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Bachelors degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 10 years+ of progressive Strategic Procurement or Category Management experience in the Catalyst Manufacturing or Chemicals Industries.
- Demonstrated experience with alumina, zeolite, metals and tolling contracts are strongly preferred.
- Experience in strategic global product sourcing, negotiations and optimization.
- Experience with raw materials and tolling strongly preferred.
- In-dept knowledge of ERP-systems (JDE E1) strongly preferred.
Benefits
Paid Time Off Medical Insurance Prescription Health Savings Account Health Advocate Dental Vision Flexible Spending Account (Health care, Dependent care and Limited Purpose) Employee Assistance Plan Basic Life and AD&D Insurance Voluntary Life and AD&D (employee, spouse and child) Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Voluntary Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Identify Theft Legal Commuter Benefit Plan Lummus Savings Plan Pet Insurance#J-18808-Ljbffr