Category Lead

3 weeks ago


Aberdeen, United Kingdom TechnipFMC Full time

Category Lead

Location:

Kongsberg, NO Lysaker, NO Dunfermline, GB Stavanger, NO Aberdeen, GB Krakow, PL Paris, FR Bergen, NO

Employment type: Employee Place of work: Hybrid Offshore/Onshore: Onshore

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 20,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

The Category Lead will be responsible for developing, executing and maintaining comprehensive category strategies capable of delivering best in class results for Direct Materials under the Connections Systems Category. In this role, the Category Lead will be responsible for collaborating both regionally and globally to develop and implement category strategies requiring strong project management skills and the ability to influence others to effectively drive change in the company. They will also be responsible for contract negotiations and management, supplier relationship management, stakeholder engagement and building global leverage with strategic suppliers. Through impactful cost management, innovative business solutions, and improved process efficiency, this role will enable the business to achieve outstanding operational and financial results.

Job Description

Key focus on stakeholder relationships to become trusted business partner in developing and implementing sourcing strategies Develop long term sourcing strategies for responsible product categories to achieve and where possible exceeding safety, quality, delivery and cost KPI’s Work across borders with other regional category leads to collaborate on a global scale to develop and leverage on global sourcing strategies Design and execute large scale tender projects with regional and global reach Negotiate and implement global contracts, with price lists Evaluate new suppliers for complimentary service offerings to obtain missing competencies in existing supplier network Continue to develop governance and action plans as part of the Supplier Relationship Management program, to include quarterly business reviews, internal stakeholder meetings, building engagement plans, etc. Champion safety, quality, delivery, and cost with suppliers to ensure requirements are met on a consistent basis Evaluate, mitigate supply chain risk

You are meant for this job if:

Preferred (not required) 5-7 years of experience required in sourcing and procurement. Self-directed, able to prioritize/manage a high level of issues and tasks, and work in a team-oriented environment. Very strong interpersonal skills. The ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, influence change, and to “open doors” are essential for success. Supplier contracting experience. Knowledge of key sections, common red line areas and reasonable fallback positions. Basic understanding of the financial cost structure associated with a supply chain. Excellent written and verbal communications skills. High level of attention to detail. Microsoft Suite proficiency: Outlook, Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, To Do, One Drive

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

BA or BS in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or other related degree. An understanding of Lean principles and proven track record of bringing transformational change Experience with stakeholder and supplier relationship management

Your Future at TechnipFMC:

Your journey starts with our onboarding program. As an international company, we provide you with great opportunities for internal growth. You will have the opportunity to attend development activities. We offer benefits, programs and the possibility to work partially from home to support your Work-Life Balance We have benefits like company cabins, in-house gym, and sports teams. You will be secured by good insurance and retirements plans.

Practicalities:

Deadline to apply: 31st of May 2024

Location: Kongsberg 

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.

Learn more about TechnipFMC and find other open positions by visiting our Career Page.

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Date posted: Apr 19, 2024 Requisition number: 5489
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