Category Specialist - Senior Category Specialist

Category Specialist - Senior Category Specialist

We are looking for the right people people who want to innovate, achieve, grow and lead. Experience the challenges, rewards and opportunity of working for one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the global energy industry.

Job Duties:

• Implement strategic sourcing and category strategies in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Contribute to assessment of current market situations and identification of opportunities.
• Analyze spend, supplier performance, and market trends.
• Identify cost reduction and value engineering opportunities.
• Support RFQs, RFPs, supplier negotiations, and contract management.
• Technical manufacturing expertise (forging, casting, machining, welding)
• Commercial negotiation strength
• Cost modeling capability
• Supplier relationship management
• Global supply chain risk management
• Contribute to detailed planning and execution of improvement actions with users and suppliers.
• Coordinate training of category community and field personnel.
• Act as an interface between business and supplier for category, resolving category issues.
• May represent the Category Manager on teams and councils, as assigned.
• Participate in supply chain governance and performance management activities.

Qualifications:

Skills are typically acquired through completion of an undergraduate degree in Engineering, Science, Marketing, Business, or Supply Chain Management or similar discipline and a minimum of 3 years of related experience. Certification as a Supply Chain Professional preferred. Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements will receive consideration for higher level roles given (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs.

World Class Benefits:

At Halliburton, we're committed to providing you and your family with a comprehensive and affordable benefits package - which means we offer support for your physical, emotional, financial and parental needs, both now and in the future. When you join our team, you'll have access to a wide range of resources designed to help you thrive at work and at home.

Location: 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Houston, Texas, 77032, United States