Senior Sourcing Manager

Nabors is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in about 20 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible hydrocarbon production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world.

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Nabors is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. To learn more about our Fair Employment practices, please refer to the Nabors Code of Conduct.

This role plays a critical role in identifying, qualifying, and managing a high-performing supplier base, fostering strong partnerships to drive competitive advantage and operational efficiency. The Sourcing Manager partners closely with operations and other business units to implement the best practices, consolidate spend and drive sustained value. Success in this position requires both strategic thinking and tactical execution to deliver results that balance technical, commercial, and operational priorities.

- Conduct detailed analysis of Nabors’ global category spend, including relevant subcategories, equipment installed base, forecasted demand, and business requirements to identify opportunities for volume consolidation, supplier rationalization, and economies of scale.

- Lead the development, implementation and communication of strategic sourcing services strategies for Nabors.

- Responsible for all elements of category management for Nabors including strategic understanding of the supply market place, pricing and term negotiations, preparation and analysis of global/regional bid proposals/packages, supplier selection, negotiation and communication with users across business units.

- Leverage sourcing expertise to rationalize and categorize catalog items, leading competitive bidding, negotiation, and award processes that result in fixed-price agreements with best-in-class vendors. These agreements consolidate volume to control pricing, mitigate cost fluctuations, and add value by reducing repetitive purchasing activities and enabling purchase order automation to streamline the procurement process.

- Build a high-performance team; hire and retain the right talent in the right roles; set goals, delegates work and holds direct reports accountable.

- Develops and empowers direct reports to make decisions and action taken. Demonstrates company’s values, maintains a positive open demeanor, encourages different points of view, moves team forward through change, provides timely information, communicates context for business decisions, recognizes accomplishments and fosters teamwork and collaboration.

- Provides leadership; continually identifies and implements new opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance and proactively tracks progress towards these objectives.

- Prepares and presents business cases, return on investment models, change management programs to stakeholders and senior management. Implements and measures cost savings, reduction, and avoidance programs and strategies. Continually refines these programs to deliver optimal results for the company.

- Makes decisions that require consistent recognition of a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems and opportunities across the Company’s negotiation and purchasing of capital and services expenses.

- Sets the strategy and leads the development, implementation, and management of corporate policies, processes, compliance programs, procurement systems and metrics reporting.

- Implement value driven procurement programs that achieve internal savings targets and deliver enterprise wide process improvement. Continually addresses and resolves organizational barriers with agile decision making and outstanding communication of risk versus reward. Provides thought leadership and the ability to execute on global and regional programs

- Use expert knowledge of the creation and management of leveraged agreements, the management of key supplier and customer relationships, and the effective execution of category planning and management processes in the successful implementation, execution and compliance to global procurement and category/spend category strategies, contracts, processes and policies.

- Interfaces with global strategic suppliers to solve problems involving pricing, supplier performance, or any other matters that may arise.

- Manages contracting, tactical and transactional activities for Nabors categories across multiple countries in accordance with approved processes and policies.

- Qualify and report implementation gap closure and value of recommended sourcing strategies.

- Analyze, support and actively participate in the development and implementation of global sourcing strategies that are aligned with global and regional strategies.

- Responsible for delivering and tracking quantifiable financial benefits and value creation proportionate to the global spend.

- Develops and maintains global and regional contracts that are commercially sound and provide optimum protection of company assets.

- Facilitates the transfer of best practices and continuous improvement processes and practices and the generation of new savings ideas for the global spend.

- Exhibits subject matter expertise regarding commercial and technology trends to advise internal users on current and future market capabilities.

- Collaborates with project, operations, and engineering personnel to ensure service quality thresholds are met and maintained.

- Manages the sourcing deals, contracts, delivery and quality for a complete procurement cycle, ensuring the commercial and cost savings benefits are realized and ensuring on the time delivery with the suppliers.

Qualifications

- 10-12 years’ experience in Supply Chain Management or a related discipline, with a focus on sourcing, procurement, or category management.

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Operations Management or equivalent experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or capital equipment and services procurement within the drilling sector.

- Proven experience in supply chain management, with a strong understanding of end-to-end processes.

- Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities, including the capacity to interpret and act on complex data sets.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MBA preferred.

- Excellent Microsoft Office (MS Excel) skills and Oracle experience.

- Knowledge of international procurement practices and its financial effects.

- Excellent cross-functional skills with the ability to challenge the status quo and make complex decisions.

- Collaborative facilitator.

- Proven ability to build credibility, get buy-in and commitment with internal and external stakeholders.

- Skilled at coaching, mentoring and developing talent.

- Experience must include negotiating commercial terms and service level agreements for indirect services.

- Ability to be innovative in issues related to strategic sourcing and supplier relations.

- Strong organizational and time management skills.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Strong financial acumen.

- Ability to work independently and exercise judgment.

- Excellent understanding of purchasing, practices and procedures in the drilling industry.

- Excellent understanding and knowledge of industry suppliers, customers and competitors.

- Sense of urgency.

BEHAVIORAL REQUIREMENTS

- Empowers team to find solutions.

- Plays role of coach, not closer.

- Servant leader.

- Connector of resources.

- Takes ownership of the outcome.

- Celebrates success loudly, gives constructive feedback quietly

- Sets clear expectations and provides feedback often.

- Always looking to innovate and for how we get better as a team.

- Committed to our internal partners’ success.

- Considers total cost of ownership, not just price.

- Believes in the value that Procurement & Supply Chain provides.

- Unwavering integrity and professionalism.

- Reliable and efficient.

- Adaptable and resilient.

- Collaborates inside and outside of Procurement & Supply Chain.

- Prioritizes based on operational needs and value-add.

- Brings innovation and improvement ideas to the table, employing curiosity – Ask Why.

- Acts with a sense of urgency.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

- Strong analytical and presentation skills.

- Able to perform comprehensive analysis with supported evidence.

- Capable of delivering effective solutions to complex business challenges.

- Knowledge of Lean Sourcing and Six Sigma.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORKING CONDITIONS

- Office environment.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and use hands. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job includes close vision and distance vision.