Job Description:

Senior Strategic Sourcing Category Lead - CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround

Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2022 revenues of approximately $8 billion from our continuing operations. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 60 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 7,000 associates within our continuing operations. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at .

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Huntsman is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Category Lead - CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround supporting the Americas region located in The Woodlands, Texas. This position will report to the Sr. Indirect Procurement Manager.

Job Scope

This role will manage and support strategic initiatives in North America and LATAM, following established procurement policies and procedures to optimize overall value for Huntsman. This role will manage a direct report.

As a Senior Strategic Sourcing Category Lead - CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround, you will:

• CATEGORY MANAGEMENT - Under general guidance of the Senior Indirect Procurement Manager, lead the development and implementation of Categories Strategies in CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround through the 7-steps Strategic Sourcing Methodology adopted by Huntsman.
• CATEGORY SOURCING - Under general guidance of the Senior Indirect Procurement Manager, lead the collection and analysis of business requirements, key cost drivers, supplier capabilities, and industry trends to develop and implement category sourcing strategies that will optimize overall value for Huntsman while ensuring supply and quality.
• STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT - Under general guidance of the Senior Indirect Procurement Manager, develop and maintain stakeholder relationships across the Americas region to ensure business alignment with the category sourcing strategies and ensure continuous improvement of supplier performance.
• NEGOTIATION - For CAPEX, negotiate supply agreements and contracts within the mandate and in line with internal procedures, terms and conditions, expected service levels, quality requirements and financial conditions. For Maintenance and Turnaround, support the Category Lead with same activities.
• CONTRACT MANAGEMENT - Create and support team to create supply agreements in line with legal guidelines. Ensure supplier contracts are approved, stored, and maintained according to internal procedures.
• SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - Under general guidance of the Senior Indirect Procurement Manager, lead the development and implementation of the Supplier Relationship Management program for the CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround Categories to develop and grow relationships between new and existing key suppliers and key business stakeholders to ensure long term value for Huntsman.
• COMPLIANCE - Understand and adhere to the organization's policies and procedures and relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct. Ensure that CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround service are provided on time, on specification, from approved sources and in compliance with all relevant regulations and internal requirements.
• PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - Continuously develop skills and capabilities by participating in formal and informal training, seeking out coaching and mentoring support and by developing industry understanding of technology, best practices and regulation.
• ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRATION - Support integration and collaborative savings delivery from a Purchasing perspective related to Huntsman Merger & Acquisition activities.

Required Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.

• STRATEGIC SOURCING METHODOLOGY: 5+ years of verifiable experience as category lead in procurement environments operating under structured strategic sourcing methodologies (i.e., 7-steps, or similar).
• Clear understanding of front-end loading and stage gate methodology in for project management.
• Clear understanding and experience applying project management principles with multiple projects at one time including stakeholder management.
• Clear understanding of contracting principles as applied to CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround projects.
• Clear understanding and experience of implementing sustainability initiatives as applied to CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround projects.
• Strategic Sourcing skills - Significant experience conducting detailed spend analysis of complex spend data to provide meaningful data trends and insights to develop sourcing strategies as outlined in the CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround Category Strategies. Use key sourcing tools and techniques in line with the approved strategic sourcing methodology.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business / Finance or related field preferred. Master's degree a plus.
• 8+ years related professional experience.
• Requisite enthusiasm and professionalism for representing Huntsman externally and in negotiations with CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround suppliers.
• Proven ability to work in teams required.
• Fluency in English required.
• Advanced knowledge of multi-task computer operation in a Windows environment, particularly Windows-based PC systems, emphasizing Excel (i.e., pivot tables, vlookups, graphs) and related analytical tools (i.e., PowerBI), and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Deep understand and use key financial indicators (TCO, EBITDA, ROI, payment terms, saving measures, mark-up setting, etc.) to help make better business decisions.
• Experience implementing TCO initiatives related to Facility Services.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 20%.
• Ability to work in a Hybrid work environment, typically 1 day working from home and four days in the office each week.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree a plus.
• C.P.M., PMI, Lean/Green/Blackbelt, CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, certifications strongly preferred. CLTD, CPCM, CCCM, CPSD and other related certifications are a plus.
• Experience/knowledge related to CAPEX, Maintenance, and Turnaround purchasing in petrochemical or heavy industrial settings is preferred.
• Experience managing direct reports is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese are a plus.
• Working knowledge of SAP and Ariba strongly preferred.

Huntsman offers unsurpassed opportunities to build a successful future. Our diverse portfolio creates a range of career fields including manufacturing, research and development, technical services, sales and marketing, customer service - and the list goes on.

Here, you can make an impact and make a difference. Come join us.

Huntsman is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation and/or expression or any other characteristic protected by law in every location in which we have facilities national or local.

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