Category Manager Pipe, Valves Fittings; PVF

Category Manager Pipe, Valves, & Fittings (PVF)

Houston, TX 77046, USA

Boardwalk Pipelines is a limited partnership operating in the midstream portion of the natural gas industry, providing transportation and storage services across the United States.

We are currently looking for a Category Manager Pipe, Valves, & Fittings (PVF) for our Houston, TX office.

The Category Manager for Pipe, Valves, and Fittings (PVF) is responsible for end-to-end commercial ownership of all pipe, valve, fitting, and piping component categories across Boardwalk's operational and capital demand. This role develops and executes sourcing strategies, manages mill and OEM relationships, drives total cost of ownership, and ensures supply reliability across a broad materials portfolio that is fundamental to the integrity and continuity of Boardwalk's pipeline system.

• Own all pipe, valve, fitting, and piping component spend as a commercial portfolio with full accountability for cost performance, supplier strategy, supply risk, and long-term value.
• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies differentiated by application — large-diameter transmission pipe, facility and station piping, mainline valves, control valves, and specialty fittings.
• Maintain demand visibility across operational and capital requirements; deploy forward-looking sourcing strategies and supply positioning to reduce lead time and cost risk.
• Develop and maintain cost models tied to steel market indices, mill capacity utilization, tariff exposure, and labor costs to support negotiations, budgeting, and leadership reporting.
• Evaluate and pursue opportunities for specification rationalization, supplier consolidation, and volume leverage across operational and capital PVF spend.

• 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.
• Negotiate frame supply agreements, blanket orders, and catalog pricing with valve OEMs and authorized distributors to support both capital and operational demand efficiently.

• Develop and maintain preferred supplier relationships with domestic and international pipe mills, valve OEMs, and PVF distributors.
• Negotiate Master Supply Agreements encompassing pricing structures, volume commitments, quality standards, warranty terms, and delivery performance requirements.
• Monitor market conditions including domestic steel pricing, mill capacity and lead times, tariff developments, and competitive mill qualification activity.
• Manage supplier performance against contractual quality, delivery, and service commitments; escape and resolve claims, rejections, and non-conformances.

• Continuously assess and manage supply risk including single-source concentration, domestic mill capacity constraints, tariff and trade policy exposure, quality non-conformance risk, and lead time volatility.
• Ensure Boardwalk's approach to non-domestic pipe sourcing reflects current tariff policy and leadership-approved sourcing strategy.
• Ensure all PVF procurement complies with Boardwalk's sourcing policy, competitive bid requirements, applicable API and ASME material standards, and regulatory documentation requirements.

• Serve as the primary commercial interface for Engineering, Integrity, and…