Mgr Supply Chain - Category Management

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Mgr Supply Chain – Category Management – Day in the Life

As Manager, Supply Chain Category Management, you partner with engineering, projects, operations, finance, and legal to keep critical categories on track. You scan market moves across steel, valves, rotating equipment, electrical and instrumentation, coatings, and logistics, then adjust sourcing plans. You lead RFx and negotiate pricing, delivery, warranties, performance guarantees, and risk. You build should‑cost and total cost views to inform awards, then close with legal on master goods and service agreements. You run supplier reviews, read scorecards, set corrective actions, and troubleshoot delivery issues. You flag risks early and line up alternates with project teams, log savings and cash impact with finance, coach the team on analytics and supplier communications, and align tomorrow’s negotiations and critical deliveries.

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

- Develops and maintains category strategies aligned to corporate goals and project needs

- Segments categories and sets sourcing roadmaps for projects and operations

- Leads sourcing events, evaluations, and supplier awards for high-value categories

- Negotiates contracts and service agreements across price, delivery, warranties, and risk

- Partners with engineering and operations to align sourcing to standards and specs

- Connects suppliers with technical experts to optimize materials and equipment

- Supports value engineering to balance cost, quality, safety, and performance

- Monitors global supply markets, cost drivers, tariffs, and emerging risks

- Builds alternate sourcing and contingency plans for critical items

- Implements supplier scorecards and drives accountability on KPIs

- Resolves supplier disputes and delivery issues with root cause actions

- Collaborates with finance to quantify savings and track realization

- Drives adoption of digital procurement tools and analytics

- Mentors and develops team members

- Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

- Required: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Construction, Accounting, Business, Engineering or Energy Management and a minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in related function

- Preferred: Bachelor's degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in related function; ISM Certification

Other Requirements:

- Demonstrates outstanding organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications

- Demonstrates strong safety mindset and clear decision making

- Communicates with clarity across technical and commercial audiences

- Uses ERP and supply chain systems plus market analysis tools

- Works across sites and suppliers with some travel

- Preferred: 10+ years in supply chain, category management, or technical leadership in midstream

- Preferred: Proven record leading high-value negotiations and supplier relationships

- Preferred: Understands technical requirements for pipeline infrastructure equipment and materials

- Preferred: Balances cost, quality, risk, and delivery across capital and operating context

, Leads and manages the Supply Chain Center of Excellence within the Supply Chain function in the Operational Excellence & Support Group. Leads and manages a center-led department that sets, updates, and maintains an enterprise-wide playbook of policies, procedures, standards, processes, systems, and tools related to contracting for services and procurement of goods and materials to support and implement Williams¿ development, execution, and operational excellence strategies.