Category Manager Compression

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Category Manager for Compression and Measurement is responsible for end-to-end commercial ownership of compression equipment and systems, gas measurement, instrumentation, and related services. This role develops and executes category strategy, manages OEM and service provider relationships, drives total cost of ownership, and ensures supply availability across Boardwalk's operational and capital demand requirements.

• Own compression and measurement spend as a commercial portfolio with full accountability for cost performance, supplier strategy, risk exposure, and long-term value.
• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies informed by market dynamics, OEM capacity constraints, demand drivers, and Boardwalk's operational and capital plans.
• Identify opportunities for specification standardization, fleet-level pricing, and demand aggregation across compression classes — reciprocating, centrifugal, and turbine-driven.
• Develop and maintain cost models anchored to underlying market drivers including steel indices, OEM labor, and capacity utilization to support negotiations, budgeting, and leadership reporting.

• Execute the full sourcing lifecycle for assigned categories including supplier prequalification, RFP and RFQ development, bid evaluation, commercial negotiation, and award documentation in compliance with Boardwalk's sourcing policy and delegation of authority.
• Draft, evaluate, and negotiate contract commercial structures in coordination with Legal, Insurance, Treasury, and Risk Management to ensure appropriate risk allocation and commercial terms.
• Ensure all contractual records, bid documentation, and contract correspondence are maintained in Boardwalk's contract management and ERP systems in accordance with records retention requirements.
• Manage post-award contract administration including contract handover, supplier performance monitoring, commercial assurance, and coordination of modifications and extensions.

• Manage strategic OEM relationships with key compression and measurement suppliers to maintain preferred customer status, access to capacity, and competitive commercial terms.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations for equipment supply agreements, service and maintenance contracts, EHM agreements, long-term parts frameworks, and field service arrangements.
• Negotiate and administer Master Supply Agreements and Master Service Agreements in coordination with Legal and Risk.
• Actively monitor OEM financial health, production lead times, geopolitical supply risk, and tariff exposure relevant to imported compression equipment and components.
• Manage commercial disputes related to pricing, escalation mechanisms, performance guarantees, and warranty claims in coordination with Legal.

• Identify and mitigate supply risk including extended OEM lead times, single-source concentration, tariff exposure, and component-level import dependencies.
• Develop mitigation strategies including early engagement protocols, frame agreements with committed lead-time slots, and alternative supplier qualification programs.
• Ensure all procurement activity complies with Boardwalk's sourcing policy, competitive bid requirements, delegation of authority, and contract governance standards.
• Support internal audit, compliance review, and corrective action activities related to assigned categories.

• Maintain current knowledge of compression technology — including reciprocating, centrifugal, and turbine-driven packages — and measurement standards applicable to interstate natural gas transmission.
• Track OEM pricing, allocation constraints, and technology developments; maintain benchmarking data to support cost challenge and negotiation preparation.
• Provide leadership with timely intelligence on supply market conditions, pricing trends, and cost exposure relevant to assigned categories.

• Serve as the primary commercial interface for internal business partners, and other internal stakeholders on all category-related sourcing and…