Category Sourcing Specialist I

Buckeye is the premier infrastructure and logistics provider for the world's energy needs, both today and tomorrow. Since 1886, we have successfully navigated transitions in the way energy has been distributed to continually meet the needs of an evolving market and industry environment. Our people are a critical element to the success and longevity of our operational history and our future as we seek to thrive through the energy transition.

We own and operate a diversified global network of integrated assets providing midstream logistic solutions, primarily consisting of the transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of liquid petroleum products. We are committed to safely and responsibly providing world-class service to meet the continually evolving energy needs of our customers and the communities we serve. As part of this commitment to our customers, we are continually diversifying our platform and service offerings to enable less carbon intensive energy solutions and undertaking decarbonization efforts on our operations.

Buckeye Partners is currently seeking a Category Sourcing Specialist with strong knowledge and proven expertise in Materials, MRO, and Subcontracts sourcing in the Oil & Gas Industry to join our team!

Role Summary:

This role manages the sourcing with a strong focus on developing Category Strategies that capture market cost drivers and category trends; drive competition, and leverage spend across the Company.

This position is primarily responsible for all global strategic sourcing activities for various commodities. As such, the incumbent is charged with developing, negotiating, implementing and maintaining competitively advantageous supply arrangements as the global sourcing functional expert. The incumbent is also recognized as a key member of the business team(s) that they support.

Responsibilities & Essential Functions include:

• Develop, negotiate, implement, and sustain supply contracts consistent with business objectives.
• Estimated average spend managed is $50-150 million supporting the Pipelines, Terminals, BDL and GMT business segments.
• Category managed includes pumps, metering and meter stations, fabricated equipment, control systems, plant equipment (i.e. Corpus Christi and all other equipment.
• Supply contract size range -$1 - 10 million.
• Provide global leadership for understanding marketplace conditions and adjusting commercial contracting strategies to ensure project development and project execution success.
• Lead engineering and contractor partner identification and qualification efforts in new geographies to assist business entry.
• Responsible for advancing the sourcing work process and associated tools globally to drive the Buckeye Way.
• Provide leadership for understanding, monitoring, communicating, and responding to dynamic market conditions and business drivers on a global basis to maximize leverage and minimize risk.
• Lead cross-functional teams involved in supplier discovery with a focus on non-traditional and low cost country sourcing.
• Bring innovative supplier solutions to maximize value proposition across the supply chain.
• Manage supplier performance and maintain interface at senior levels of supplier's organization.
• Ensure that the sourcing process is consistent with the necessary regulatory and legal requirements.
• Balancing workload across the enterprise to maximize effective use of resources.
• Recruiting, training, and development of staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred)
• Experience: 5 to 7+ years of experience,
• Special skills: Previous industrial plant and/or manufacturing experience
• Travel Requirements: 25- 30% travel.

Certificates & Licenses:

• ISM - Institute of Supply Management preferred

Other Skills, Attributes and Abilities:

• Proficient computer skills, influence skills, strong verbal and written communication skills. Financial skills (reviewing balance sheet, income statement)

Essential Functions:

• This position requires the ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and or/quantitative productivity standards.
• This role requires the ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• This position requires compliance with all personnel policies.

Physical & Safety Requirements:

• Must be able to sit at a computer for long periods of time.

About You:

To be successful in the Buckeye culture, our employees must possess a demonstrated commitment to environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance. Excellent communication, both written and verbal, as well as strong organizational skills are paramount. You must work independently and be able to exercise tact, discretion, and professionalism when dealing with internal and external customers, and when handling sensitive and confidential information.

Buckeye wants to create and reward an organizational focus that stimulates the creative and entrepreneurial actions of its employees that result in innovative ways of reducing costs, generating revenues, improving productivity, or improving processes.

People First Culture:

From managing over 5,000 miles of pipeline to commercializing clean energy projects, our people collaborate to provide world-class service and meet the changing energy needs of our customers. Our employee-first culture means that we invest in our employees and equip them to be fully contributing members of high performing teams. We are focused on collaboration, inclusion, empowerment, accountability, and professional development. We want the best in you to bring out the best in us.

Join us as we work together to build a business that is responsive to the needs of the future while continuing to serve the energy needs of communities today.