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Title: Supply Chain Category Manager

Job Req ID: 11153
Description:
Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest
producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major
producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the
value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s
value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine
market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades
experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This
responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the
Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the
vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five
global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Supply Chain Category Manager to join our Unconventional Resources Supply
Chain (URSC).
URSC enables Unconventional Resources to be developed economically and sustainably while
contributing to the development of related services and industries in Saudi Arabia. The UR
Supply Chain is a service organization that provides UR business users with the materials and
services required to enable UR operations.
Your primary role will see you responsible for implementing the category management
methodologies to support the UR operation. Through this role, you will play a central part in
the development of category/subcategory demand forecasts, supply market analyses, and
category management strategies. You will be responsible for implementing these strategies to
maximize the total life cycle value obtained from the categories. In addition, you will lead
supplier relationship management activities.
Duties & Responsibilities

 Develop category management strategies for drilling and completions categories and
sub-categories, considering both the internal UR requirements and supply market
conditions, to maximize the total life cycle value delivered to UR business users.
 Develop category workbooks and procurement strategies to be implemented over the
next ten years and present these strategies to key stakeholders and management.
 Ensure that category strategies comply with legal requirements and company policies,
value assurance frameworks and business principles.
 Prioritize strategic sourcing activities for the categories/sub-categories, and lead the
execution of these activities (implementing the category strategies), including supply
market engagement, preparation of RFP/RFX, evaluation of responses, negotiations,
and development of strategic agreements.
 Build and maintain effective relationships with major contractors and suppliers at top
management level, leveraging such relationships with relevant markets to provide
current and insightful market intelligence.
 Coordination with conventional Procurement & Supply Chain: Coordinate with category
managers in the conventional Saudi Aramco Supply Chain organization, to ensure
alignment of category strategies at the corporate level and a unified approach to
market for strategic categories while utilizing your extensive knowledge and experience
to ensure that UR implements a cost-efficient and effective category management
function.

Minimum Requirements

 Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field. A

Master’s degree would be desirable.
 Minimum of 10 years of progressive field-based experience in the oil and gas industry
with deep and extensive knowledge of either drilling and completions categories as well
as supply chain and category management principles.
 Experience working within unconventional resources and possess sound experience in
developing contractual strategies and cost saving initiatives for Drilling & Completions
categories. (materials and services)
 You should also have knowledge of JD Edwards, Ariba, Oracle and SAP systems.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional,
technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital
and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced
with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges,
we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades.
Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and
competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.

Country/Region: SA