Procurement Specialist

Overview

Company: INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees are empowered to make a difference?

Grade: 34- 35

Offer Range: $97,500 - $140,000

INEOS Organization
: INEOS Olefins and Polymers (O&P) USA is a part of a global petrochemicals manufacturer. INEOS operates 154 sites across 27 countries, generates $55 billion annually and employs over 24,500 people.

Business Context
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The O&P USA business includes the product lines Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Polypropylene and Polyethylene. Manufacturing sites include Chocolate Bayou Works (Alvin, TX), Battleground Manufacturing Complex (LA Porte, TX), and Carson (Carson, CA), with a division office in League City, TX.

The Procurement Specialist works closely with the Commodity Managers & Site Procurement Manager and with the O&P businesses as well as the manufacturing sites and capital project teams to achieve world-class delivery and maximum value. The Procurement Specialist assists their manager in integrating the strategic approach and tactical plans across O&P sites.

The O&P USA procurement team is chartered to significantly improve the way third party spend is managed, thereby establishing procurement as a major strategic lever and equal contributor to the success of the business. In support of this charter, the primary role of the Procurement Specialist is to assist the Commodity Managers, Site Procurement Manager or O&P Procurement Manager in developing the strategic approach to the market, and implementing world-class sourcing solutions from detailed end use and market expertise/knowledge, rigorous performance based supplier relationship management.

Incumbent requires broad advanced/expert understanding and application of a body of theory in the field of procurement usually acquired through completion of a degree program and/or equivalent experience. As an individual contributor, the individual is expected to perform increasingly complex combinations of tasks or functional activities. These jobs or positions interact frequently with people within and outside the organization. This position requires incumbents with the well-developed ability to persuade and/or influence others to do things they had not initially intended to do.

Involves negotiations when in a position of same or less relative power (e.g. certain buying situations). Incumbent must follow substantially diversified procedures and specialized standards. Because of changing priorities and variances between plan assumptions and actual events, the incumbent must navigate through multiple procedures and sequencing options to achieve required results. Incumbent must deal with differing situations requiring searches for solutions or new applications within areas of learned things.

Incumbent faces problems that require selecting solutions or combinations of solutions, often after a careful review of the problem elements. Incumbent is expected to follow practices and procedures set by precedents or well defined policies and supervisory review. Incumbent determines their own priorities with little supervisory guidance. Monitoring of work results is very infrequent and indirect involving an after-the-fact review.

Accountability 1:
Assist in aligning procurement with the O&P businesses

Most Important

Activities:

• Working and communicating with the commodity manager, business managers and site users to assess needs and provide input in the development of Procurement strategies and tactical plans that address these needs.
• Develop a detailed understanding of and integration into the supply chain planning process in order to procure the proper materials in the proper quantities for delivery at the right time.
• Work with the site procurement associates, Stores Supervision and site financial control group to maintain the integrity of the Material Replenishment Program (MRP) in SAP
• Implementing negotiation strategies and tactical plans that result in contracts that achieve identified needs
• Understand import laws and processes in order to effectively manage the supply chain on materials sourced from other countries
• Assuring that the procurement process is followed in the placement of all third party spend
• Maintaining knowledge of local, national and international markets
• Insuring the Procure-to-Pay process is functioning and audit performance

Accountability 2:
Be a source of positive cash delivery and measurable financial improvements to O&P especially at bottom of cycle

Most Important

Activities:

• Effective spend management of assigned sub-commodities
• Ensuring assigned contracts and key supply agreements are effectively administered and managed.
• Delivering cost reduction through spend and cost analysis, pricing, extended payment terms, demand reduction, and total cost of ownership (TCO) strategies
• Work with the site procurement associates, Stores and supply chain planners to continuously challenge…