Lead Specialist, Category Management; Capital Projects

Lead Specialist, Category Management (Capital Projects - E&C)

Houston, TX, United States

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 company’s growth. The Cheniere SCM team are accountable to support our 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.

This is a critical position that supports the Cheniere Project Development and Engineering and Construction (E&C) businesses with the delivery of supply chain support for Category A & B Capital Projects through Concept to Execution stage gates. In doing so, the Lead Specialist will work closely with E&C Project Managers, Engineers, Project Controls and Construction team members to develop comprehensive Project based Contract and Procurement Strategies for each stage of the Cheniere Project Development & Execution Process (PDEP).

The role is to create transformative Contract and Procurement (C&P) Strategies that integrate category strategies that deliver sourcing and contracting with incumbent and new suppliers to meet Project requirements, schedules, and budgets.

The position also provides a Capital Project portfolio-based project management function by allocating SCM work to appropriate category and/or purchasing teams, tracking, and reporting various SCM Sourcing, Competitive Bidding, Contracting and Purchasing activities that support the capital Projects. The position is directly accountable for all sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and operationalization of the contract activity in the engineering, construction, or fabrication category areas.

This is a non‑DOT position.

• 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.
• Integrates other SCM resources into the development and delivery of the C&P Strategy.
• Develops and maintains the Capital Project Contract and Procurement Strategy papers.
• Project manages and reports SCM activities tied to the capital Project portfolio.
• Supports innovation and the introduction of changes considering internal and external market challenges.

• Develops and owns relationships with Engineering and Construction partners and suppliers to align business needs, supplier capability, and drive performance and best practices.
• Maintains ownership of business relationships across the businesses.
• Assumes responsibility for a category-based contract portfolio discussion with various business partners.
• Develops Project and business-based cost models that align supplier costs to Project budgets.
• Collaborates with business partners to assure their way‑of‑working is compliant with company compliance, ethics, and delegated authorities.
• Leverages Cheniere’s scale to coordinate business needs with suppliers.
• Accountability for all SCM activity being delivered in support of the Capital Projects.
• Collaborates with other SCM team members to assure work is delivered with quality and on time.

• Provides current business requirements and incumbent supplier contract input to the development of comprehensive Category Strategies.
• Leverages Category Strategies to develop and implement Sourcing and Contracting which enable the strategy.
• Maintains ownership of Category Strategy implementation and maturity.
• Implements Category Strategies for delegated categories.
• Maintains supplier relationship performance based on Category Strategy expectations.

• Performs pre‑qualification and qualification of new suppliers.
• Ensures all Sourcing and Contracting is compliant, timely and delivered with quality.
• Builds and designs requests for proposal to consider total cost models to understand value, operating costs, and…