Sr. Procurement Specialist

The Site Procurement Specialist plays a pivotal role in aligning site‑level priorities with company procurement strategies, ensuring seamless integration and value delivery across the organization. They function as a direct procurement representative and field‑based ambassador for their assigned site(s) to lead operational procurement activities, including purchase escalations and emergency mitigation. The role involves managing procurement processes, ensuring business continuity, and supporting strategic initiatives across the site(s).

Strong stakeholder engagement, analytical skills, and problem‑solving capabilities are required.

• Ensure the manufacturing site has what it needs to operate efficiently and cost effectively.
• Review site(s) spend to unlock value.
• Support Category Leads and Site Stakeholders to ensure supplier compliance with contracts and agreements.
• Champion the Source to Pay (S2P) process for the site.

• Generate ideas and initiatives for value creation from collaboration with stakeholders, spend review, data mining, and supplier engagements.
• Execute and/or lead core procurement and co‑owned initiatives through the established stage‑gate process.
• Negotiate master service agreements, PO terms and conditions, pricing, payment terms, and dispute resolution with regional suppliers to ensure business continuity, collaborating with LYB Legal when necessary.
• Maintain relationships with key regional suppliers to mitigate potential supply risks and avoid disruptions to plant operations.

• Support escalations from the ESS.
• Facilitate the resolution of blocked and overdue invoice issues and lead efforts at the site(s) to maintain established P2P metrics.
• Support implementation of S2P and P2E process improvement initiatives.
• Assist stakeholders with onboarding new suppliers, including SLP, GAPS, and ISN.
• Serve on emergency response teams for hurricanes, freezes, and other critical events.

• Support execution of Strategy & Tender Board (STB) and Category Cross Regions Forum (C2RF & pre‑C2RF) as required.
• Conduct job walks and RFQ scope reviews with suppliers where applicable.
• Address stakeholder complaints and contractor issues.

• Bachelor's degree preferred (5+ years in lieu of a degree).
• 5+ years of related purchasing experience.
• 2–3 years of experience in the chemical industry.

• Experience using SAP ERP system for procurement processes.
• Experience using Ariba is preferred but not required.
• Experience with creating RFx, POs, contracts, and SOWs (SAP Ariba, SAP ECC).

• Build Partnerships
• Drive Innovation
• Grow Capabilities
• Promote Inclusion
• Motivational Fit
• Technical Skills
• Deliver Results
• Learn and Adapt

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Applicants must be at least 18 years old.