Category Specialist - Biofuels & India (APME)
Duration: 12 Months
Location : DUO Tower
Salary : Up to $8,500 depending on experience
Industry : Energy & Utilities (Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy)
Job Summary
- Part of the APME SCM team supporting company's Biofuels and India portfolio under Energy Transition.
- Responsible for developing and executing category strategies, strategic sourcing, and contracting activities across the biofuels value chain and India operations.
- Serves as the SCM Point of Contact for India procurement and commercial activities, while driving regional biofuels initiatives to enhance supply resilience, commercial competitiveness, and contract risk management.
Responsibilities
Procurement
- Develop and execute category strategies for biofuels supply chain including feedstock sourcing, product procurement and logistics.
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives including competitive tendering, supplier rationalization and TCO optimization.
- Drive supply resilience, cost competitiveness and contract risk mitigation.
- Conduct market analysis and partner with stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with business objectives.
- Support end-to-end supply chain activities including storage, logistics, blending and distribution.
- Act as SCM SPOC for India entities across CPIPL, CLIPL, CREG, FDS, IAL, Aviation and Marine.
- Manage procurement across diverse categories including services, logistics, infrastructure, IT and manufacturing support.
- Support business setup activities including contracts, office setup, staff augmentation and regulatory compliance.
Consultancy & Advisory
- Provide guidance on procurement processes, controls and compliance with Chevron standards (IMA, DDCOE, P2P).
- Act as trusted advisor to stakeholders across Biofuels and India portfolios.
- Coordinate with Legal, Tax, Finance and Global Category Managers to align contracting strategies.
- Drive supplier relationship management, performance tracking and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related fields.
- 5-8+ years of experience in procurement or category management.
- Excellent understanding of strategic sourcing, contracting and supplier management.
- Experience in energy, chemicals, biofuels or related industries
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills
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