Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Raw Materials

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for supporting strategic/tactical decisions and duties for the Procurement Department and is considered integral to the success and profitability of the business. The job of the Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist is to develop and execute a comprehensive global sourcing strategy for their respective categories that ensure continuity of supply with best in class commercial terms.

The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist will manage their global categories, the preferred vendor base, identify cost reduction opportunities, negotiate contracts, and evaluate market conditions for potential opportunities and threats to their categories and the company.

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develops and executes the strategic plan for the sourcing, procurement and logistics of assigned Direct Raw Material categories for Westlake's Performance and Essential Materials, and Housing and Infrastructure Products' facilities.
• Serve as the commercial subject matter expert working with the Business Unit Technical Teams to increase supply resiliency, new product development and the qualification of alternate materials and suppliers.
• Identify and implement best in class sourcing strategy and practices which support continuity of supply, quality, cost and business unit requirements