Lead Specialist, Category Management (Shared Services)

Cheniere Supply Chain Management (SCM) is shaping our future with a focused transformation program. We are mobilizing to establish an agile and resilient supply chain that is fit to support our companys growth. The Cheniere SCM team are accountable to support ourindirect business partners to create value mitigate risk and assure security of supply. We are building a team of SCM professionals that not only deliver value today but create a more agile and resilient supply chain for the future.

POSITION OVERVIEW

This is a critical position in a team that supports Chenieres Shared Services requirements for Indirect Category contracts that support Chenieres teams in Environmental Health & Safety (Emergency Services Fire & Gas Safety) IT (Digital Security Software Services Infrastructure) Human Resources (Contingent Labor Benefits Payroll) Compliance & Ethics (Training Auditing) Facilities (Office Equipment Furniture Janitorial) Professional Services (Travel Business Consulting Marketing) Corporate Charity Giving International State and Local Affairs Global and Corporate Communications Climate and Sustainability and Supply Chain (Logistics Warehousing Fleet Management) and Site Services (Industrial Cleaning Waste Management).The position will work closely with business partners to develop and deploy Category doing so the Lead Specialist will work closely with business partners to source select contract and manage supplier this position will be responsible for integrating new business processes sourcing and contracting principles and systems being developed through our SCM transformation.

We are seeking a team member with experience engaging business partners and suppliers in the processes associated with sourcing contracting contract management and supplier management.

The Lead Specialist Category Management (Shared Services) will:

• 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Leadership

• 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.

Stakeholder Management

• Integrates with business partners and suppliers to align business needs supplier capability and drive performance and best practices.
• Leverages Chenieres 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.

Category Strategy and Implementation

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensiveShared Services Category Strategic Sourcing Strategies.
• Shared Services Contract Agreement Negotiations.
• Lead the development and implementation ofShared Services Category Strategies for assigned categories.

Sourcing Contracting and Implementation

• 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 deliveredin 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 contractnegotiations to establishbest in classcontracts with suppliers to securebest price andrisk mitigation forour Shared Servicebusinesspartners.
• Drafts evaluates negotiates and executes various contract commercial structures working with Legal Tax Treasury HSE and Insurance functions.
• Ensures timely delivery ofContract Agreements in support of Companys safe reliable and competitive operations requirements.
• Implements and maintains post contract award awareness of supplier activityrequirements.
• 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 (CPAs) and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs / 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.
• The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Advanced knowledge ofvarious Indirect Category and Strategic Sourcing Strategies.
• Advancedknowledge of purchasing implementation processes.
• General understanding of LNGor Oil & Gasplant or pipelineindustry.

Skills:

• 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.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Education and Certifications:Bachelors degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education experience and certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.

Experience:Minimum eight (8)years of relevant progressive Supply Chain Management experience with sourcingcompetitive bidding RFP development bid evaluation selection contracting and purchasing.

The Lead Specialist must have experience with the following:

• 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 SAP GEP Coupa JDE etc.

DIRECT REPORTS

None

FREEDOM TO ACT

The Lead Specialist is a subject matter expert in their area and will require minimal supervision.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Physical Area:Our Houston office is in the heart of downtown and we offer free parking or a metro ticket. With all corporate teams at the same location theres always a buzz around the office. You will have dedicated desk space and plenty of human interaction.
• Facilities and hardware: Our offices are modern bright and designed to foster collaboration. You will have access to great IT (Information Technology) equipment and support and can readily access the downtown tunnels restaurants and gyms. You may occasionally need to travel to our sites at Sabine Pass and Corpus Christy and those sites are governed by FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) regulations which do include drug and alcohol testing.
• Working conditions:Cheniere is committed to improving the well-being of our employees and while you may need to work outside the usual working hours we aspire to provide a good work life balance for all.
• Company culture: So what is the culture like at Cheniere It is our valuesteamwork respect accountability integrity nimbleness and safetyatwork. We are happy when we hear employees say we have agreat culture. But we are not satisfied with building agreat culture we are endeavoring to build the best culture.
• Job is performed in a typical office environment but is subject to time pressures and constraints and is often dependent on input from others.
• Occasionally work may be performed from home after normal work hours or on weekends.
• Periodically travel as business requires.
• Subject to drug and alcohol testing per applicable federal regulations or as required by Cheniere.

ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodation will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employees performance due to physical mental or emotional disability.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex race color religion national origin citizenship age disability marital or veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.