Sr Category Leader

Sr Category Leader PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:

PBF) is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities. We are seeking a talented Sr Category Leader to join our team as a pivotal member that would play a key role here at PBF Energy. This role would be located onsite at our Company headquarters in Parsippany, NJ or at one of our refinery locations.

The Senior Category Leader – Turnaround and Capital is a critical leadership role within the Procurement organization responsible for developing, implementing, and managing enterprise-level category strategies for high-value activities supporting major turnarounds (TARs), outages, and capital projects across multiple refineries. This role owns the full lifecycle of assigned service and materials categories, with an emphasis on opportunity identification, planning, supplier readiness, risk mitigation, stakeholder alignment, execution of strategic initiatives, long-term performance management and cost control in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments.

This position collaborates closely with site leadership, TAR and capital managers, project engineering, and contractors to ensure procurement strategies support safety, schedule, and budget requirements. The Senior Category Leader develops multi-year sourcing plans, negotiates high-value contracts, manages supplier performance, and drives continuous improvement in procurement execution for projects often exceeding $75MM in spend.

• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide category strategies that align with business goals for the assigned spend categories to deliver cost savings, efficiency, and risk mitigation across operations.
• Analyze market trends and dynamics, commodity trends, competitor activities and operational demand and activities across multiple refinery and field sites to identify potential savings or pitfalls for Company.
• Serve as the primary procurement lead for all turnaround-related sourcing and contracting activities across assigned sites.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with key stakeholders, Maintenance, Turnaround and Capital Projects, etc., to align procurement strategies with business needs, develop category strategies and implement new agreements or processes.
• Manage the full category lifecycle, including supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, implementation, and performance management.
• Lead negotiations and contract development for critical services, including master service agreements, blanket POs, and project-specific scopes to optimize category performance.
• Identify and build strategic partnerships with suppliers for ongoing turnaround support.
• Monitor contractor performance, enforce KPIs, and lead post-project supplier evaluations and lessons learned
• Build a best-in-class procurement playbook for turnarounds and capital projects.
• Drive supplier readiness, ensuring materials and labor availability aligns with critical path schedules
• Support the development of SAP catalogs, pre-negotiated rate sheets, and Track system updates to streamline TAR procurement
• Manage end-to-end contract lifecycle from sourcing to execution and renewal, ensuring compliance with commercial terms, service-level agreements (SLAs), and safety/environmental requirements.
• Support supply assurance by proactively identifying risks (e.g., single-source, capacity constraints, geopolitical factors) and developing mitigation plans in coordination with legal and risk teams.
• Facilitate cross-site sourcing initiatives and standardization opportunities across refineries and terminals, driving total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements and eliminating non-value-added variation.
• Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies, ESG/supplier diversity initiatives, and external regulatory requirements (e.g., OSHA, DOT, EPA).
• Evaluate internal stakeholder feedback and implement changes to enhance the category services.
• Build strong relationships with strategic suppliers and contractors, driving supplier development, innovation, and value creation while maintaining accountability for safety, quality, and performance.
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